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UMD geologists uncovered evidence of a section of seafloor that sank into the Earth's mantle when dinosaurs roamed the Earth; it's located off the west coast of South America in a zone known as the East Pacific Rise.
Novel research supported by NCI could lead to more specific predictive disease models
A new University of Kansas study reveals parents seeking health care information for their children trust AI more than health care professionals when the author is unknown, and parents rate AI generated text as credible, moral and trustworthy.
Hypertension and amyloid plaques can separately cause dementia. Having both increases a person’s odds of developing cognitive decline, a new study finds
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Engineers and medical researchers at the University of Minnesota have teamed up to create a groundbreaking 3D-printed device that could someday help patients with long-term spinal cord injuries regain some function.
People who develop abnormally frequent cases of a skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma appear to be at significantly increased risk for developing of other cancers, according to a preliminary study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Biological markers responsible for extreme exhaustion in patients with cancer have now been linked to fatigue in those with Parkinson’s disease, according to new research from Rice University.
Rice University | Researching the Brain, Seeking Cures | Parkinson's & Epilepsy | University Research
When a clinician learned that one of their patients had suffered a fatal overdose, they reduced the amount of opioids they prescribed by almost 10 percent in the next three months, a new study found.
University of Southern California | AAU Universities Battle the Opioid Crisis | Treatment & Prevention
Patients in their late teens and 20s had the highest risk of persistent use if they received opioids around the time of their extraction, a new study finds.