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Six New Genetic Risk Factors for Parkinson's Found
July 27, 2014 — Using data from over 18,000 patients, scientists have identified more than two dozen genetic risk factors involved in Parkinson's disease, including six that had not been previously reported. ... full story -
Surgical Safety Program Greatly Reduces Surgical Site Infections for Heart Operations
July 27, 2014 — A common postoperative complication after open heart operations -- infection at the surgical site -- has been reduced by 77 percent at a Canadian hospital through its participation in the American ... full story -
New Tools Help Neuroscientists Analyze 'Big Data'
July 27, 2014 — New technologies for monitoring brain activity are generating unprecedented quantities of information. That data may hold new insights into how the brain works -- but only if researchers can ... full story -
'Holy Grail' of Battery Design Achieved: Stable Lithium Anode
July 27, 2014 — Researchers report that they have taken a big step toward accomplishing what battery designers have been trying to do for decades -- design a pure lithium anode. All batteries have three basic ... full story -
Climate Change and Air Pollution Will Combine to Curb Food Supplies
July 27, 2014 — Many studies have shown the potential for global climate change to cut food supplies. But these studies have, for the most part, ignored the interactions between increasing temperature and air ... full story -
New, Noncommittal Mechanism of Drug Resistance Discovered
July 27, 2014 — Microorganisms like bacteria and fungi can evade treatment by acquiring mutations in the genes targeted by antibiotics or antifungal drugs. These permanent mutations were once thought to be the only ... full story -
Drugs Used to Treat Lung Disease Work With Body Clock
July 27, 2014 — Scientists have discovered why medication to treat asthma and pneumonia can become ineffective. The findings show that drugs widely used to treat lung diseases work with the body clock. The research ... full story -
New Drug Target Can Break Down Cancer's Barrier Against Treatment
July 27, 2014 — Targeting a molecule in blood vessels can make cancer therapy significantly more effective, according to research. Researchers have found that a molecule, called focal adhesion kinase (FAK), signals ... full story -
Fire Ecology Manipulation by California Native Cultures
July 26, 2014 — Before the colonial era, 100,000s of people lived on the land now called California, and many of their cultures manipulated fire to control the availability of plants they used for food, fuel, tools, ... full story -
Epigenetic Changes Can Drive Cancer, Study Shows
July 26, 2014 — A mouse model has been created providing the first in vivo evidence that epigenetic alterations alone can cause cancer. Epigenetic alterations don't change the DNA sequence but how it is ... full story -
Trees Save Lives, Reduce Respiratory Problems
July 25, 2014 — In the first broad-scale estimate of air pollution removal by trees nationwide, scientists have calculated that trees are saving more than 850 human lives a year and preventing 670,000 incidences of ... full story -
Changes in Agriculture Increase High River Flow Rates
July 25, 2014 — Researchers have examined how changes in rainfall amounts and an increase in the amount of acreage used to grow such crops as corn and soybeans can affect the volume of river water flow in the U.S. ... full story -
New Brain Pathways for Understanding Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Uncovered
July 25, 2014 — Researchers have identified neural pathways that increase understanding of how the brain regulates body weight, energy expenditure, and blood glucose levels – a discovery that can lead to new ... full story -
Scalping Can Raise Ticket Prices
July 25, 2014 — A new study finds that resale markets like Craigslist can add value to tickets sold by concert venues and ... full story -
New EMS System Dramatically Improves Survival from Cardiac Arrest
July 25, 2014 — A new emergency medicine system that sent patients to designated cardiac receiving centers dramatically increased the survival rate of victims of sudden cardiac arrest in Arizona, according to a ... full story -
Designer Potatoes on the Menu to Boost Consumption
July 25, 2014 — A decline in overall potato consumption has breeders working on “designer” spuds that meet the time constraints and unique tastes of a younger ... full story -
Climate Change Increases Risk of Crop Slowdown in Next 20 Years
July 25, 2014 — The world faces a small but substantially increased risk over the next two decades of a major slowdown in the growth of global corn and wheat yields because of climate change, according to new ... full story -
Primary Texting Bans Associated With Lower Traffic Fatalities, Study Finds
July 25, 2014 — States that allow officers to pull over a driver for texting while driving saw fewer deaths than those that use secondary enforcement of texting bans. Some states have banned all drivers from texting ... full story -
Slow Walking Speed, Memory Complaints Can Predict Dementia
July 25, 2014 — A study involving nearly 27,000 older adults on five continents found that nearly 1 in 10 met criteria for pre-dementia based on a simple test that measures how fast people walk and whether they have ... full story -
Anti-Inflammatory Drug Can Prevent Neuron Loss in Parkinson's Model
July 25, 2014 — An experimental anti-inflammatory drug can protect vulnerable neurons and reduce motor deficits in a rat model of Parkinson's disease, a study has shown. The findings demonstrate that the drug, ... full story
- Six new genetic risk factors for Parkinson's found
- Surgical safety program greatly reduces surgical site infections for heart operations
- New tools help neuroscientists analyze 'big data'
- 'Holy grail' of battery design achieved: Stable lithium anode
- Climate change and air pollution will combine to curb food supplies
- New, noncommittal mechanism of drug resistance discovered
- Drugs used to treat lung disease work with body clock
- New drug target can break down cancer's barrier against treatment
- Fire ecology manipulation by California native cultures
- Epigenetic changes can drive cancer, study shows
- Trees save lives, reduce respiratory problems
- Changes in agriculture increase high river flow rates
- New brain pathways for understanding type 2 diabetes and obesity uncovered
- Scalping can raise ticket prices
- New EMS system dramatically improves survival from cardiac arrest
- Designer potatoes on the menu to boost consumption
- Climate Change Increases Risk of Crop Slowdown in Next 20 Years
- Primary texting bans associated with lower traffic fatalities, study finds
- Slow walking speed, memory complaints can predict dementia
- Anti-inflammatory drug can prevent neuron loss in Parkinson's model
- Manipulating key protein in brain holds potential against obesity, diabetes
- Clearing cells to prevent cervical cancer
- Experiences at every stage of life contribute to cognitive abilities in old age
- Collecting just the right data: Algorithm helps identify which data to target
- Intensity of hurricanes: New study helps improve predictions of storm intensity
- Test increases odds of correct surgery for thyroid cancer patients
- Magnets for fusion energy: High-temperature superconductor achieves new world record for electrical current
- Why do men prefer nice women? Responsiveness and desire
- New system to detect mercury in water systems
- Nanoparticle 'alarm clock' tested to awaken immune systems put to sleep by cancer
- Computerized ADHD testing
- Monitoring rise and fall of the microbiome
- Smartphone experiment tracks whether our life story is written in our gut bacteria
- Total darkness at night key to success of breast cancer therapy, study shows
- Informed consent: False positives not a worry in lung cancer study
- Less than 1% of UK public research funding spent on antibiotic research in past 5 years
- Could heart attack patients could be treated more quickly?
- Bacteria manipulate salt to build shelters to hibernate
- Breakthrough laser experiment reveals liquid-like motion of atoms within an ultra-cold cluster
- Physicists create tool to foresee language destruction impact and thus prevent it
- Optimum ventilation strategy during general anaesthesia in abdominal operations found
- GSAD and Plant rDNA database: Two open platforms with plant cytogenetic information
- Dementia carers need more medication support, report says
- 'Light pollution' may affect love lives of birds in the Viennese Forests
- Is Europe putting cancer research at risk?
- Vulnerable populations disproportionately affected by food security, despite public programs
- New hope for powdery mildew resistant barley
- Brain tumor causes, risk factors elude scientists
- Steam energy from the sun: New spongelike structure converts solar energy into steam
- Shift work linked to heightened risk of type 2 diabetes
- Common blood thinner for pregnant women proven ineffective
- Saharan dust is key to formation of Bahamas' Great Bank, study finds
- Large raptors in Africa used for bushmeat, study indicates
- Cell therapy for multiple sclerosis patients: Closer than ever?
- Overweight, obese preschoolers lose more weight when parent is also treated
- Klotho: neuroprotective against Alzheimer's disease
- Earlier Stone Age artifacts found in Northern Cape of South Africa
- Parched West is using up underground water: Study points to grave implications for Western U.S. water supply
- Brain's dynamic duel underlies win-win choices
- Microbes make the sake brewery
- Moose drool inhibits growth of toxic fungus
- Antioxidant biomaterial promotes healing
- Biologist warn of early stages of Earth's sixth mass extinction event
- New approach to form non-equilibrium structures
- New characteristics of complex oxide surfaces revealed
- Role of media in sharing life events
- Genetic switch discovered that can prevent peripheral vascular disease in mice
- Female triathletes at risk for pelvic floor disorders, other complications
- Humans share fairness concerns with other species
- Gun violence prevention requires public health approach, experts say
- Ferric Citrate May Reduce Dialysis Patients' Need for Multiple Medications
- Genetic test helps predict which children with kidney disease will respond to standard therapy
- How to power California with wind, water and sun
- Incomplete HPV vaccination may offer some protection
- Books, videos and other 'experiential products' provide same happiness boost as life experiences
- Creating sustainable STEM teacher programs
- Physician advocates awareness, collaboration to combat peaking Hep C virus
- Global wildlife decline driving slave labor, organized crime
- Pesticide linked to three generations of disease: Methoxychlor causes epigenetic changes
- New mechanism for neurodegeneration found
- Fighting bacteria -- with viruses
- Linking microbial, immune environment in semen to HIV viral load, transmission
- Gene changes in breast cancer cells pinpointed with new computational method
- No returning to Eden: Researchers explore how to restore species in a changing world
- Noise pollution impacts fish species differently
- Synchronization of North Atlantic, North Pacific preceded abrupt warming, end of ice age
- New way to determine cancer risk of chemicals found
- DNA mostly 'junk?' Only 8.2 percent of human DNA is 'functional', study finds
- Invertebrate numbers nearly halve as human population doubles
- Atomic structure of key muscle component revealed
- Leaf-mining insects destroyed with the dinosaurs, others quickly appeared
- First IPS cells created to offer human model of insulin resistance
- Childhood friendships crucial in learning to value others
- Incisionless transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) surgery associated with shorter hospital stays
- Link between ritual circumcision procedure, herpes infection in infants examined by analysis
- Farmers market vouchers may boost produce consumption in low-income families
- Immune response may cause harm in brain injuries, disorders
- Protein couple controls flow of information into brain's memory center
- Election surprises tend to erode trust in government
- Narcissistic CEOs and financial performance
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