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An FDA-commissioned scientific panel recommends sweeping changes in doctors' opiod prescription practices and health policy, in general, to stop the growing opioid epidemic in the United States. Here are the details on t...

News The boxes are also being outfitted with cellular electronics that send a simple text message to their host when they are opened ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: STEM

Advocacy groups are conducting a test of the phthalate content of dairy products in the market. Out of the 30 cheese products tested, 29 turned out positive for containing phthalates.

News Finding solutions could be a lucrative enterprise ... Contributed Author: Anne D'innocenzio, Phys.org Topics: STEM

News The soft artificial heart was created from silicone using a 3D-printing, lost-wax casting technique; it weighs 390 grams ... Contributed Author: Eth Zurich Topics: Cardiovascular

News Of those who receive a prosthetic leg and knee, the policies that govern insurance payments grant basic mechanical knees for most ... Contributed Author: Mayo Clinic Topics: Prosthetics

News Enter laser gold nanotechnology, a rapidly growing technological field being developed for cryopreservation applications ... Contributed Author: University of Minnesota Topics: STEM

Prostate cancer is the second leading type of cancer among men. Now, researchers have found that taller men and heavier men are more at risk of being diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer and of death from prostate c...

PTSD is considered a mental health condition but sufferers have bigger amygdala, a region in the brain linked to fear. What is behind these changes in the brain?

(Aarhus University) It cannot be said that red clover alone reduces menopause symptoms, but a recently published Danish study finds that fermented red clover extract effectively prevents hot flushes, hormonal swings and ...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A Massachusetts General Hospital research team has identified a novel mechanism behind resistance to angiogenesis inhibitors -- drugs that fight cancer by suppressing the formation of new...

(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) LSTM has been awarded £11 million by the National Institute for Health Research as part of their latest UK-wide call for funding into Global Health Research Units.

(Loyola University Health System) For the 14th time, Loyola University Medical Center has been named one of the nation's 'Most Wired' hospitals.Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, a member of Loyola University Health System, als...

(University of Warwick) The University of Warwick is to receive more than £5 million to find better ways of delivering health care to some of the world's poorest people.

(National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine) In an effort to encourage innovative approaches to building productive public engagement with science, the National Academy of Sciences, with support from the R...

(University of Würzburg) Fanconi anemia is a rare genetic disease characterized by high cancer risk. Researchers of the University of Würzburg now have revealed a new Fanconi anemia gene that is involved in complex DNA...

(University of Warwick) University of Warwick researchers are to improve the lives of India's millions of psychosis sufferers. The National Institute of Health Research's (NIHR) Global Health Research Unit has awarded th...

(Lomonosov Moscow State University) Members of the Faculty of Fundamental Medicine at the Lomonosov Moscow State University have determined the structure of a peptide complex, formed in the brain at the early stages of A...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) A study involving 65 people who live in and around São José do Rio Preto (São Paulo State, Brazil), where dengue is endemic and there was a particularly rapid ou...

(Tufts University) Researchers at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University have discovered important biomarkers in extracellular vesicles in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease and congestive hear...

(Oregon Health & Science University) Scientists have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of axons, the threadlike portions of a nerve cell that transmit signals within the nervous system. A...

(Children's National Health System) Adolescent girls receiving a wide range of medical care in the Emergency Department (ED) are receptive to receiving information about preventing pregnancy, according to the results of ...