Newest Science News Blog 20180402

'Phubbing' can threaten our basic human needs, research shows
Ignoring someone you're with in a social setting to concentrate on your mobile phone 'phubbing' can have a negative effect on relationships
Children with autism and their younger siblings less likely to be fully vaccinated
Children with autism and their younger siblings are less likely to be fully vaccinated than the general population
A Conspiracy of Silence on Physician Suicide
A Call for a Physician Safety Movement
Portable device detects severe stroke in seconds with 92 percent accuracy
A new device worn like a visor can help emergency medical personnel detect stroke requiring comprehensive care within seconds and with greater than 90 percent accuracy.
Canadian neuroscientists say daily ibuprofen can prevent Alzheimer's disease
Dr. Patrick McGeer, has successfully carried out studies suggesting that, if started early enough, a daily regimen of the non-prescription NSAID ibuprofen can prevent the onset of Alzheimer's disease
Argonne's powerful X-rays key to confirming water source deep below Earth's surface
Researchers identify a form of water which was trapped within diamonds that crystallized deep in the Earth's mantle
This Medieval Mother Had a Gruesome 'Coffin Birth' After Medieval Brain Surgery
In a cramped stone grave beneath the medieval town of Imola, Italy, a 1,300-year-old woman lies dead with a hole in her skull and a fetus between her legs.
For Many Strokes, There’s an Effective Treatment. Why Aren’t Some Doctors Offering It?
Principal investigator of a clinical trial that found an effective treatment for stroke still finds himself explaining the data to doubters in the medical community two decades later.
Newfound 'organ' had been missed by standard method for visualizing anatomy
Researchers have identified a previously unknown feature of human anatomy with implications for the function of all organs, most tissues and the mechanisms of most major diseases.
Antibiotics Increase Mouse Susceptibility to Dengue, West Nile, and Zika
The drugs' disruption of the microbiome makes a subsequent flavivirus infection more severe.
Liver cancer caused by alcohol consumption may have worse prognosis than other forms
Study indicates patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as those with liver cancer not associated with alcohol consumption
A runaway star in the Small Magellanic Cloud
Runaway" star is speeding across its galaxy at 300,000 miles per hour
Australia's indigenous languages have one source, study says
Researchers in Australia say they have traced the country's indigenous languages back to a single, common tongue.
Taking a standard prostate cancer drug with food boosts impact, lowers cost
Savings per patient could reach as high as $300,000
Decades-long trends, not flawed vaccine, explain resurgent whooping cough
Resurgence of pertussis is the result of factors that began in the middle of the last century, before the latest vaccines were introduced
A Man's 'Beer Belly' Was Actually a Massive Tumor
A New Jersey man's "beer belly" turned out to be a 30-lb. (13.6 kilograms) tumor.
Poisoned by Bitter Squash, Two Women Lose Their Hair
There wasn't anything particularly unusual about the squash - just a slightly bitter taste. But that all changed when two women in France started losing their hair.
Dietary supplement shows promise for reversing cardiovascular aging
'NR' shown to mimic caloric restriction, boost arterial health
Poor grades tied to class times that don't match our biological clocks
Schedules of night owls, morning larks and daytime finches may predict their educational outcomes.
Scientists Find Mini Gastrointestinal Tract Growing Inside Tumor
Lung tumors have been found to morph into developmentally related neighboring organs, namely the gut.
Pediatric cancer drug shows 93 percent response rate
First-of-its-kind drug targeting fused gene found in many types of cancer effective in 93% of pediatric patients tested
Which AFib Patients Should Receive Anticoagulation?
Atrial Fibrillation in the General Population
Is there life adrift in the clouds of Venus?
Scientists are dusting off an old idea that promises a new vista in the hunt for life beyond Earth: the clouds of Venus
CRISPR paper that sent stocks tumbling is retracted
A scientific paper that purported to lay bare serious flaws in the gene-editing tool known as CRISPR and briefly tanked shares of genome-editing companies has been retracted by its publisher.
Elevated blood pressure before pregnancy may increase chance of pregnancy loss
NIH researchers suggest lifestyle changes may reduce hypertension risk

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