Rush to crush risks medicine effectiveness
People who take more than four doses of medicine a day appear more likely to crush tablets or open capsules potentially reducing their effectiveness, QUT research has found.
World's largest asteroid impacts found in central Australia
Scientists in Australia have discovered what they say is the largest asteroid impact area ever found.
Promising vaccine strategy for type 1 diabetes extended to humans
Molecule that prevents Type 1 diabetes in mice has provoked an immune response in human cells
Discontinuing statins for patients with life limiting illness
Discontinuing statin use in patients with late-stage cancer may help improve patients' quality of life without causing other adverse health effects
Metformin and vitamin D3 show impressive promise in preventing colorectal cancer
Case Western Reserve scientists collaborate with China's Lanzhou University investigators in exploring the dual compound strategy
Our solar system may have once harbored super-earths
Caltech and UC Santa Cruz researchers say Earth belongs to a second generation of planets
Study: Zinc deficiency linked to immune system response, particularly in older adults
Zinc, an important mineral in human health, appears to affect how the immune system responds to stimulation, especially inflammation, new research from Oregon State University shows.
Sweeping prostate cancer review upends widely held belief on radiation after surgery
Findings shed light on side effects of radiation after prostate removal
Sushi parasite inspires worm test for cancer
Roundworms can sniff out cancer in urine
More flavorful, healthful chocolate could be on its way
A way to make chocolate even more nutritious and sweeter
Fat turns from diabetes foe to potential treatment
A new weapon in the war against type 2 diabetes is coming in an unexpected form: fat.
Child with autism improves with antibiotic; prompts new investigations into autism
Surprising observation leads parent to collaboration with researchers to organize first scientific conference and special issue of scientific journal on the role of gut bacteria in autism
Preventive surgery for cancer genes
While most women in the UK have a one in 54 chance of developing ovarian cancer in their lifetime, for those who inherit faulty genes, like Angelina Jolie, the risk increases to one in two.
Second Tommy John surgery linked to performance decline, shortened career
Major League Baseball pitchers who underwent a second Tommy John surgery saw their performance decline and their career shortened, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.
After learning new words, brain sees them as pictures
The brain learns words quickly by tuning neurons to respond to the whole word
Norovirus candidate vaccine induces broad antibody responses in trial participants
Multivalent candidate vaccine elicits broad antibody responses to a range of norovirus strains
Experts Back Angelina Jolie Pitt in Choices for Cancer Prevention
Ms. Jolie Pitt’s frank discussion will encourage women in similar situations to consider their own options
Mars rover detects 'useful nitrogen'
Nasa's Curiosity rover has made an interesting nitrogen discovery on the surface of Mars.
Majority of parents unaware of safe pitching practices
Sixty-four percent of parents said their child had suffered upper extremity pain due to pitching
Explosions of Jupiter's aurora linked to extraordinary planet-moon interaction
Jovian aurora sometimes flares up because of a process having nothing to do with the Sun
NASA's Curiosity rover finds fatty acids on Mars
IS there lard on Mars?
Use of minimally invasive surgery could lower health care costs by hundreds of millions a year
More use of minimally invasive surgery for common procedures can dramatically reduce post-operative complications and cut the nation's health care bill by hundreds of millions
Here’s How Music Really Could Soothe Your Soul
A leading scholar theorizes that music developed as an evolutionary adaptation to help us deal with the contradictory nature of life
Head injury patients show signs of faster aging in the brain
People who have suffered serious head injuries show changes in brain structure resembling those seen in older people, according to a new study.
Medicaid is a very good investment even if it does not lower cholesterol or blood pressure
Quality-life year gains average $62,000
Just slip out the back, Jack
We're wired to get over romantic break ups
Emergency medicine physicians urge colleagues to help prevent gun violence
Two practicing emergency medicine physicians urge their colleagues to take direct action to protect the health and safety of patients and communities
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology: New score predicts heart disease and stroke risk for anyone in world aged over 40
For the first time, scientists have developed a new risk score that can predict the 10-year risk of developing heart disease or having a stroke in persons aged 40 years or older in any world country.
Want to Live Longer? Don’t Sleep So Much
New research links longer sleep duration with a shorter life
An Asteroid Boulder Will Be A Stepping Stone on the Journey to Mars
NASA announces details in its plan to capture an asteroid and bring it into lunar orbit
Roseroot herb shows promise as potential depression treatment option, Penn team finds
Study is the first randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, comparison trial of oral R. rosea extract versus conventional antidepressant for mild to moderate major depressive disorder
New Form of Ice Forms in Graphene "Sandwich"
The ice's unusual square structure suggests why water can zip through stacks of the atom-thick sheets of carbon
Chikungunya virus may be coming to a city near you -- learn the facts
Painful and potentially debilitating disease is predicted to soon spread to the U.S
Researchers identify timeline for HIV replication in the brain
A team of researchers has discovered HIV can begin replicating in the brain as early as four months after initial infection.
Antarctic ice shelves rapidly thinning
New study reveals accelerating losses over two decades
Ebola whole virus vaccine shown effective, safe in primates
An Ebola whole virus vaccine, constructed using a novel experimental platform, has been shown to effectively protect monkeys exposed to the often fatal virus.
Forsyth research explains why popular antacids may increase chance of bone fractures
New study provides best explanation for side effect of prescription and over-the-counter heartburn medications used by 100 million Americans
What to do with kidneys from older deceased donors?
Study reveals which patients on the transplant waiting list are most likely to benefit from such organs
Budesonide Has Potential for Lung Cancer Chemoprevention
Inhaled glucocorticosteroids might have potential as a chemopreventive agent for lung cancer, new research shows.
Why Would Cooling Rice Make it Less Caloric?
Scientists suggest a new way to prepare rice that they say could help slow the worldwide obesity epidemic
The Navajo Nation Will Have the First Junk Food Tax in the U.S.
The Navajo National Council approved a 2 percent increase in sales tax on foods like pastries, fried foods, desserts, chips and soda
The switch that might tame the most aggressive of breast cancers
Australian researchers have found that so-called 'triple-negative breast cancers' are two distinct diseases that likely originate from different cell types.
First fully-implantable micropacemaker designed for fetal use
Novel device has received Humanitarian Use Device designation from FDA
When attention is a deficit
How the brain switches strategies to find better solutions
Sexual selection isn't the last word on bird plumage, UWM study shows
Survival shapes feather color as much as the need to attract mates
Major Science Publisher Admits “Fabricated” Peer Reviews
But are BioMed Central’s retractions just the tip of the iceberg?
Weed Killer, Long Cleared, Is Doubted
World Health Organization has declared that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, “probably” causes cancer in people
Why animals don’t get schizophrenia (and people do)
Research suggests an evolutionary link between the disorder and what makes us human