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Premature Births Linked to Seasonal Pesticides and Nitrates

He reports his findings May 7 at the Pediatric Academic Societies' annual meeting, a combined gathering of the American Pediatric Society, the Society for…

Studies and Analyses

US Movies Expose Teenagers to Billions of Smoking Images

In a report published in today's Pediatrics, “Exposure to Movie Smoking Among US Adolescents Aged 10 to 14 Years: A Population Estimate,” Dr. James Sargent and…

Life & Chemistry

Diabetes Drug Enhances Platinum Chemotherapy’s Effectiveness

Combining a platinum chemotherapy agent and the diabetes drug rosiglitazone halted or shrank mouse tumors as much as three times more effectively than either…

Environmental Conservation

Tropical plants go with the flow … of nitrogen

By demonstrating that not all plants specialize in one specific source of nitrogen, the result turns a commonly held theory on its head. It also provides a…

Life & Chemistry

Newborn neurons like to hang with the 'in' crowd

At first, they gingerly sniff out pre-existing connections between brain cells but as the new neurons mature over time they get emboldened and muscle out the…

Health & Medicine

Older Americans and Glaucoma: A Treatment Gap Unveiled

The study is the first investigation of glaucoma-therapy use in the U.S. to utilize longitudinal data from a nationally representative sample of Medicare…

Health & Medicine

Immune Dysfunction Found in Melanoma Patients, Study Reveals

In a small study, the scientists found that the immune cells in a majority of people with this deadly skin cancer fail to respond properly to a molecule called…

Health & Medicine

New survey ranks the nation's most and least sun-smart cities

Most Americans are familiar with the popular city rankings of the fattest cities, the fittest cities, the most livable cities and the most expensive cities….

Life & Chemistry

Plastic Waste Transformed into Railway Sleepers in the UK

Railway sleepers made from waste plastic, including recycled bumper scrap and old computer cases could be putting in an appearance on UK railway tracks soon,…

Health & Medicine

Brain scans show early Alzheimer's disease in people with memory problems

For the study, PET scans were performed on the brains of 13 elderly men and women with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 14 elderly people without memory…

Environmental Conservation

Healthy Reefs Struggle Amid Warmer Ocean Temperatures

Despite a link to warmer ocean temperatures, coral disease defies predictability, with puzzling variations between years and locations. The international…

Life & Chemistry

Targeting Sugar in Blood Vessels to Inhibit Lung Cancer Growth

Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death and an area where novel therapies to block metastasis are desperately needed, according to first author…

Studies and Analyses

Infant Screen Time: 40% of 3-Month-Olds Watching Daily

That number jumps to 90 percent of 2-year-olds, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Hospital…

Life & Chemistry

New UF Study Reveals How Anthrax Paralyzes Immune Cells

Anthrax killed five people in 2001 when letters containing the bacteria's spores were sent through the mail. The UF findings, published last week in the EMBO…

Health & Medicine

ACE Inhibitors: Hypertension Drugs May Lower Dementia Risk

The drugs that researchers believe are protective are part of a class known as ACE inhibitors – specifically those types that reach the brain and may help…

Studies and Analyses

A frown or a smile? Children with autism can't discern

In a report to be presented May 5 at the International Meeting for Autism Research in Seatlle, researchers from UCLA will show that children with autism can’t…

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