Researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), Clinical Center and National Institute of…
Nov 10, 2016
In 2009, applied physicist Peter Sturrock was visiting the National Solar Observatory in Tucson, Arizona, when the deputy director of the observatory told him he should read a controversial article about radioactive decay.
Nov 9, 2016
Using a person's spoken or written words, new computer tools can identify with great accuracy whether that person is suicidal, mentally ill but not suicidal, or neither.
Nov 7, 2016
A new study led by public health researcher Wenjun Li, PhD, compared the diet quality of older black and white women in metropolitan Washington, D.C., and found significant differences between what they bought, how far they traveled to shop and what they ate.
Nov 7, 2016
Pregnancy, a beautiful time in any woman’s life when she witnesses her child growing inside her, feels her baby kick for the first time, and spends a great deal time vomiting into her toilet.
Nov 6, 2016
When something that once was has gone, It lingers in a phantom land; You find the strength to carry on, Then close your eyes and feel your hand.
Nov 4, 2016
Few treatments exist for bacteria-caused intestinal inflammation that leads to diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps.
Nov 3, 2016
We wish to carry out a test To find which food I most detest? Edam is good. Do you agree?
Oct 28, 2016
A selfish streak of silver in their heart, These scavengers are thieves without a band; In altruistic goals they play no part, An archipelago with just one land.
Oct 21, 2016
Listening to music may make it easier for people to adopt short duration exercise regimens that could help them stay in shape, according to researchers at UBC's Okanagan campus.
Oct 20, 2016
Each dollar spent repairing abandoned buildings and vacant lots reduces neighborhood gun violence by as much as 39 percent and yields, respectively, a $5 and…
Oct 14, 2016
Beneath your blind and wrinkled face, you know There lies a hidden strength on which to draw; You seethe and huddle in the ground below, With toothy grin and pallid, grotesque maw.
Oct 14, 2016
It’s a diagnostic mainstay: You walk into a doctor’s office — or, these days, maybe a drugstore.
Oct 13, 2016
The smokeless tobacco product snus, which is used mainly in Sweden but also is sold in the U.S., may increase the risk that men with prostate cancer will die…
Oct 13, 2016
