Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?
An international team of scientists has completed the largest analysis of stroke-risk genes ever undertaken…
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Oriole bird hybridization is a dead end
A half-century of controversy over two popular bird species may have finally come to an…
New genetic cause of a form of inherited neuropathy
Inherited mutations in a gene that keeps nerve cells intact was shown, for the first…
Making Smart Lifestyle Changes Now Could Alter AD’s Risk Later
Developing dementia is not inevitable: how you live your life in your 20s and 30s…
The News You’ve Longed to Hear: Eating Chocolate 3x Weekly Could Help Your Heart
A meta-analysis involving six studies indicated that eating chocolate in moderation could reduce risk of…
Lifestyle Changes Now Could Drop Alzheimer’s Risk Later
Developing dementia is not inevitable: how you live your life in your 20s and 30s…
Sideline Kids Longer with Concussion Injuries, Researchers Say
Playing sports is fun – until it’s not because you’ve been injured. Concussions are an…
With Sunscreen, Opt for Visible Light Protection
Colored sunscreen protects sensitive skin from various skin disorders. Read Original Article: With Sunscreen, Opt…
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Best Wellness Tincture of 2020
As new benefits are found for cannabinoids, in tinctures, oils, and edibles, more and more…
Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars’s surface were carved by water melting…
Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders
Targeted protein degradation (TPD) represents a novel paradigm in drug discovery that could lead to…
STAT Plus: Justice Department probes Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline over possible carcinogen in Zantac pills
The Department of Justice has started investigating whether drug makers failed to disclose information about…
Novel magnetic stirrer speaks to lab equipment
A small device, called ‘Smart Stirrer’, performed a function of a conventional laboratory stir bar,…
Promises found to reduce cheating in large study of adolescents
New research has found that adolescents who promised to be truthful were less likely to…
How a gooey slime helps bacteria survive
Researchers found that the bacterium C. perfringens modulates the structure of its biofilm at different…
Blackjack: Can a quantum strategy help bring down the house?
Now researchers have shown that the weird, quantum effects of entanglement could theoretically give blackjack…
Exploring the sustainability of the Indian sugar industry
Researchers analyzed the interconnected food, water and energy challenges that arise from the sugar industry…
Dingoes have gotten bigger over the last 80 years, and pesticides might be to blame
The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are…
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Novel approach improves graphene-based supercapacitors
An efficient in situ pathway to generate and attach oxygen functional groups to graphitic electrodes…
Baby boomers show concerning decline in cognitive functioning
In a reversal of trends, American baby boomers scored lower on a test of cognitive…
Experiencing childhood trauma makes body and brain age faster
Children who suffer trauma from abuse or violence early in life show biological signs of…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: Lilly starts late-stage trial of Covid-19 antibody; concern grows over political intervention on Covid-19 vaccine
Good morning, everyone, and welcome to another working week. We hope the weekend respite was…
STAT Plus: Music in drug ads makes it easier for the public to tune out side effects, advocates argue
This will not be music to the ears of the pharmaceutical industry. A pair of…
Opinion: Black lives depend on the U.S. dietary guidelines. Don’t water them down
Most Americans know about the Dietary Guidelines for Americans primarily through their colorful representations: the…
Opinion: Measuring excess mortality gives a clearer picture of the pandemic’s true burden
How best to represent the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic on human lives is…
Getting into U.S. medical schools wasn’t easy for them. Now international students are smoothing the path for others
Long before Azan Virji entered medical school, a college counselor back home in Tanzania tried…
This tiny Texas company is running most of the drive-thru Covid-19 testing in the U.S.
On March 13, President Trump stood next to the CEOs of LabCorp, Quest Diagnostics, Walgreens,…
Alternative health expert offers ways to improve brain health – WKOW – WKOW
Alternative health expert offers ways to improve brain health – WKOW WKOW Read Original Article: Alternative…
Highlights of health-care funding – Columbia Daily Herald
Highlights of health-care funding Columbia Daily Herald Read Original Article: Highlights of health-care funding – Columbia…
VA Reduces Prescription Opioid Use by 64% During Past Eight Years – MyChesCo
VA Reduces Prescription Opioid Use by 64% During Past Eight Years MyChesCo Read Original Article: VA…
NASA astronauts safely splash down after first commercial crew flight to space station
Two NASA astronauts splashed down safely in the Gulf of Mexico Sunday for the first…
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market – Survey on Consumption Benefits 2025 – Owned
Complementary and Alternative Medicine Market – Survey on Consumption Benefits 2025 Owned Read Original Article: Complementary…
Some Alternative Payment Models Are Improving Behavioral Health – RevCycleIntelligence.com
Some Alternative Payment Models Are Improving Behavioral Health RevCycleIntelligence.com Read Original Article: Some Alternative Payment Models…
Ohio State announces proactive COVID-19 testing measures, no specific guidance on when to close campus – OSU – The Lantern
Ohio State announces proactive COVID-19 testing measures, no specific guidance on when to close campus OSU…
Cooling of Earth caused by eruptions, not meteors
Ancient sediment found in a central Texas cave appears to solve the mystery of why…
Slow Down Return to Sports After Concussion, Researchers Say
Playing sports is fun – until it’s not because you’ve been injured. Concussions are an…
To distinguish contexts, animals think probabilistically, study suggests
A new statistical model may help scientists understand how animals make inferences about whether their…
When Dirac meets frustrated magnetism
Scientists have discovered one of the largest anomalous Hall effects (15,506 siemens per centimeter at…
Physicists find misaligned carbon sheets yield unparalleled properties
A material composed of two one-atom-thick layers of carbon has grabbed the attention of physicists…
NASA sun data helps new model predict big solar flares
Scientists have developed a new model that successfully predicted seven of the Sun’s biggest flares…
STAT Plus: In a blow to Catalyst, judge recommends tossing its lawsuit against FDA
A federal court judge recommended tossing out a lawsuit filed by Catalyst Pharmaceuticals (CPRX) that…
Ginkgo Bioworks, Mammoth Biosciences among winners of NIH’s ‘Shark Tank’ for Covid-19 tests
The National Institutes of Health selected Ginkgo Bioworks, Mammoth Biosciences, Quidel, and four other companies…
Surprising number of exoplanets could host life
A new study shows other stars could have as many as seven Earth-like planets in…
STAT Plus: Pharmalittle: U.S. hands Glaxo and Sanofi $2.1 billion for a Covid-19 vaccine; Moderna director resigns over conflict concerns
And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too…
STAT Plus: CytoDyn CEO claims Covid-19 drug success while describing data suggesting study failure
CytoDyn CEO Nader Pourhassan used a conference call on Thursday evening to claim success with the…
Sanofi and GSK land $2.1 billion deal with U.S. for Covid-19 vaccine development and 100 million doses
The U.S. government’s Operation Warp Speed effort will provide up to $2.1 billion to Sanofi…
Opinion: A Covid-19 vaccine, amazingly, is close. Why am I so worried?
A mere six months after identifying the SARS-CoV-2 virus as the cause of Covid-19, scientists…
Opinion: The curious link between kids’ birthdays and their getting the flu vaccine
Getting the influenza vaccine will be even more important for adults and children this fall…
STAT Plus: The drug industry’s new tactic in Washington: calling Trump’s bluff
WASHINGTON — The pharmaceutical industry has sparred with President Trump for four years over drug…
Medical nonprofits forced to scale back as the pandemic upends their fundraising
Medical charities have long relied on black-tie galas, golf tournaments, and bike-a-thons to fund their…