Boston Medical Center, Head Start partner to prevent maternal depression
BOSTON - Boston Medical Center (BMC), in partnership with Action for Boston Community Development's (ABCD) Head Start program, has helped mothers experience a 40 percent...
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Anti-malaria drugs: Potential new target identified
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH University Park, PA -- A newly described protein could be an effective target for combatting drug-resistant...
Understanding river thermal landscapes
Credit: E. Ashley Steel. The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. River temperatures have long been an area...
Gluten-free beer from Witkop teff grains
For celiac patients and others on gluten-free diets, it seems like gluten is everywhere -- cakes, cookies and breads. It's even in most beers. But...
First CRISPR crop could debut in 2020
The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR/Cas9 made a huge splash in the news when it was initially announced. But the first commercial product, expected around...
Promising peas’ potential in big sky country
Credit: Photo credit Central Agricultural Research Center. Farmers in Montana, and other parts of the Northern Great Plains, are shifting from cereal mono-cropping to a...
Researchers team with Land Institute to boost perennial permaculture with native fungi
Credit: University of Kansas | Kansas Biological Survey LAWRENCE -- Consider the humble soil just below our feet. It's actually an intricate matrix of minerals,...
Previous bacterial infection increases risk of newly-diagnosed Sjögren’s syndrome
(European League Against Rheumatism) The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology 2017 have shown a link between newly-diagnosed...
Peer-led self-management programs may not help teenagers with asthma
A study from the University of Warwick suggests peer-led self-management programmes have little impact on the quality of life or lung function of adolescents with...
Child Mind Institute’s Healthy Brain Network releases open dataset
The Child Mind Institute today announced the release of the first dataset from the groundbreaking Healthy Brain Network study, and the inauguration of the Healthy...
Speed limit study set to reveal if twenty is plenty on city streets
The impact of 20mph speed limits is to be evaluated in a major study in two British cities. Casualties and traffic accident rates will be...
Gender dictates camouflage strategy in this newly identified praying mantis group
Credit: Henrique Rodrigues Adult females and males in a newly identified genus of Latin American praying mantises have evolved sharply different camouflage strategies, according to...
Online cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is effective for military
Cognitive behavioral therapy, which traditionally includes regular, and often weekly, visits to a clinician, is recommended by the American College of Physicians and other organizations...
Massey scientists may have found a new way to halt lung cancer growth
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center The gene p53 functions normally as a cancer suppressor, but mutated versions of the gene have been implicated in the...
Indoor tanning still accessible to young people — despite bans
facilities Despite legislation prohibiting the use of ultraviolet (UV) indoor tanning facilities by minors, one in every five tanning salons in US states where such...