A lot of blood, for no reason? Review shows that common, costly clot test has few benefits
ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- A half billion dollars - at least -- gets spent each year on blood tests to see which hospital patients have...
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The calling card of aggressive thyroid cancer
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio (Edmonton) A new discovery from University of Alberta scientists represents an important milestone in the fight against thyroid cancer. In a study...
Strathclyde researchers go to the heart of blood vessels in £1.4 million research
(University of Strathclyde) Scientists at the University of Strathclyde are developing tiny devices that capture images of signals as they travel the innermost layer of...
Towards better hip replacements
Credit: Owen Egan Some potentially good news for aging Baby Boomers: researchers believe that they have developed a hip replacement that will last longer and...
UT Austin psychology researchers map neurological process of learning, deciding
Credit: Image by Michael Mack, the University of Toronto. AUSTIN, Texas --Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin can now map what happens neurologically...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 2016
To arrange for an interview with a researcher, please contact the Communications staff member identified at the end of each tip. For more information on...
WHO Trauma Care Checklist improves care for injured patients
Injury is responsible for more than 10 percent of the global burden of disease, killing more people each year than HIV, malaria and tuberculosis combined....
Researchers identify group of brain structural networks linked to loss of cognitive function
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 2, 2016--The decreased expression of some structural covariance networks (SCNs) in the brain is associated...
Brain volume predicts successful weight loss in the elderly
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Nov. 2, 2016 - If you're trying to lose weight, what are your chances of success? Your brain may hold the key....
Nanosensors on the alert for terrorist threats
Credit: the MIPT press office Scientists from the Semenov Institute of Chemical Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ICP RAS) and the Moscow Institute...
UCI, other researchers shed light on process of programmed mitochondrial cell death
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., Nov. 2, 2016 - Employing a novel sensor made of graphene - a one-atom-thin layer of carbon -...
Research connects first-time kidney stone formers and chronic kidney disease
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Mayo Clinic nephrologists have uncovered a connection between first-time kidney stone formers and chronic kidney disease. In a paper published today in...
Safety concerns linger for generic oncology drugs in developing countries
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Although generic oncology drugs can reduce patient costs and improve treatment access, the safety of these drugs in developing countries is uncertain,...
Researchers ID first 2 genes regulating sleep in mice using genetic screening
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - November 2, 2016 - Researchers have identified the first two core genes that regulate the amount of deep sleep and...
When corals met algae: Symbiotic relationship crucial to reef survival dates to the Triassic
Credit: Photo courtesy of Jaroslaw Stolarski, Polish Academy of Sciences The mutually beneficial relationship between algae and modern corals -- which provides algae with shelter,...
