AGS: Trump Administration’s 2021 budget ‘deeply troubling’ for older americans
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Experts at the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) raised grave concerns with President Trump's 2021 ...
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Children miss more school when their mothers experience high physical violence
Study links patterns in mothers' IPV experience to children's school attendance in Mexico CityCredit: George Mason University A new study ...
Is it hemp or marijuana? New scanner gives instant answer
A handheld spectrometer quickly determines the level of THC in cannabis plantsCredit: Image courtesy of Dmitry Kurouski Hemp is technically ...
George Mason receives NIH grant to study environmental pollutants and endometriosis links
First of its kind study to determine whether chemicals detected in the uterus are associated with endometriosis and its severityCredit: ...
Annual Reviews launches its 51st journal: Annual Review of Developmental Psychology
This important new interdisciplinary resource covering significant advances in the developmental sciences is available online nowCredit: Annual Reviews Annual Reviews, ...
UMass Amherst awarded multiyear contract to continue gambling impact research in Massachusetts
State Gaming Commission funds unprecedented examination of new casinos' socioeconomic effectsCredit: Umass Amherst The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has awarded a ...
Hospital websites lack usability for non-English speakers
Credit: WSU SPOKANE, Wash. -- English proficiency shouldn't be a barrier to health care. That's why the federal government requires ...
Supporting state science and technology policy fellows
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative awards nearly $450,000 for science policy fellows in Idaho, Missouri, and VirginiaCredit: Photo courtesy of CCST. Today, ...
UC study shows dramatic increase in naloxone dispensing in Ohio
Naloxone can now be dispensed by a pharmacist without a prescription in some states. Researchers have found it's made a ...
Residues in fingerprints hold clues to their age
Credit: Adapted from Analytical Chemistry 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04765 Police have long relied on the unique whorls, loops or arches encoded ...
Relation between physical violence and not having adequate check-ups during pregnancy
Credit: (photo credit: Kenny Rivas, Flickr). Women who fail to have adequate check-ups during pregnancy are more likely to be ...
Correcting vaccine misinformation is a difficult process, study shows
About 26,000 Danish girls remain unvaccinated as a result of vaccine misinformation; about 33,000 girls are born annually in DenmarkCredit: ...
George Mason receives NIJ grant to develop bruise identification protocol
Dr. Katherine Scafide and collaborators will develop protocol and curriculum for bruise identification using alternate lightCredit: George Mason University Dr. ...
Regional trends in overdose deaths reveal multiple opioid epidemics, according to new study
Credit: David Peters AMES, Iowa - The United States is suffering from several different simultaneous opioid epidemics, rather than just ...
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