Using susceptibility-weighted imaging to study concussion in college ice hockey players
Charlottesville, VA (February 4, 2014). Using susceptibility-weighted imaging (SWI), researchers ...
Science teaching goes viral
An alternative approach to the traditional introductory laboratory course at the undergraduate level significantly increases student retention rates, according to research published ...
New study explores contributors to excess infant mortality in the US South
Ann Arbor, MI, February 4, 2014 – Researchers consider infant mortality to be ...
New assessment tool designed to improve care provided at hospitals
A new assessment tool published today in the Journal of Hospital Medicine can help hospital medicine groups across the country improve their patient care and make their operations more effective.
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For athletes, there's no place like home
The pomp. The pageantry. The exciting wins and devastating losses. Unbelievable feats of athleticism and sheer determination. That's right – it's time for the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Everyone ...
Gummy material addresses safety concerns of lithium ion batteries
PULLMAN, Wash. – A group of Washington State University researchers have developed a chewing gum-like battery material that could dramatically ...
Osteoporosis screening recommendations may miss two-thirds of women aged 50 to 64
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Women who are 65 and older routinely undergo bone-density testing to screen for osteoporosis. But for those between the ages of ...
Greenhouse 'time machine' sheds light on corn domestication
By simulating the environment when corn was first exploited by people and then domesticated, Smithsonian scientists discovered that corn's ancestor; a wild grass called teosinte, may have looked ...
Two papers unraveled the mystery of sex determination and benthic adaptation of the flatfish
February 2, 2014, Shenzhen, China - Researchers from Yellow Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences, BGI-Shenzhen and other institutes have successfully decoded the first ...
Capturing ultrasharp images of multiple cell components at once
BOSTON -- A new microscopy method could ...
Nature can, selectively, buffer human-caused global warming
Jerusalem, February 2, 2014 – Can naturally occurring processes selectively buffer the full brunt of global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions resulting ...
JCI early table of contents for Feb. 3, 2014
Methylation signature correlates with acute myeloid leukemia survival
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by the inappropriate replacement of normal bone marrow with white blood cells due to dysfunctional ...
Can a protein controlling blood pressure enhance immune responses and prevent Alzheimer's?
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NSAIDs do not increase risk of miscarriages: Study
Women who take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) during pregnancy are not at increased risk of miscarriages, confirms a new study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association ...
New guideline recommends delaying dialysis for chronic kidney disease
For asymptomatic adults with chronic kidney disease who will need dialysis, an intent-to-defer approach is recommended over an ...
Chemical stem cell signature predicts treatment response for acute myeloid leukemia
February 3, 2014 — (Bronx, NY) — Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center have found a chemical "signature" ...
Study finds intervention leads to reduction of C-sections and neonatal morbidities
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 in an oral plenary session at 8 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in ...
Study's results encourage expectant monitoring for women with hypertension
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 8:15 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...
Study finds NIPT detects more than 80 percent of chromosomal abnormalities
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 9 a.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...
Study associates gene with cerebral palsy and death in very preterm babies
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 2:45 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in New Orleans, researchers will report ...
Study finds cervicovaginal microbiota differs in women to have preterm birth
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 3:15 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal ...
Researchers identify new approach to personalize prevention of preterm birth
New research findings may soon help doctors personalize preterm birth prevention treatments by identifying which women at higher ...
Study suggests women 35+ are at decreased risk to have anatomically abnormal child
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 3 p.m. CST, at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting™, in New Orleans, researchers will ...
Study correlates neonatal and early childhood outcomes with preterm birth
In a study to be presented on Feb. 6 at 3:15 p.m. CST, at the Society for ...
Patient-controlled analgesia not as effective as epidural for labor pain
In a study to be presented on Feb. 7 at 1:30 p.m. ...