A kind of bacteria found in the vagina may trigger recurrent UTIs, according to a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. In the image, a bladder cell (blue) that has been exposed to G....
This is researcher Nonie Finlayson about to enter the fMRI scanner.
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We live in a three-dimensional world, but everything we see is first recorded on our retinas in only two dimensions.
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So how does the...
Normal cells help corral tumors (left) and when removed lead to expansion of cancers.
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Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor cells, but few have looked to see what was happening in the surrounding tissue.
When Yale...
Autoimmunity plays a role in Parkinson's disease, according to new research.
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Researchers have found the first direct evidence that autoimmunity -- in which the immune system attacks the body's own tissues -- plays a role...
Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones, may help cancer to spread.
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Hormone replacement therapies, or medications containing female hormones that substitute those no longer produced by the body, often are prescribed to reduce...
Michigan State University research found that teachers are resigning largely because of their unhappiness with the education system.
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As teacher resignation letters increasingly go public -- and viral -- new research indicates teachers are not leaving solely...
Doctor holding an IUD birth control. (Stock image)
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Considered a safe and highly effective contraception method, intrauterine devices (IUDs) may also be quietly offering protection against the third-most common cancer in women worldwide. A new study...
Pollution haze over South East London, through a window in a viewing area of the 95-storey skyscraper The Shard, the tallest building in Britain, in London, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017. The London mayor's office says the city is experiencing...
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Using archival documents, a new report published online by JAMA Internal Medicine examines the sugar industry's role in coronary heart disease research and suggests the industry sponsored research to influence the scientific debate to cast...
Composite image of the Earth at night assembled from data acquired by the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite over nine days in April 2012 and thirteen days in October 2012. Population estimates based on similar satellite data can help improve vaccination campaigns. (Credit: NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA NGDC)
Satellite images that capture short-term changes in population size in communities in the developing world can help vaccination campaigns achieve more complete coverage to help prevent and control disease outbreaks. A team of researchers led by Penn State scientists...
To better understand how age impacts random behavior, researchers assessed more than 3,400 people aged 4 to 91 years old.
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People's ability to make random choices or mimic a random process, such as coming up with...
