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Just hours after the paramedics left their home, the little girl's condition made a turn for the worst. Her flu progressed so rapidly all because she missed this one important form of protection.

By Egle Marija Ramanauskaite, Citizen Science Coordinator at EyesOnALZ December 21st, 2017, just might enter the history books as the first day a citizen science trophy was ever awarded to a school. The trophy, bestowed ...

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News The new decoder software, Brandman said, employs statistical learning algorithms ... Contributed Author: Brown University Topics: Neurology

News The authors say their approach, tested in rabbits, is the first to apply the display pixel into a soft contact lens to visualize glucose sensing ... Contributed Author: American Association for the Advancement of Sc...

News Using applied electric fields and buffer chemistry, the researchers discovered several new levers that control peptide attachment ... Contributed Author: University of Sydney Topics: Implantables

News Using this device, which consists of several tubes contained within a needle about as thin as a human hair, the researchers can deliver one or more drugs deep within the brain ... Contributed Author: Anne Trafton, M...

New research highlighted the risks associated with caesarean section deliveries for both mothers and children. Mothers may face dangerous pregnancies in the future, while children may be exposed to a variety of health is...

Philadelphia shook the entire country with its recent announcement. With a rising number of deaths due to opioid addiction, city officials proposed establishment of a facility that offers both clean needles and recovery.

(University of Eastern Finland) Enhanced lifestyle counselling prevents cognitive decline even in people who are carriers of the APOE4 gene, a common risk factor of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study published...

(Rush University Medical Center) A diet created by researchers at Rush University Medical Center may help substantially slow cognitive decline in stroke survivors, according to preliminary research presented on Jan. 25, ...

(University at Buffalo) Two new books from the University at Buffalo Research Institute on Addictions will provide treatment providers with resources to help people with an alcohol use disorder manage their negative emot...

(American Geophysical Union) Man-made phosphorus pollution is reaching dangerously high levels in freshwater basins around the world, according to new research.

(University of Exeter) Scientists have now discovered how the movement and membrane dynamics of a specific organelle -- called peroxisomes -- are mediated.

(University of California - San Diego) In both cell cultures and mouse models, a drug used to treat Hepatitis C effectively protected and rescued neural cells infected by the Zika virus -- and blocked transmission of the...

(Rothamsted Research) Bim Afolami, who sits on the government side in the UK parliament to represent the region that includes Rothamsted Research, today celebrated a partnership between the science institute and an enter...

(University of Liverpool) Researchers from the University of Liverpool have found an explanation for how breast cancer spreads to the lungs, which could potentially hold the key to preventing the progression of the disea...

(Duke-NUS Medical School) Researchers from the Duke-NUS Medical School and collaborators from Austria have demonstrated for the first time a novel cell death pathway that describes how depletion of sugar causes cancer ce...

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) Women who are pregnant or planning to become pregnant may want to avoid diets that reduce or eliminate carbohydrates, as they could increase the risk of having babies with ne...

(University of Bristol) January is a popular month for people trying to reduce their alcohol intake but how successful are they in doing so? A new study by the University of Bristol in the UK that assessed data on the dr...

(American Thoracic Society) In a six-month study recently concluded, a research unit affiliated with two hospital institutions and a university in Ottawa found that a reduction in the number of cigarettes smoked daily al...

(Emory Health Sciences) Standard drug treatment for Parkinson's disease can over time induce motor complications that reduce the effectiveness of restoring mobility. These complications include abnormal involuntary movem...