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(University of Waterloo) Young people between the ages of 15 and 30 living with a chronic illness are three times more likely to attempt suicide than their healthy peers, according to a new study from the University of W...

(Georgia Aquarium ) For the first time ever, scientists successfully performed health assessments, including collecting blood and biological samples, taking measurements and attaching satellite tracking tags, to a popula...

(University of Southern Denmark) The ancient Romans were famous for their advanced water supply. But the drinking water in the pipelines was probably poisoned on a scale that may have led to daily problems with vomiting,...

The elaborate system of pipes that carried water to Roman households was an engineering marvel--for its time. Unfortunately, their sophisticated water utility may have been poisoning everyone. An analysis of a pipe fragm...

Article Organizers set out to showcase how information communication technology (ICT) solutions could help meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in developing countries ... Contributed Author: Karen McCabe

Videos What should the designer consider after making the initial sketches ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

News This micromotor-enabled delivery approach is a promising new method for treating stomach and gastrointestinal tract diseases ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Surgical

News The technique researchers developed is called magneto-thermal stimulation ... Contributed Author: University at Buffalo Topics: Neurology

For their study, the researchers bought several 3D printers and showed that it's possible to hack into a computer's firmware ... Contributed Author: Rutgers University

In a new study, one out of four individuals has reported getting injured while doing pubic hair removal and trimming. Find out the range of pubic hair grooming injuries in this research on nearly 7,600 American adults.

(Elsevier) While there is a proven link between obesity and certain types of cancer, less is known about how the ratio of energy to food weight, otherwise known as dietary energy density (DED), contributes to cancer risk...

(University of Liverpool) A new University of Liverpool study, published in Brain and Behaviour, identifies simple measures that could substantially improve the quality of life of stroke survivors with visual impairments...

(Wiley) A new study on the lifetime cost of dementia indicates that families of people living with the disease incur the largest financial burden.

(NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) A protein called COUP-TFII determines whether a mouse embryo develops a male reproductive tract, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A prospective study of more than 20,000 nurses aged 20-45 years, 88 percent of whom had worked night shifts, reported their most common health issues, disease history, re...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) EPFL scientists show how DNA is organized into specific regions, and that this depends on a combination of genomic distance and the presence of the CTCF protein.

(Duke University Medical Center) A drug-like molecule developed by Duke Health researchers appears to intercede in an inflammatory response that is at the center of a variety of diseases, including some cancers, rheumato...

(Hiroshima University) Scientists are increasingly appreciating estrogen's role in brain health. The latest research from Hiroshima University connecting DHA synthesis to estrogen production, and consequentially brain he...

(American Association for Cancer Research) The Cancer Research Institute, the Association for Cancer Immunotherapy, the European Academy of Tumor Immunology, and the American Association for Cancer Research will sponsor ...

(Pensoft Publishers) The discovery of a new Scandinavian longhorn beetle subspecies triggered a discussion on the vague classification rank. As a result, a newly proposed subspecies definition has been published along wi...

(The North American Menopause Society (NAMS)) Although hot flashes are the most commonly reported problem associated with menopause, between 20 percent and 45 percent of women also complain of sexual and urinary issues. ...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) Cedars-Sinai neuroscience investigators have found that Alzheimer's disease affects the retina -- the back of the eye -- similarly to the way it affects the brain. The study also revealed th...