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Air pollution levels far below federal standards can still cause premature death, highlighting the importance of aiming for cleaner air. Reducing the level of fine particulate matter can save thousands of lives.

News Prior to Tang's cellular guillotine, scientists hoping to study Stentor had to slice the cells by hand under a microscope, using a glass needle ... Contributed Author: Taylor Kubota. Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnos...

News He and his team of researchers have been using 3D printing technology to make this happen ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

News The research team experimented with using a camera flash, which typically covers a broad spectral range, as a simple and effective way to create ... Contributed Author: The Optical Society Topics: STEM

News Bioengineers have tried to create cartilage, and other materials, in the lab by growing cells on artificial scaffolds ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: STEM

News Dr. Shephard reviewed and analyzed the results of 12 studies evaluating accelerometers, step counters, and similar devices for objective measurement of physical activity ... Contributed Author: Wolters Kluwer Health...

Naloxone, more popularly known as Narcan, can help bring back people from overdose. Two new strains of highly potent fentanyl, acrylfentanyl, and tetrahydrofuran are likely resistant to this drug.

(Ohio State University) Laws that require increasingly older kids to sit in car safety seats appear to have limited impact, new research has found.

(Frontiers) In a recent review published in Frontiers in Nutrition, Italian researchers examined the available literature for the effects of acute and chronic administration of cocoa flavanols on different cognitive doma...

(Boston University Medical Center) Despite the fact that obesity increases both the risk for stroke and death, a new study has found that people who are overweight or even mildly obese survive strokes at a higher rate as...

(FECYT - Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology) Salt is a hidden enemy in children's diets. So says the conclusion of a study by researchers from the Complutense University of Madrid, which suggests that over 80 ...

(Drexel University) A new study led by Drexel University found that even if hospital workers follow handwashing guidelines as closely as possible, MRSA can still be transmitted among their newborn patients in the NICU.

(American College of Physicians) The American College of Physicians (ACP) today told a meeting convened by Health and Human Services (HHS) Department Secretary Tom Price that it has long identified reducing excessive adm...

(Lomonosov Moscow State University) Members of the Faculty of Biology and A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, a unit of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, have tested on a mouse model a mitochondri...

(American Society of Anesthesiologists) -Researchers have developed new dosing models that may provide the scientific basis for more accurate administration of remifentanil, a synthetic opioid commonly used during surger...

(St. Michael's Hospital) Older adults with COPD who recently started using opioids have an increased risk of coronary artery disease-related death compared to non-opioid users, researchers at St. Michael's Hospital have ...

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) Although the basic outlines of human hearing have been known for years -- sensory cells in the inner ear turn sound waves into the electrical signals that the brain understands...

(University of Liverpool) Researchers from the University of Liverpool with colleagues from Gynuity Health Care in New York and the Government Medial College, Nagpur, India, have published a major study of two different ...

(Frontiers) In a new study, researchers inoculated mice with a new DNA vaccine candidate (pVAX1-D1ME) in order to evaluate its efficiency. They found that the vaccine candidate was able to induce persistent humoral and c...

(Osaka University) Scientists discovered unexpected functions of pain neuron. Pain neuron may inhibit fungi-induced osteo-inflammation via CGRP-Jdp2 axis.

(Oregon Health & Science University) A pilot study suggests over-the-counter antioxidant lipoic acid holds promise for treating patients with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. Researchers are using the findings f...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) A research group in the division of Gastroenterology in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has received a National Cancer Institute grant to ...