Drinking hot tea linked with elevated risk of esophageal cancer
Previous studies have revealed a link between hot tea drinking and risk of esophageal cancer, but until now, no study ...
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Research examines complications during birth and link to later social anxiety in children
A new study published in Infant and Child Development indicates that complications during birth may increase the risk that children ...
Infections linked with an increased risk of developing Sjögren’s syndrome
Individuals with a history of infection had a two-fold increased risk of developing Sjögren's syndrome in a Journal of Internal ...
Exercise program provides multiple benefits to nursing home residents
In a Journal of the American Geriatrics Society study of residents at nursing homes, those who participated in a six-month ...
Study examines how high altitude affects memory
Oxygen is essential for maintaining normal human brain function, and living at high altitudes can lead to deficits in cognition ...
Older patients with Crohn’s disease benefit from new medications
Combining medications that suppress the immune system has been successful in treating young patients with Crohn's disease, but some physicians ...
First ratings for youth football helmets address sport’s largest pool of athletes
Credit: Virginia Tech The majority of people playing football in the U.S. aren't NFL players or collegiate athletes --they're youth ...
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Paper: Serious Adverse Events in African American Cancer Patients with Sickle Cell Trait and Inherited Hemoglobinopathies in a SEER-Medicare Claims ...
Researchers develop new method to detect cancerous DNA in lung cancer patients’ blood
An advance in liquid biopsies A new method of determining the sequence of molecules in DNA can be used to ...
Are there Zika reservoirs in the Americas?
Researchers first needed to know if virus could be detected in fecesCredit: Courtesy Krista Milich Most emerging infectious diseases affecting ...
Fountain of youth for heart health may lie in the gut
Age-related changes to microbiome fuel vascular decline, new study showsCredit: CU Boulder Why do blood vessels naturally stiffen and degrade ...
Experiments with roundworms suggest alternatives for the treatment of schizophrenia
Researchers used C. elegans as an animal model to investigate the importance of certain human genes for the treatment of ...
UMass Amherst food scientist receives Young Scientist Research Award
Guodong Zhang, assistant professor of food science at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is being honored with the 2019 Young ...
How attention helps the brain perceive an object
Salk scientists find that attention cuts through brain 'noise' that impairs visual perception LA JOLLA--(March 19, 2019) It's easy to ...
Inflammation inhibitor blocks neurodevelopmental disorders in mouse model
Work published this week in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that an enzyme inhibitor developed ...
Sleep problems during pregnancy affect glucose, may increase risk of childhood obesity
Study shows that the severity of sleep apnea in pregnant women is related to higher glycemic patterns AURORA, Colo. - ...
UMass Lowell student wins award for cancer research
New imaging tech will improve success rates for diagnosis, surgery LOWELL, Mass. - Tyler Iorizzo, a Ph.D. candidate in physics ...
Former inmates need social supports to maintain mental health, Rutgers study says
Incarcerated men of color are especially susceptible to weakened social support systems and untreated mental health conditions Men released from ...
Trigger warnings do little to reduce people’s distress, research shows
Trigger warnings that alert people to potentially sensitive content are increasingly popular, especially on college campuses, but research suggests that ...
Precision oncology insights revealed for colorectal cancer
Next-generation sequencing of tumor DNA from patients with colorectal cancer revealed genetic alterations that were linked to different survival and ...
