Women of color and young women may face elevated risks of developing triple-negative breast cancers, a type of cancer that
Study confirms disparities in triple-negative breast cancer diagnoses
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In UK’s third largest city intervention program helps reduce childhood obesity
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions, affecting children’s health and wellbeing and leading to obesity, heart disease, diabetes and cancer
Computation and experimentation come closer together
A bioengineering group from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering is bringing the worlds of computational modeling and
Study of multiethnic genomes identifies 27 genetic variants associated with disease
In a study published in the journal Nature, researchers identified 27 new genomic variants associated with conditions such as blood
‘Goldilocks’ neurons promote REM sleep
It has been a mystery why REM sleep, or dream sleep, increases when the room temperature is ‘just right’. Neuroscientists
UN: Expert meeting under way to decide if Ebola is emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday opened its expert meeting to decide whether the Ebola outbreak in Congo — which
More blacks got timely cancer care after ‘Obamacare’: Study
New research suggests that states that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act eliminated racial differences in being able
Clinical trial improves treatment of genetic rickets
A new study shows a drug developed in conjunction with investigators at Indiana University School of Medicine to alleviate symptoms
Study shows one third of statin patients don’t reach healthy levels of ‘bad’ cholesterol
A new study shows more aggressive treatment may be needed for a large number of patients taking statin medications, and
India could meet air quality standards by cutting household fuel use: Nearly half of the country’s population relies on dirty fuels such as wood, dung, coal and kerosene for cooking and heating
India could make a major dent in air pollution by curbing emissions from dirty household fuels such as wood, dung,