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Bottom Line: Periodontal disease was associated with increased risk of several types of cancer in postmenopausal women, even in women who had never smoked. Journal...

Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - Postmenopausal women who have a history of gum disease also have a higher risk of cancer, according to...

Credit: University of Stirling Tobacco manufacturers are offering retailers incentives to promote their products in a bid to mitigate the effects of the advertising ban,...

Credit: Eric Loker/UNM UNM Distinguished Professor of Biology Eric S. Loker began studying the parasite that causes this disease more than three decades ago and...

Credit: World Scientific A new study that provides a new approach for the rational design of carbon quantum dots (CQD) modified catalysts with potential applications...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Aug. 1, 2017) Salk Professor Reuben Shaw has received the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Outstanding Investigator Award (OIA), which...

Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory/Dept. of Energy Materials - Cooking up biofuel Using a novel, reusable carbon material derived from old rubber tires, an Oak...

Credit: Video by Robert DiIorio/ University of Delaware Tricks and illusions, once the domain of magicians, are helping scientists unveil how the brain works. Here's...

Credit: Alvarez Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 1, 2017) - Magnetic nanoparticle clusters have the power to punch through biofilms to reach bacteria that can...

ITHACA, N.Y. - One of the goals of personalized medicine is to be able to determine which treatment would work best by sequencing a patient's...

Credit: Point Blue Conservation Science Interpreting relationships between species and their environments is crucial to inform ecosystem-based management (EBM), a priority for NOAA Fisheries. EBM...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Size matters in the carrion world, and so do habitat and temperature. New research has shed fresh light on the largely understudied...

Credit: Flickr So, you've genetically engineered a malaria-resistant mosquito, now what? How many mosquitos would you need to replace the disease-carrying wild type? What is...

One of life's biggest mysteries is right inside our heads. It's the brain, and its biggest secret -- how the brain gives rise to the...

Credit: Joe Howell/Vanderbilt University TV infomercials offer a world of potential solutions for back pain, but most of them have at least one of three...