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(Universidad Complutense de Madrid) The study by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and ICTAN ascribed the improvement to the Coco's flavanols and theobromine. No effects were noted in low light conditions nor in adap...

(University of Oxford) In a paper published today, Oxford-led researchers reveal their discovery of a 3,000-year-old victim - attacked by a shark in the Seto Inland Sea of the Japanese archipelago.

(University of Chicago Press Journals) In the article, "A Triple-System Neural Model of Maladaptive Consumption," the authors define maladaptive consumption as a state of compulsive seeking and consumption of rewarding p...

(American College of Rheumatology) The American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates passed a resolution developed by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) to oppose insurance companies providing financial i...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) In a new study researchers report that elevated levels of two chemical mediators of inflammation, known as cytokines, are associated with slower cognitive decline in aging adults.

(Northwestern University) Black patients with cirrhosis - late-stage liver disease - are about 25% more likely to die compared to non-Hispanic white patients and four times less likely to receive a liver transplant, repo...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new blood test could signal whether treatment for metastatic HPV-positive throat cancer is working months earlier than standard imaging scans, allowing doctors to try altern...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Three members of the University of Colorado Cancer Center and a longstanding campus supporter are part of a group of more than 200 researchers nationwide who were recogniz...

(Wiley) In a study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, investigators developed and validated a genetic risk score for predicting the onset and severity of the most common type of scoliosis in adolescen...

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) The origins of seven types of kidney cancer, including several rare subtypes, have been identified by researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), t...

(California Polytechnic State University) Project RattleCam, which is hosted on the Zooniverse community science website, gives members of the public the chance to analyze thousands of time lapse images taken at rattlesn...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) The central idea of the study was an analogy between concepts in magnetism and epidemiology in which electron interaction is compared with interaction among people.

(Cornell University) A two-year, $200,000 grant from the USDA and the Extension Foundation to Cornell University researchers aims to help promote vaccine confidence and uptake in vulnerable communities in eight New York ...

(Wiley) Women who currently use hormonal contraceptives face more than a 2-fold higher risk of developing glaucoma, according to an analysis of electronic medical records for women aged 15-45 years from 2008 to 2018. The...

(Rice University) Researchers at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine develop an antibody conjugate called BonTarg that delivers drugs to bone tumors and inhibits metastasis.

(European Society for Medical Oncology) The 2021 World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer will be held as a virtual meeting, on June 30-July 3.

(Stanford Medicine) Hospitalizations to treat pediatric gun injuries are expensive, and U.S. taxpayers and the poor are bearing the price, according to a new study from the Stanford University School of Medicine.

(Gladstone Institutes) Researchers at Gladstone Institutes have discovered a master switch for fibrosis in the heart. When the heart is under stress, they found, the gene MEOX1 is turned on in cells called fibroblasts, s...

(Monell Chemical Senses Center) Monell researchers have shown that the presence of certain food proteins, such as those in egg yolk, suppresses extra virgin olive oil's purported less desirable sensory qualities, such as...

(The Gerontological Society of America) The Gerontological Society of America's highly cited, peer-reviewed journals are continuing to publish scientific articles on COVID-19. The following were published between May 4 a...

(University of California - Riverside) A new UC Riverside study finds geckos are fierce hunters whether or not their tails are attached to their bodies.

(The University of Bergen) A paper published in the prestigious journal Nature Medicine on long-COVID, describes persistent symptoms six months after acute COVID-19, even in young home isolated people. The most common sy...