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Low pH in tumors counteracts the desired effect of the drug chloroquine, according to a new studu. The results might explain possible lack of efficacy of chloroquine in clinical studies.

Sochi's elevation makes speed-skating world records unlikely --

Compared to relative humidity, dew point is frequently cited as a more accurate way of measuring the humidity and comfort of air, since it is an absolute measurement (unlike relative humidity).

While smoking among California adults has dramatically declined in recent decades, researchers report there is a surprisingly large number of people who say they use cigarettes, but don't consider themselves to be "smoke...

Almost three-quarters of Russians believe that homosexuality is morally unacceptable, an attitude that is globally unusual given the country's low religiosity. Russia's history of anti-gay politics informs their modern a...

Archaeologists have discovered a school, with Greek writings on its walls, at the ancient town of Trimithis at the Dakhla Oasis in the western desert of Egypt.

In a study published today in Nature Communications, a research team led by Ken Shepard, professor of electrical engineering and biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, and Lars Dietrich, assistant professor of b...

A heat wave hitting Sochi this week could make the 2014 Winter Olympics the warmest in history.

Forget the oysters and the champagne this Valentine's Day. If you want to keep your true love's heart beating strong, the real foods of love are dark chocolate and red wine, said Loyola University Health System preventiv...

High hopes may help move a rubber tree plant (as the old song goes), but the real secret to the ant's legendary strength may lie in its tiny neck joint.

(Karolinska Institutet) Low pH in tumors counteracts the desired effect of the drug chloroquine, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. The results, which are published in the journal Autophagy, m...

This Sunday marks the 50th anniversary of John, Paul, George, and Ringo's debut appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show in the US. But what was it about?

Nearly 12 percent of Medicare patients who receive inpatient rehabilitation following discharge from acute-care hospitalization are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days after discharge from the rehabilitataion facil...

From 2009-2012, 36 bills introduced in 18 states sought to modify school immunization mandates, with the majority seeking to expand exemptions although none of the bills passed, according to a study.

Researchers have found that preterm infants are more likely to have elevated insulin levels at birth and in early childhood compared to full-term infants, findings that provide additional evidence that preterm birth may ...

Two doses of vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) provide good protection against genital warts, but three doses is better according to an extensive register study.

Researchers have developed a better way to assess and diagnose psychosis in young children. By "growth charting" cognitive development alongside the presentation of psychotic symptoms, they have demonstrated that the mos...

The risk of a kidney donor developing kidney failure in the remaining organ is much lower than in the population at large, even when compared with people who have two kidneys, according to results of new research.

NBC anchor Bob Costas will take a night off from hosting the networks' Olympics broadcast because of an infection that spread to both his eyes. The news might have you wondering: Why is pink eye so contagious?

Biologists have shown in rats that chronic stress makes stem cells in the brain produce more myelin-producing cells and fewer neurons, possibly affecting the speed of connections between cells as well as memory and learn...

A lack of standardization of compounded pediatric oral liquids has posed significant safety risks to patients. New guidelines have been released in Michigan to reduce medication errors in children's medications.

Scientists have shown that boosting the production of certain broadly neutralizing antibodies can protect humanized mice from both intravenous and vaginal infection with HIV. Humanized mice have immune systems geneticall...