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(Regenstrief Institute) Regenstrief Institute research scientists Christopher Callahan, M.D., and Alexia Torke, M.D., will play a key role in a major nationwide effort to improve healthcare and quality of life for people...

W. L. Gore & Associates now offers new design options in the company's sample inventory of Gore high-speed data cables to continue to meet aerospace industry needs and new protocols. The expanded sample inventory include...

Running just once a week could lead to a longer life, a new study finds. (Credit: Halfpoint/Shutterstock) Reluctant joggers, here's some encouragement: Running even once a week has some benefits. According to a new study...

Winners of the LEAP Awards have been announced for the second annual awards competition. In the Connectivity category, Harting’s ix Industrial - Mini Ethernet Connector has taken the gold. This is the most recent award...

Hirose has developed a card connector that supports both MicroSD and Nano SIM operation in one socket. The top slot of the user-friendly KP15B Series connector is used for a MicroSD card, while the bottom slot is for a N...

(University of Cincinnati) Budesonide, a drug commonly used to treat Crohn's Disease, may offer fewer side effects and work at least as well as prednisone as an anti-organ rejection medication in liver transplant patient...

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) For the first time, a study led by researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) shows how gluc...

(American Chemical Society) Don't let their cuteness fool you -- these animals are not to be messed with. This week on Reactions we break down the chemistry behind what makes these adorable critters deadly:

(SingHealth) A study conducted by KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) and National University of Singapore's (NUS) Faculty of Engineering shows that a world's first novel artificial intelligence (AI)-powered ultraso...

(European Society for Medical Oncology) The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading professional organization for medical oncology, is pleased to announce the fifth ESMO Asia Congress 2019.

(University of Rochester Medical Center) As lung injuries from vaping continue to rise across the United States, physicians developed a new tool to assist in the diagnosis and treatment of e-cigarette, or vaping, product...

(University of Virginia Health System) The improved technique will help explore genetic diseases and benefit drug development. It could also lead to better, safer weed killers.

(Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal)) The CHAI Project explores the association between exposure to fine particles (PM2.5) and carotid intima-media thickness, a marker of atherosclerosis.

(Kessler Foundation) 'These findings support our hypothesis that children with TBI who have problems with social communication also have problems with social cognition and social functioning,' said Dr. Genova. 'This stud...

(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center) Five years after bariatric surgery, many teens develop nutritional deficiencies, according to new research from Cincinnati Children's. Experts say one of the two main types...

(Edelman Public Relations) A new study indicates that the substitution of glutamates such as MSG for salt can reduce Americans' sodium intake by up to 7-8 percent.

(Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute) Researchers have developed a technique that allows detecting an anomaly in the alternative pathway of the complement system, a part of our immune system that if deregulated c...

(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) Supplements of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (often sold as fish oil) do not help people with type 2 diabetes stave off chronic kidney disease, according to find...

(Weill Cornell Medicine) The protein adipsin, which is produced in body fat, helps protect insulin-secreting cells called pancreatic beta cells from destruction in type 2 diabetes, according to a new study by researchers...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) A compound developed by Johns Hopkins researchers that blocks glutamine metabolism can slow tumor growth, alter the tumor microenvironment and promote the production of durable and highly active ...

(Boston Children's Hospital) A new analysis of US data finds an unexpectedly high prevalence of prescription opioid use among youth. As recently as 2015-2016, 21% of adolescents and 32% of young adults said they had used...

(Imperial College London) Watching immersive 360 videos of icy Arctic scenes helps to relieve intense burning pain and could hold hope for treating chronic pain, a small study has found.