A recent Penn State study examined the use of two different scales that researchers could use with young adults to ask them how intoxicated they feel after drinking. The top…
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Racial inequities follow vulnerable infants for years
New moms of color face racial inequality around the time of birth. Unfortunately, so do newborns. One group of infants is particularly vulnerable—those who need to be hospitalized for long…
Scientists make ‘long-range weather forecasts’ of bowel cancer’s drug resistance
Scientists can use genetic 'weather forecasting' to predict how long it will take for bowel cancer to evolve resistance to a drug before a patient has even started treatment, a…
Nerve signaling alerts the host to bacterial infection within hours
An exciting new way has been found in which the body senses a bacterial infection within 4 hours and uses nerve pathways to trigger an immune response in distant organs.…
Neutrons show a connection between lithium concentration and depression
Depressive disturbances are among the most frequent illnesses worldwide. The causes are complex and to date only partially understood. The trace element lithium appears to play a role. Using neutrons,…
Six reasons potatoes are good for you
The humble potato has been given a bad rap. What was once a cheap staple of many countries' diets has instead been branded in recent years an "unhealthy" food best…
Long-term suppression of hepatitis B in patients with HIV may lower cancer risk
While the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) – primary liver cancer—is higher among patients who have HIV, it's even higher among patients who have HIV and detectable hepatitis B, according…