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Preoperative screening urinalysis is widely used—but usually unnecessary, study finds: Tests offer little or no benefit to patients, but have several potential downsides
Patients undergoing surgery and other medical procedures are routinely pre-screened for urinary tract infections (UTIs), but the vast majority of…
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Proposed oil terminal in Plaquemines Parish could disrupt Louisiana’s $2B wetlands project
A massive oil export terminal proposed in Plaquemines Parish would likely undermine Louisiana’s $2 billion bid to restore the degraded…
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Non-invasive method for diagnosing celiac disease
Celiac disease is a complex, autoimmune disorder that affects genetically susceptible individuals. It is estimated that 1% of the population…
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Rethinking remdesivir: Researchers modify current drug, creating oral version that can be taken earlier in COVID-19 diagnoses
Remdesivir is an antiviral drug originally discovered as part of a program to develop antiviral agents with activity against novel…
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PWSA’s stormwater director says Pittsburgh needs to fix flooding even if it raises costs
PWSA: After the Crisis Although the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has typically focused on providing clean water and transporting…
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Researchers discover key stem cell dormancy mechanism which could help unlock future cancer treatments: Study provides insights into how stem cell function could be controlled and provide new therapeutic targets
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre researchers have made new findings which provide a broader understanding of how dormant hematopoietic stem cells…
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Line 5 pipeline between U.S. and Canada could cause ‘devastating damage’ to Great Lakes, say environmentalists | CBC News
An aging pipeline that carries oil along the bottom of the ecologically sensitive and turbulent Straits of Mackinac, where Lake Michigan…
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Is reducing opioids for pain patients linked to higher rates of overdose and mental health crisis?
Opioid therapy is complex. In recent years, a rise in opioid-related deaths and changing prescribing guidelines and regulatory policies have…
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An overactive sweet tooth may spell trouble for our cellular powerplants
The average American eats roughly 22 teaspoons of added sugar a day — more than three times the recommended amount…
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‘Hey, do you have a second?’— The upside of workplace interruptions: Research shows these disturbances can create a sense of belonging
If you work in an office environment, it’s a common occurrence: You’re right in the middle of a project and…
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Address risky human activities now or face new pandemics, scientists warn
The new, highly-contagious Delta variant — spread with the ease of chickenpox — is causing COVID-19 cases to skyrocket across…
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Experimental model of ovarian cancer shows effect of healthy cell arrangement in metastasis: Link between defects in the arrangement of healthy cells, how quickly tumor cells invade tissue
Ovarian cancer devastates more than 20,000 women in the U.S. every year, due in part to its tendency to evade…
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Teddi Mellencamp Reveals Lingering COVID-19 Symptoms May Have Led to Her Vertigo Fall
Teddi Mellencamp shared more details about a scary vertigo-related fainting episode she experienced last week—including how the incident may be…
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After 60 years, scientists find the missing link in our body’s blood pressure control: Natural Barometer Inside Cells Helps Maintain Healthy Blood Pressure
University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers have determined the location of natural blood-pressure barometers inside our bodies that have…
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New tool enables mapping of protein interaction networks at scale
Proteins — long chains of amino acids — each play a unique role in keeping our cells and bodies functioning,…
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39 Last-Minute Deals on Activewear to Score at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
Every year, Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale is reliably one of the best places to score deals on your favorite products. The…
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Artificial stomach reveals fluid dynamics of food digestion: Droplet breakup shows how lower stomach contraction waves classify foods
In efforts to fight obesity and enhance drug absorption, scientists have extensively studied how gastric juices in the stomach break…
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Billionaires ‘kvetching’ about population collapse
Some billionaires are “kvetching” — or griping — again. It’s not about high taxes, government regulations or a shortage of workers. Nor…
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Study: Medicaid expansion cuts down uninsured surgical hospitalizations
Medicaid expansion is associated with a reduction in surgical hospitalizations among the uninsured, a new study shows. Research published in…
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Does visual feedback of our tongues help in speech motor learning? Real-time visual feedback of the tongue, provided by ultrasound, can make a difference in speech learning outcomes
When we speak, although we may not be aware of it, we use our auditory and somatosensory systems to monitor…
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Here’s How Olympic Steeplechaser Emma Coburn Stays Focused on Race Day
“I’m usually just chatting with Joe [Bosshard, her coach and husband] or texting with my sister,” she says. “Or, just…
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Russian Arctic losing billions of tons of ice due to climate change
Glaciers and ice caps in parts of the Russian Arctic are losing meltwater equivalent to nearly five million Olympic-sized swimming…
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Learning foreign languages can affect the processing of music in the brain
Research has shown that a music-related hobby boosts language skills and affects the processing of speech in the brain. According…
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The Weird, Sustainable Booze of the Future Tastes … Good?
When Lars Williams and Mark Emil Hermansen founded the Denmark-based microdistillery Empirical Spirits four years ago, they weren’t actually sure…
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Simone Biles Earns Bronze in Her Return to Olympic Competition on Beam
Simone Biles returned to competition on Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics to claim the bronze medal in balance beam, her…
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How sex cells get the right genetic mix – An interdisciplinary approach solves a century-old puzzle
A new discovery explains what determines the number and position of genetic exchanges that occur in sex cells, such as…
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What climate change could mean to the future of Mi’kmaw artisanship | CBC News
Some Mi’kmaw artisans in Nova Scotia have found it particularly hard this year to source traditional materials, such as birch…
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Cryptic transcription, a novel phenomenon in mammalian stem cells, linked to aging
Although visible signs of aging are usually unmistakable, unraveling what triggers them has been quite a challenge. Researchers at Baylor…
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23 Essential Gardening Tools, According to Horticulture Experts
It doesn’t matter if you have a green thumb or the touch of death when it comes to plants—if you…
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Does it seem like it’s raining harder? Here’s what these LSU researchers found.
In May, a storm dumped 13 inches of rain in six to eight hours on parts of East Baton Rouge,…
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The 7 Best Weight Loss Tips You’ll Ever Read
Struggling to shed weight and keep it off? We asked a registered dietitian, Nicole Hopsecger, RD, LD, for the top weight loss…
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Green infrastructure can limit but not solve air pollution injustice – Nature Communications
1. Cohen, A. J. et al. Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air…
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Beirut Is Greening the Aftermath of Disaster
The images that emerged from Beirut after the dust cleared were shocking: a city devastated by one of the most…
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$1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Pours Money Into Long-Delayed Needs
WASHINGTON — Amtrak would see its biggest infusion of money since its inception a half-century ago. Climate resilience programs would…
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How to Deal with Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Though narcolepsy is fairly well-studied and well understood by medical professionals, there’s far less data available on its close cousin,…
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What is Hypochlorous Acid and Why You Should Use It
A tough-sounding acid that’s a superhero in the fight against COVID-19 and gentle enough to use on your face to…
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Get high-risk pesticides out of our bodies.
Both in our personal lives and as a society, the consequences of dismissing warnings from science versus heeding them have…
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New Moms Latched On to Remote Breastfeeding Help. Will Demand Wane as Pandemic Fades?
Madison Cano knew she wanted to breastfeed her son, Theo. But breastfeeding was painful for her. The skin on her…
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Life on the Houston Fifth Ward’s plume
Editor’s note: This story was produced and co-published in collaboration with Scalawag. HOUSTON — There’s a certain smell that reminds…
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Climate crisis: Siberian heatwave led to new methane emissions, study says
The Siberian heatwave of 2020 led to new methane emissions from the permafrost, according to research. Emissions of the potent…
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A Health Care Giant Sold Off Dozens of Hospitals — But Continued Suing Patients
Blake Farmer, Nashville Public Radio Tennova Healthcare-Lebanon doesn’t exist anymore as a hospital. But it still sued Hope Cantwell. A…
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As water table lowers, Tehran and much of Iran are slowly sinking
TEHRAN — Pari Rahmanian and her daughters were sitting down to dinner in her brother’s third-floor apartment in south Tehran when…
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Utilities Eye Mini Nuclear Reactors as Climate Concerns Grow
U.S. utilities are looking to miniature nuclear reactors, as they seek a steady energy source that can help reduce the…
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Pennsylvania among worst states in nation in outdoor economic value, says study | Pennsylvania Capital-Star
By Kimberly Rooney Pennsylvania has more than 300,000 acres of state parks where people can hike, picnic, camp, fish, hunt, and…
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Renewables overtake coal, but natural gas still dominates U.S. power generation | StateImpact Pennsylvania
Susan Phillips Susan Phillips tells stories about the consequences of political decisions on people’s every day lives. She…
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Pittsburgh’s air quality in 2021 on pace to have one of worst years in recent history
CP photo: Jared Wickerham Homes in front of the Cheswick coal-fired power plant in Cheswick,…
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Smoking and vaping limits have unclear impact in New Hanover County
It’s been more than six months since a new rule made smoking and vaping illegal in some public and county-owned…
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Jacksonville eyes development deal at old Kerr-McGee Superfund site
After sitting idle more than 40 years, a badly polluted part of Jacksonville’s Talleyrand waterfront could become a working dock…
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Drug-resistant germ packs punch to US travelers
One type of the salmonella bacteria is much more likely to cause disease and fend off frontline antibiotics when acquired…
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Some veterans exposed to toxins from burn pits to have compensation fast-tracked by VA
An American service member in the Saudi Arabian desert in 1991 tends a burning trash pit. (Vince Crawley/Stars and Stripes)…
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