A published report provides the final details on how two stroke-prevention procedures are safe and equally beneficial for men and women at risk for stroke,…
In the study, published in the current issue of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's arts and sciences journal Leonardo, UBC researcher Steve DiPaola…
Electronic tagging and fisheries catch data have revealed pronounced differences in preferred habitat of Atlantic bluefin tuna and yellowfin tuna in the Gulf…
“There is a misconception that the overall increase of cesarean births is the result of maternal request,” says lead author Gillian Hanley, a PhD student in…
A study of undergraduates in a five-year Brazilian forestry program finds that what students perceive as important change as they progress through program….
Overall, results show: – Urinary incontinence was a common condition, coexisting with BPH/lower urinary tract symptoms. In the community setting, patients…
“To limit this problem, specific courses in communication should be included in the training of health-care personnel,” she says. She defended her dissertation…
Alcohol consumption in early pregnancy increases levels of a little-known lipid called ceramide, significantly increasing suicide among cells critical to skull…
These pipelines could crack or rupture unless they are buried or their supporting foundations are built to withstand these hurricane-induced currents. “Major…
In a study appearing in the journal PLoS ONE, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) scientists describe finding mathematical patterns underlying the way…
A trial on shunts used to direct blood flow to the lungs, led by researchers at the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, will lead to better…
Researchers analyzed statistics from shark attacks that occurred in Florida's Volusia County, dubbed the “Shark Attack Capital of the World,” between 1956 and…
The international study, involving 24 medical centers in the United States and Europe, will be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology…
The study appears in the June issue of Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise.”Resistance training is not a typical choice of exercise for women,” says Stu…
The study sheds new light on possible environmental sources of this poorly understood water contaminant, called NDMA, which is of ongoing concern to health…
t the severity of tissue injury or destruction from a choked-off blood supply varies from person to person, and may depend in large part on whose circulatory…