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Children with mild asthma can use inhalers as needed, study suggests
Science Daily - 17 Aug 2019 01:14
A new study supports evidence that children with mild asthma can effectively manage the condition by using their two inhalers -- one a steroid and the other a bronchodilator -- when symptoms occur. This is in contrast to...
Researchers refine guidelines for pediatric brain injuries
Science Daily - 17 Aug 2019 01:14
There are no guidelines on whether a noninvasive method of measuring carbon dioxide from patients' exhalations, known as end-tidal capnography, is as effective as drawing blood through a child's artery. This study found ...
How stress can curb the desire to eat in an animal model
Science Daily - 17 Aug 2019 01:14
Eating disorder researchers have discovered a neurocircuit in mice that, when activated, increased their stress levels while decreasing their desire to eat.
Discovery of anti-opioid pathway offers new route to designing safer pain medications
Science Daily - 17 Aug 2019 01:14
A team has discovered a biological system that manages cells' response to opioid drug exposure. The unexpected discovery offers new ideas for improving the safety of the one of the most effective, and most abused, group ...
Wearable sensors detect what's in your sweat
Science Daily - 17 Aug 2019 01:14
A team of scientists is developing wearable skin sensors that can detect what's in your sweat. In a new article, the team describes a sensor design that can be rapidly manufactured using a ''roll-to-roll'' processing tec...