Researchers have identified a new strain of bacteria in the mouth that may keep bad…
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Surgery improves survival rates for men with prostate cancer if radiation treatments fail
Approximately 14 percent of men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point in…
Spending on public higher education overlooks net benefits as investment in state’s future
Thinking of higher education funding as an investment that lowers costs — and not as…
Final review of health problems that may be linked to Agent Orange exposure during Vietnam War
The latest and final in a series of congressionally mandated biennial reviews of the evidence…
Give and take: Researchers analyze how nutrient pollution can negatively impact important ecological relationships
Nature has its own economy, with trading as dynamic as that of any stock exchange….
Negative cancer trials: Short-term whimper, long-term bang
Cancer clinical trials with negative results don’t make an immediate splash in the scientific literature,…
Scientists synthesize anti-cancer agent
Trioxacarcin molecules bind to the DNA of targeted cells and prevent them from replicating, report…
Two out of five U.S. infants from low-income families are not vaccinated against rotavirus
Rotavirus (RV) infection is the leading cause of diarrheal disease in young children worldwide. Results…
Virility drug may boost skin cancer growth
A signaling pathway in melanoma cells is affected by erectile dysfunction drug Sildenafil, biochemists have…
Combination of lapatinib and trastuzumab shrinks HER2 positive breast cancer significantly in 11 days after diagnosis
Approximately a quarter of women with HER2 positive breast cancer, who were treated with a…