SEATTLE -- It is well known that exposure to radiation has multiple harmful effects -- including causing cancer -- but until now, it has been unclear to what extent such exposure increases a person's risk of developing more than one cancer.
Sep 14, 2010
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A joint study by Indiana University and Columbia University researchers found no change in prejudice and discrimination toward people with…
Sep 14, 2010
PHILADELPHIA -- - A collaboration led by a periodontal researcher from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine has found a possible link…
Sep 14, 2010
NEW YORK, September 14, 2010 -- A blood test at the age of 60 can accurately predict the risk that a man will die from prostate cancer within the next 25 years…
Sep 14, 2010
University of Maryland biologists have identified how changes in both behavior and genetics led to the evolution of the Mexican blind cavefish (Astyanax mexicanus) from its sighted, surface-dwelling ancestor.
Sep 14, 2010
Washington, DC, (September 14, 2010) -- A new study released today by the American Lung Association, and conducted by researchers at Penn State University…
Sep 14, 2010
NASA satellites provide infrared images to forecasters that show temperature, and today's imagery of powerful Hurricane Igor showed the storm's perfect form and the warm ocean waters around it that are keeping it fueled.
Sep 14, 2010
An astronomer may have caught a cannibalistic star in the act of devouring a companion and making a second generation of exoplanets from the resulting orbiting disk.
Sep 14, 2010
ROCKVILLE, Maryland, September 14, 2010 -- Neuralstem, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CUR) announced that its spinal cord stem cells survived in rat brains affected by stroke and differentiated predominantly into neurons.
Sep 14, 2010
NARRAGANSETT, R.I. -- September 14, 2010 -- When a federal fisheries scientist sought to learn how ocean currents affect the catch rate of lobsters, he turned…
Sep 14, 2010
MIAMI -- September 14, 2010 --There is a significant disparity between knowledge and attitudes on the dangers of skin cancer among male and female medical…
Sep 14, 2010
Families from rural Mexico who receive health care from centralized clinics run by the federal government pay up to 30 percent less in out-of-pocket expenses…
Sep 14, 2010
Washington, DC, SEPTEMBER 14, 2010 -- A widely prescribed class of drugs is highly effective in reducing common bone fractures in people with osteoporosis, but…
Sep 13, 2010
Repairing small, seemingly benign holes in a child's heart may be more clinically important than previously thought, as dysfunction could be lurking out of sight.
Sep 13, 2010
