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(University of Pennsylvania) Overweight or obese patients who binge eat while trying to lose weight drop half as much as those who don't binge eat or those who do and subsequently stop, according to researchers from the ...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Washington University researchers activated the Hedgehog protein pathway in the fat cells of mice. After eight weeks of eating a high-fat diet, mice that had been engineered wit...

Product Announcement The 7TCE features a specially formulated thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) jacket, as well as cross-linked XLPE insulation that can withstand high temperatures up to 105°C ... Contributed Author: Lapp G...

(Einstein Healthcare Network/MossRehab) Dr. Amanda Rabinowitz, PhD,Director of the Brain Injury Neuropsychology Laboratory at the Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute has received a $93,000 grant from the National Inst...

(Case Western Reserve University) Researchers at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, are focusing their efforts on adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer research....

Videos Researchers have discovered a new way to form bioactive spider silk that does not include using harsh chemicals ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

News The technology, known as microscopy with UV surface excitation, or MUSE, uses ultraviolet light at wavelengths below the 300 nanometer range to penetrate the surface of tissue ... Contributed Author: University of C...

News In a new study, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania evaluated a new dental material tethered with an antimicrobial compound ... Contributed Author: University of Pennsylvania

News To test the custom-modified EEG, the research team had 16 participants view pattern-reversing black and white checkerboards while wearing the new "super-Nyquist density" ... Contributed Author: Carnegie Mellon Unive...

Residents of a small village claimed that fumes from a factory that produces the impotence drug Viagra have an arousing effect on men and their dogs. Here's Pfizer's response to the tale of "Viagra in the air."

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Working at the UAB Zebrafish Research Facility, Daniel Gorelick, assistant professor of pharmacology and toxicology, has created zebrafish mutants in four different receptors -- foun...

(IOS Press) Trace elements of lithium in drinking water can slow death rates from Alzheimer's disease,Brock University research has found.Rates of diabetes and obesity, which are important risk factors for Alzheimer's di...

(University of Missouri-Columbia) In 2016, a federal report found that the Missouri Quality Initiative for Nursing Homes (MOQI) reduced potentially avoidable hospitalizations by 48 percent and reduced hospitalizations fr...

(Georgia State University) Reducing a protein found in the mitochondria of cardiac muscle cells initiates cardiac dysfunction and heart failure, a finding that could provide insight for new treatments for cardiovascular ...

(University of Warwick) Research from the University of Warwick indicates that most people are in the UK are in favor of newborn screening for the potentially deadly condition spinal muscular atrophy (SMA).

(University of Warwick) Tuberculosis, and other life-threatening microbial diseases, could be more effectively tackled with future drugs, thanks to new research into an old antibiotic by the University of Warwick and the...

(Tufts University) A team led by Tufts University biologists has successfully harnessed new technology to develop an approach that could allow for rapid and precise identification of the CGRs involved in disease, cancer ...

( European Academies' Science Advisory Council, Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften) Scientists from national academies across Europe are calling for urgent action on food and nutrition in a new rigorous a...

(Elsevier) A new assessment, published in the December issue of the American Journal of Infection Control, the journal of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, reviewed the benefits and...

(University of Cincinnati) A fresh look at a federally sponsored 2012 national study shows a significant link between parent's behaviors and thoughts of suicide among adolescents, according to a presentation given by two...

(Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health) This report is part of a series titled 'Discrimination in America.' The series is based on a survey conducted for National Public Radio, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and...

(Wiley) Three new articles present trends in survival for patients with ovarian, colon, and breast cancer in the United States by race and stage.