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Small talk: Electronic media keeping kids from communicating with parents
It happens in many households. Kids are tapping on their cell phones or are preoccupied…
Vitamin nicotinamide riboside protects mice from diabetes complications
A naturally occurring vitamin, nicotinamide riboside, can improve metabolic symptoms and prevent peripheral nerve damage…
Remains of bizarre group of extinct snail-eating Australian marsupials discovered
Fossil remains of a previously unknown family of carnivorous Australian marsupials that lived 15 million…
Restoring chemotherapy sensitivity by boosting microRNA levels
By increasing the level of a specific microRNA (miRNA) molecule, researchers have for the first…
Study finds that protein puts the brakes on melanin
Skin, eye and hair pigmentation requires a delicate balance of acidity within the cellular compartments…
The dying child: Room for improvement in end-of-life care
Many pediatricians and pediatric subspecialists believe that their clinical care extends from treating ill children…
Palliative, hospice care lacking among dying cancer patients, researcher finds
Medical societies recommend that patients with advanced cancer receive palliative care soon after diagnosis and…
Moving beyond race-based drugs
Prescribing certain medications on the basis of a patient’s race has long come under fire…
New study uncovers mechanisms underlying how diabetes damages the heart
Cardiac complications are the number one cause of death among diabetics. Now a team of…