Efforts over the past seven years to reduce tobacco use in China have been strikingly…
Month: November 2015
Population health promotion: Stratified approach for cardiovascular health
Promoting cardiovascular health worldwide, experts discuss how the practice of medicine will change to reflect…
Changes in metabolites can regulate earliest stages of development
Changes in cellular metabolites, the simple compounds generated during life-sustaining chemical activities in cells, have…
Discovery of hidden earthquake presents challenge to earthquake early-warning systems
Seismologists studying the 2011 Chile earthquake have discovered a previously undetected earthquake that took place…
Valley current control shows way to ultra-low-power devices
Researchers have demonstrated an electrically-controllable valley current device that may pave the way to ultra-low-power…
Gene drive reversibility introduces new layer of biosafety
A research team demonstrates effective safeguarding mechanisms for working with gene drives and unveils a…
Researchers decode patterns that make our brains human
The human brain may be the most complex piece of organized matter in the known…
Kids with Medicaid, CHIP get more preventive care than those with private insurance
Children insured by Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were more likely to…
Effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV infection integrated with community health services
The rate of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was extremely low despite a high incidence…
Earth’s hidden groundwater mapped: Less than six per cent renewable within a human lifetime
The first data-driven estimate of the Earth’s total supply of groundwater shows that less than…