Now a peer-reviewed study by Brigham Young University political scientist Adam Brown validates Wikipedia as a reliable place to get a political education.The…
That is one of the results of the first study to examine the strategies that night nurses use to adjust between day and night sleep cycles. The study was based…
A census team led by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Insitut Congolais pour la Conservation de la Nature (ICCN) in Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the…
An enzyme essential for DNA replication and repair in humans works in a way that might be exploited as anti-cancer therapy, say researchers at The Scripps…
These findings, being presented at the National Conference in Pediatric Psychology in San Antonio April14-16, could help physicians and other providers gain…
Everyone knows that eating a low-fat, low-calorie diet and getting regular exercise helps shed pounds, but a new study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson…
New research from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and Kent State University shows that salt intake raises blood pressure because it makes it…
Stephen Spielberg's movie Jurassic Park got one thing right.Velociraptors hunted by night while big plant-eating dinosaurs browsed around the clock, according…
Giving patients data about the risks and benefits of a medical intervention is not always helpful and may even lead them to irrational decisions, according to…
Chlorine is an abundant and readily available halogen gas commonly associated with the sanitation of swimming pools and drinking water. Could a one-atom thick…
A University of Missouri researcher says people who overuse credit have very different beliefs about products than people who spend within their means….
The program, called Operation Care, was conceived and implemented by the non-profit agency Baltimore HealthCare Access and ran as a three-month pilot in 2008….
An average of 20 registered patients die every day waiting for transplants, due to the shortage of matching donor organs. More than 110,000 people are…
In a novel approach that works around the gene defect in Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome, an inherited immune deficiency disorder, researchers used an alternative…
In light of recent studies that suggest the use of stored blood during transfusions may cause adverse effects in patients, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood…
The researchers say identification of the properties of the African viruses would open the door to developing a more potent vaccine against an infection now…