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(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) AuntMinnie.com awarded Bradley Spieler, MD, Vice Chairman of Radiology Research and Associate Professor of Radiology, and Emma R. Schachner, PhD, Associate Professor of...

(Scripps Research Institute) A new strategy for treating a variety of diseases known as RNA-repeat expansion disorders, which affect millions of people, has shown promise in proof-of-principle tests conducted by scientis...

(Kessler Foundation) "The labor force participation rate improved slightly compared to last month reaching the same level compared to this time last year," noted economist Andrew Houtenville, PhD. "This is good news and ...

(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association (AHA), a global force for longer, healthier lives, will present its 2020 Basic Research Award to Ann Marie Schmidt, MD, of NYU Grossman School of Medicine for h...

(Karolinska Institutet) A new study has found that a commonly prescribed anti-depressant may halt growth of a type of cancer known as childhood sarcoma, at least in mice and laboratory cell experiments. The findings, fro...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) Study showed that targeted stimulation of PKA production promoted muscle growth and enhanced resistance to fatigue.

(Technische Universität Dresden) Scientists at the National Center for Tumor Diseases Dresden (NCT/UCC) and Dresden University Medicine, together with an international team of researchers, were able to demonstrate that ...

(Boston University School of Medicine) For many years, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and other non-heterosexual (LGB+) folks have been known to be more likely to smoke than their straight counterparts.But a new, first-of-its-k...

(University of Southampton) A new study has shown pregnant women with obesity could reduce the health risks for their infants through improved diet and more physical activity.

(Wolters Kluwer Health) Botulinum toxin - best known by the brand name Botox - is a popular treatment to reduce facial lines and wrinkles. Over the years, plastic surgeons have explored alternative approaches to maximize...

(American Marketing Association) FOP nutrition labeling results in a significant improvement in the nutritional quality of food products.

(University of Massachusetts Amherst) Reporting unexpected processes, chemist Eric Strieter at UMass Amherst says he and his group have discovered how an enzyme known as UCH37 regulates a cell's waste management system.

(American College of Rheumatology) New research shows that adults with systemic lupus erythematosus, who receive trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX), a prophylactic therapy to help prevent pneumocystis pneumonia, are...

(Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research) Ludwig Cancer Research scientists have developed a method to significantly improve the preclinical evaluation of chimeric antigen-receptor (CAR) T cell therapies, in which the immun...

(American College of Rheumatology) The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) will preview its 2020 Guideline for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) at ACR Convergence, the ACR's annual meeting.

(American College of Rheumatology) The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) will preview the 2021 Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis at ACR Convergence, the ACR's annual meeting.

(Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers have developed photoresponsive derivatives of the anticancer drug Taxol®, which allow light-based control of cytoske...

(Boston University School of Medicine) A new Boston University School of Public Health study of the first four months of America's coronavirus epidemic, published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour, shows that physica...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) Implementing social distancing, business closures, and other non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) in the U.S. two weeks sooner, during the earliest stages of the C...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) To better understand the association of the APOE gene with cognitive decline in Latinx populations, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital and collaborators analyzed metrics of cogni...

(American Heart Association) The American Heart Association (AHA), a global force for longer, healthier lives, will award its 2020 Clinical Research Prize to Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, of the University of Pittsburgh, at n...

(American Heart Association) he American Heart Association (AHA), a global force for longer, healthier lives, will present its 2020 Research Achievement Award to JoAnn E. Manson, MD, MPH, Dr.P.H., F.A.H.A., during next w...