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Cesarean Section Rates in Portugal Decline by 10 Percent
Mar. 2, 2015 — A new study reports a significant decline in the rate of cesarean section (C-section) births in Portugal. Findings indicate a 10 percent reduction in overall C-section rates between 2009 and 2014, ... full story -
Treadmill Performance Predicts Mortality
Mar. 2, 2015 — Analyzing data from 58,000 heart stress tests, Johns Hopkins cardiologists report they have developed a formula that estimates one's risk of dying over a decade based on a person's ability ... full story -
Interventional Radiology Treatment Relieves Chronic Plantar Fasciitis
Mar. 1, 2015 — Patients suffering from chronic plantar fasciitis now have a new weapon against this debilitating foot ailment. Researchers utilized ultrasound imaging and energy to penetrate, emulsify and remove ... full story -
Image-Guided Treatment Shown to Break the Migraine Cycle
Mar. 1, 2015 — An innovative interventional radiology treatment has been found to offer chronic migraine sufferers sustained relief of their headaches, according to new research. Clinicians have used a treatment ... full story -
Genetics Reveals Where Emperor Penguins Survived the Last Ice Age
Mar. 1, 2015 — A study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only three populations may have survived during the last ice age, and that the Ross Sea in Antarctica ... full story -
Psychology of Food Choice: Challenging the Status Quo
Feb. 28, 2015 — Researchers are challenging conventional beliefs about the effectiveness of traditional strategies for encouraging healthy eating. Researchers tackle issues such as the harmfulness of weight-stigma, ... full story -
Finding Psychological Insights Through Social Media
Feb. 28, 2015 — Social media has opened up a new digital world for psychology research. Researchers are developing new methods of language analysis, and how social media can be leveraged to study personality, mental ... full story -
Can Money Buy Happiness? The Relationship Between Money and Well-Being
Feb. 28, 2015 — Researchers have delved into the effects of experiential purchases, potential negative impacts on abundance, the psychology of lending to friends, and how the wealthy think differently about ... full story -
Reasons for Ibrutinib Therapy Discontinuation in CLL
Feb. 27, 2015 — About 10 percent of patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia discontinued therapy with the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor drug ibrutinib because of disease progression during clinical trials, ... full story -
First Detailed Microscopy Evidence of Bacteria at the Lower Size Limit of Life
Feb. 27, 2015 — Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small as life can get. The existence of ultra-small bacteria has been debated ... full story -
Crohn's Disease Not Exempt from Racial Disparities
Feb. 27, 2015 — Significant differences were found in hospital re-admissions, medication usage, and both medical and surgical complications of children with Crohn's disease related to race. In the study, black ... full story -
Research of Plain Wren Duets Could Help Further Understand Fundamentals of Conversation
Feb. 27, 2015 — Known for their beautiful singing duets, plain wrens of Costa Rica perform precise phrase-by-phrase modifications to the duration between two consecutive phrases, achieving careful coordination as ... full story -
Life 'Not as We Know It' Possible on Saturn's Moon Titan
Feb. 27, 2015 — A new type of methane-based, oxygen-free life form that can metabolize and reproduce similar to life on Earth has been modeled. It is theorized to have a cell membrane, composed of small organic ... full story -
Hospitals Participating in ACS NSQIP Significantly Improve Surgical Outcomes Over Time
Feb. 27, 2015 — The majority of hospitals participating in the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Project improve surgical outcomes over time, and improvement continues with each year ... full story -
Introverts Prefer Mountains
Feb. 27, 2015 — In a series of three studies, researchers tested whether there is a link between personality and an aspect of physical ecology: flat terrain versus mountainous terrain. The study found that only one ... full story -
The Better to See You With: Prosthetic Leg Would Keep an Eye on Path Ahead
Feb. 27, 2015 — A mechanical engineer and his team have developed a computer-controlled camera that enables their robotic ankle to see where it is ... full story -
New Compounds Protect Nervous System from the Structural Damage Characteristic of Multiple Sclerosis
Feb. 27, 2015 — A newly characterized group of pharmacological compounds block both the inflammation and nerve cell damage seen in mouse models of multiple sclerosis, according to a study. Multiple sclerosis is a ... full story -
Intimate Partners With Low Self-Esteem Stay in Unhappy Relationships
Feb. 27, 2015 — People with low self-esteem are more likely stay in unhappy relationships, suggests new research. Sufferers of low self-esteem tend not to voice relationship complaints with their partner because ... full story -
Reviving Drugs With Anti-Stroke Potential, Minus Side Effects
Feb. 27, 2015 — Scientists have found NMDA receptor antagonists that can limit damage to the brain in animal models of stroke, apparently without the pronounced side effects seen with similar drugs. Now researchers ... full story -
Robust Evidence That Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Is a Biological Illness
Feb. 27, 2015 — Researchers have identified distinct immune changes in patients diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome, known medically as myalgic encephalomyelitis or systemic exertion intolerance disease. The ... full story
- Interventional radiology treatment relieves chronic plantar fasciitis
- Image-guided treatment shown to break the migraine cycle
- Genetics reveals where emperor penguins survived the last ice age
- Psychology of food choice: Challenging the status quo
- Finding psychological insights through social media
- Can money buy happiness? The relationship between money and well-being
- Reasons for ibrutinib therapy discontinuation in CLL
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Crohn's disease not exempt from racial disparities
- Research of plain wren duets could help further understand fundamentals of conversation
- Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
- Hospitals participating in ACS NSQIP significantly improve surgical outcomes over time
- Introverts prefer mountains
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
- New compounds protect nervous system from the structural damage characteristic of multiple sclerosis
- Intimate partners with low self-esteem stay in unhappy relationships
- Reviving drugs with anti-stroke potential, minus side effects
- Robust evidence that chronic fatigue syndrome is a biological illness
- Bringing clean energy a step closer
- Chemotherapy after bladder cancer surgery may improve survival
- Energy use in buildings: Innovative, lower cost sensors and controls yield better energy efficiency
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Drug research, development more efficient than expected
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- Employees become angry when receiving after-hours email, texts
- How were fossil tracks made by Early Triassic swimming reptiles so well preserved?
- Cryptochrome protein helps birds navigate via magnetic field
- Enhancing studies on a possible blood biomarker for traumatic brain injury
- Physician-industry conflict of interest issue from MS patient perspective
- Growth signal can influence cancer cells' vulnerability to drugs, study suggests
- Anderson algorithm increases surgical success with advanced ovarian cancer
- Aggressive boys tend to develop into physically stronger teens
- Study challenges theory on unconscious memory system in the brain
- Zombie outbreak? Statistical mechanics reveals the ideal hideout; and informs real disease modeling
- Saving energy: Increasing oil flow in the Keystone pipeline with electric fields
- HIV controls its activity independent of host cells
- High stress for new mothers increases secondhand smoke risk for infants
- Sun has more impact on the climate in cool periods
- Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife
- Breakthrough in understanding how cancer cells metastasize
- New tool provides maps of protein interactions for 2,800 diseases
- Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
- New breast cancer test links immune 'hotspots' to better survival
- New filter could advance terahertz data transmission
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Feast-and-famine diet could help extend life, study suggests
- Transient details of HIV genome packaging captured
- Terrorist attacks have shifted from air to rail, study suggests
- Neurons controlling appetite made from skin cells
- Left or right? The brain knows before you move
- Urine test could lead to better treatment of bladder cancer
- Global health experts call into question sub-Saharan cancer data
- Strait of Georgia: Salish Sea seagull populations halved since 1980s
- QR codes with advanced imaging and photon encryption protect computer chips
- New ultrasensitive test for peanut allergies
- Newly discovered algal species helps corals survive in the hottest reefs on the planet
- Suicide rates rising for older US adults
- Experts warn of stem cell underuse as transplants reach one million worldwide
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Ensuring security for networks of the future
- Quick test for quality beer, milk
- Wind-powered freighters
- Teenagers aren't swayed by celebrity culture as a route to success
- DNA evidence shows surprise cultural connections between Britain and Europe 8,000 years ago
- Quality control for adult stem cell treatment
- Antibiotic resistant salad: Resistant Listeria monocytogenes not as widespread as thought
- New approach to assessing effectiveness of anti-cancer drugs
- Level of pollutants accumulated in the body linked to obesity levels
- Synthetic biology breakthrough leads to cheaper statin production
- Dying in front of the camera: What are the impacts?
- World's best cross-country skiers pole to victory
- Cardiac and respiratory function supported by abdominal muscles in muscular dystrophy
- Calling the shots: Brain's decision-making structure
- Talking drone offers aviation safety boost
- Shake it off? Not so easy for people with depression, new brain research suggests
- Women veterans younger, more depressed when referred for heart test
- Adults wtih disabilities screened for cancer less often
- Top-precision optical atomic clock starts ticking
- Poor response to cholesterol drugs may indicate blocked arteries
- Statin use associated with reduced risk of liver cancer among those in the uk
- Urine test predicts heart failure patients' risk of kidney injury
- Levodopa-Carbidopa intestinal gel may prove more effective for long-term treatment of Parkinson's disease than standard Levodopa
- Study successfully screens for diabetes at dental visits using oral blood
- Can coffee reduce your risk of MS?
- Why debunked autism treatment fads persist
- Economic models provide insights into global sustainability challenges
- Social circles: Degree to which urban movement is linked to social activity
- Malaria transmission linked to mosquitoes' sexual biology
- Strong connection between violence, mental illness in Guatemala during civil war lessens in postwar period
- Novel gene variants discovered in a difficult childhood immune disorder
- Embrace unknowns, opt for flexibility in environmental policies, experts say
- 'Ecosystem services' help assess ocean energy development
- People with disabilities experience unrecognized health disparities, new research shows
- Caging of molecules allows investigation of equilibrium thermodynamics
- Interaction of Atlantic and Pacific oscillations caused 'false pause' in warming
- Role of specialized protein affirmed in assuring normal cell development
- Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease reversed in rats
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