A teen is tackling serious water quality issues that threaten the health of rivers, streams…
Month: July 2015
Seniors get mental health drugs at twice the rate of other adults, see psychiatrists less
Older Americans receive prescriptions for mental health drugs at more than twice the rate that…
Delay in treatment, missed diagnostic testing found among lung cancer patients
Patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer may wait too long to receive treatment, and too…
Research could play major role in curbing illegal ivory sales
A new automated data mining system could lead to a dramatic increase in the detection…
New study narrows the gap between climate models and reality
A new study addresses an important question in climate science: how accurate are climate model…
Most adolescents feel better after gastric bypass
Teenagers suffering from severe obesity generally feel worse than their peers, but after undergoing gastric…
Sugar in your cuppa not just about a sweet tooth
New research has given tea and coffee drinkers new information about why their favorite drinks…
Depressive ruminations and the idling brain
Depressed people often find themselves preoccupied with guilty, shameful, or self-defeating thoughts for large parts…
Treating ships’ ballast water: Filtration preferable to disinfection
Untreated ballast water discharge from ships can spread living organisms and even pathogens across the…
First reports of robotic surgery for advanced vena cava tumor thrombus due to kidney cancer
Surgery is required when cancer of the kidney causes a Level III thrombus, or clot,…