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Parkinson's patients utilization of deep brain stimulation treatment reduced in demographic groups PHILADELPHIA -- Among Parkinson's disease (PD) patients, female, black, and Asian patients are substantially less likely to receive proven ...
Read the releaseResearchers find simple, cheap way to increase solar cell efficiency Researchers from North Carolina State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found an easy way to modify the molecular structure of a polymer commonly used in solar cells. ...
Read the releaseCleveland Clinic researchers create online colorectal cancer risk calculator Tool provides quick, accurate estimate of patient's risk; improves upon existing guidelines; adds gender, race and family history as calculable risk factors January 3, 2014, Cleveland: Researchers at ...
Read the releaseReconstructing the New World monkey family tree After landing in Americas, primates spread as far as Caribbean, Patagonia DURHAM, N.C. -- When monkeys landed in South America 37 or more million years ago, the long-isolated continent already teemed with a menagerie of 30-foot ...
Read the releaseShingles linked to increased risk of stroke in young adults MINNEAPOLIS – Having shingles may increase the risk of having a stroke years later, according to research published in the January 2, 2014, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American ...
Read the releaseHow invariant natural killers keep tuberculosis in check Mycobacterium tuberculosis is a major cause of death worldwide, and a formidable foe. Most healthy people can defend themselves against tuberculosis, but they need all parts of their immune ...
Read the releaseCall for better social science research transparency In the Friday (Jan. 3) edition of the journal Science, an interdisciplinary group is calling on scholars, funders, journal editors and reviewers to adopt more stringent and transparent standards ...
Read the releaseStudy: Having Medicaid increases emergency room visits Unique study on Oregon's citizens sheds light on critical care in the US CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Adults who are covered by Medicaid use emergency rooms 40 percent more than those in similar circumstances ...
Read the releaseEnvironment affects an organism's complexity Press release from PLOS Computational Biology Scientists have demonstrated that organisms with greater complexity are more likely to evolve in complex environments, according to research published this week ...
Read the releaseEl Nino tied to melting of Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier Pine Island Glacier is one of the biggest routes for ice to flow from Antarctica into the sea. The floating ice shelf at the glacier's tip has been melting and thinning for the past four decades, causing the ...
Read the releaseAre sweetpotato weevils differentially attracted to certain colors? Different colors attract sweetpotato weevils, depending on external conditions The sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius (Fabricius), is the most serious pest of sweetpotato ...
Read the releaseMethane hydrates and global warming Dissolution of hydrates off Svalbard caused by natural processes Methane hydrates are fragile. At the sea floor the ice-like solid fuel composed of water and methane is only stable at high pressure ...
Read the releasePine Island Glacier sensitive to climatic variability A new study published in Science this month suggests the thinning of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is much more susceptible to climatic and ocean variability than at first thought. Observations by a ...
Read the releaseMolecule discovered that protects the brain from cannabis intoxication Two INSERM research teams led by Pier Vincenzo Piazza and Giovanni Marsicano (INSERM Unit 862 "Neurocentre Magendie" in Bordeaux) ...
Read the releaseAnimal cells can communicate by reaching out and touching, UCSF team discovers Signaling through direct contact not restricted to neurons, as previously thought In a finding that directly contradicts the standard biological model of animal cell ...
Read the releaseStudy explaining parasite gene expression could help fight toxoplasmosis and malaria INDIANAPOLIS -- A newly identified protein and other proteins it interacts with could become effective targets for new drugs to control the parasite that cause toxoplasmosis, researchers ...
Read the releaseMen's and women's soccer: Physical or technical? A comparative study into the performance of men and women players in UEFA Champions League matches suggests that women and men each play soccer 'in their own way' This news release is available in Spanish. When the ...
Read the releaseGenetically identical bacteria can behave in radically different ways Uneven distribution of certain mechanisms during cell division creates diversity that can enhance a bacterial population's survival Although a population of bacteria may be genetically identical, individual ...
Read the releasePatch outperforms Holter for prolonged heart rhythm tracking Scripps study suggests shift in decades-old practice for detecting irregular heart beats SAN DIEGO – Research by the Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) has found that a small adhesive wireless ...
Read the releaseResearchers report technique that enables patient with 'word blindness' to read again MAYWOOD, Il. - In the journal Neurology, researchers report a novel technique that enables a patient with "word blindness" to read again. Word blindness is a rare neurological ...
Read the releaseOdor receptors discovered in lungs They're just like those in your nose but instead of conjuring up a cup of coffee they might make you cough Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists at Washington ...
Read the releaseLocal factors cause dramatic spikes in coastal ocean acidity Fluctuation 'adds insult to injury' for marine creatures DURHAM, N.C. – A new Duke University-led study has documented dramatic, natural short-term increases in the acidity of a North Carolina estuary. "The natural ...
Read the releaseEARTH Magazine: Geological travels in Antarctica Following in the footsteps of giants Alexandria, VA – Yesterday, 52 scientists, journalists and tourists were rescued from frozen Antarctic waters, where their ship, the MV Akademik Shokalskiy, had been stuck ...
Read the releaseUT Arlington research may unlock enzyme's role in disease A UT Arlington chemist doing National Science Foundation-funded research on enzymes that regulate human biology has uncovered characteristics that could be used to identify predisposition to conditions ...
Read the releaseSouth African trauma center launches portable electronic trauma health record application Canadian surgeons collaborate with South African hospital to successfully develop an iPad app for capturing trauma patient data in a low medical resource environment according ...
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