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(University of Virginia Health System) The US Food and Drug Administration has approved an artificial pancreas system -- based on technology from the University of Virginia Center for Diabetes Technology -- that automati...

A Clock Recovery Unit (CRU) option is now available for the BERTWave MP2110A scope that supports trigger clock generation from a 53-Gbaud PAM4 optical signal. When combined with existing oscilloscope functionality, the n...

It's harder than you might think to lose weight through exercise alone.

Testicular cancer can be prevented from coming back using half the amount of chemotherapy that is currently used, a new clinical trial has shown. The new trial showed that giving men one cycle of chemotherapy was as effe...

In a survey of nearly 10,000 veterans newly separated from military service, most were satisfied with their work and social well-being, but more than half reported chronic physical health problems, and a third reported c...

Theoretical simulations suggest structural maintenance of chromosome proteins coil not only around each other but also around the strands of DNA they help manipulate. These strands are formed into loops that regulate tra...

New research reveals a key insight into the development of hair bundles, the intricately complex assemblies in the inner ear responsible for hearing. Researchers found that stereocilia, roughly 100 of which are assembled...

There are a number of factors that cause men and women to lose weight differently.

A study provides new evidence of an association between cardiorespiratory fitness and brain health, particularly in gray matter and total brain volume -- regions of the brain involved with cognitive decline and aging.

(American Society for Horticultural Science) In modern society, stress reduction in the workplace is a pressing issue. While it has been commonly assumed that plant life is soothing to those required to regularly face st...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Immune checkpoints are surface proteins that cancer cells use to evade immune response. These surface proteins are critical for cancer cell growth and drugs targeting these proteins...

(Picower Institute at MIT) A review in Science traces neuroscientists' progress in studying the neural substrate for storing memories and raises key future questions for the field.

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully used a laser-assisted imaging tool to 'see' what happens in brain cells of mice learning to reach out and grab a pellet of food. Their expe...

(Mayo Clinic) Gender pay equity in the field of medicine remains elusive. Gender-based pay differences have been shown to persist, even when controlling for experience, clinical productivity, academic rank and other fact...

(Oregon Health & Science University) New research reveals a key insight into the development of hair bundles, the intricately complex assemblies in the inner ear responsible for hearing. Researchers found that stereocili...

(University of Gothenburg) Bariatric surgery is associated with a distinct reduction in skin-cancer risk, a study shows. This finding can be described as a key piece of evidence that substantiates the connection between ...

(Boston University School of Medicine) Health concerns are the most important readjustment challenge facing veterans in the first year after they leave military service.

(Mayo Clinic) Heart problems are a common development for people with diabetes. In fact, about 33% of people in the US admitted to the hospital for heart failure also have diabetes. Heart failure may be the result of a c...

(The Familial Hypercholesterolemia Foundation) The FH Foundation and World Heart Federation joined together to tackle the global burden of familial hypercholesterolemia (FH), a vastly under-recognized and poorly managed ...

(Oregon Health & Science University) HIV patients lose immunity to smallpox even though they were vaccinated against the disease as children and have had much of their immune system restored with antiretroviral therapy, ...

(JAMA Network) Researchers in this review article discuss occupational reproductive hazards for female surgeons in the operating room, including radiation exposure, surgical smoke, working conditions and physical demands...

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) Researchers from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and their colleagues have identified the structure of the most lethal toxin produced by certain strains of Clostr...