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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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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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Infrastructure bill would boost Bay restoration funding
The struggling Chesapeake Bay restoration effort stands to get a hefty infusion of funding from the ambitious $1.2 trillion infrastructure…
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Novel therapy shows promise for lung cancer patients with rare EGFR mutation
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States, regardless of ethnicity.…
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Under “Chief’s Orders” Ohio Operates a Radioactive Industry Off The Record
Without detailed reporting requirements for the Chief’s Orders facilities, there’s no way Public Herald could find out how much waste…
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The music of silence: Imagining a song triggers similar brain activity to moments of mid-music silence
Imagining a song triggers similar brain activity as moments of silence in music, according to a pair of just-published studies…
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Coastal erosion, rising seas will lead to more conflicts over public beach access, experts say | CBC News
A dispute over access to a beach in Cumberland County is headed to court, the latest in a series of coastal…
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Trains in the brain — Scientists uncover switching system used in information processing and memory
A team of scientists has uncovered a system in the brain used in the processing of information and in the…
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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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Phytoplankton blooms hint at changing Arctic waters – ArcticToday
A summer phytoplankton bloom in the Barents Sea creates brilliantly colored whorls. (NASA Earth Observatory) During the spring and summer…
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Red Tide isn’t just bad for fish, as a Tampa Bay man learned in the ER
ST. PETERSBURG — In late June, Bill Sanders dozed in a lounge chair behind his home in Tropical Shores, about…
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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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Group donates $243k worth of machines for Sri Lanka cleanup
A Singapore-based non-profit group, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, has donated beach cleanup equipment worth US$180,000 (S$243,000) to the…
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Insight into underlying causes of seizure disorder in babies
Researchers report that infantile spasms, a rare but serious seizure disorder in babies, appear to be the result of a…
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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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Boris Johnson ‘missing in action’ ahead of vital climate talks, says Keir Starmer
Vital UN climate talks are at risk of failure because Boris Johnson is “missing in action” while his climate spokesperson…
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NYC Is the First Major U.S. City to Require COVID-19 Vaccination to Enter Gyms, Restaurants, and Venues
Thanks to a new NYC vaccine mandate, you’ll soon need to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination in order to enjoy…
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German Green Party presents plan for flood prevention | DW | 03.08.2021
The Greens hesitated for a long time. In the wake of damage, suffering, and death following the floods in western…
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Tracking circadian rhythms from your smartwatch
Smartwatches are handy devices for people to keep track of the number of steps they take per day or to…
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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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49 Excellent Wellness Deals at the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale
The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2021—the retailer’s biggest of the year—is sadly coming to a close this week. That said, it…
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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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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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Statins may improve survival for triple-negative breast cancer patients
A study led by researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found a significant association between cholesterol-lowering…
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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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Quebec’s relationship with forestry industry under scrutiny as pressure mounts to protect woodlands | CBC News
As it runs from the Otish Mountains south to Lac-Saint-Jean, the Péribonka River cuts through a valley in Quebec that…
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Practices facing ‘existential’ threats, uncertainty about future of primary care, survey finds
As the country makes progress on the vaccination front, primary care practices and clinicians are now more involved in COVID-19 vaccinations.…
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Sneak Some Extra Veggies In With These New Sweet Potato-Crusted Chicken Tenders
If you enjoy frozen dinners, “kiddie” food, and packing extra veggies in whenever possible, you might want to give these…
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A study identified 15 novel biomarkers for diseases predisposing to dementia
A study by an international research group identified 15 novel biomarkers that are linked to late-onset dementias. These biomarkers are…
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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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Recipe: Low-Calorie, Piccata Style Chicken Scaloppini
Bring a little Italian to your dinner table. This chicken scaloppini recipe calls for olive oil, garlic, fresh lemon and…
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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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Starving cows. Fallow farms. The Arizona drought is among the worst in the country
CASA GRANDE, Ariz. — The cotton’s gone. The alfalfa barely exists. “Can you even call this a farm?” asked Nancy Caywood,…
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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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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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N.C. House energy bill still stirring debate
Democrats say the bill, which could govern electricity generation for decades to come, was drafted in secrecy. Rep. John Szoka,…
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Nassau supervisor wants more testing around toxic superfund site
NASSAU – More testing for PCB-contaminated sediments that possibly moved downstream during recent flooding must be done along the Little…
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Why it’s so hard and expensive to plug an abandoned well
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ July 29, 2021 GMT https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-climate-change-7392636504b2763de07ff4b3fe78710e An estimated 2 million abandoned oil and gas wells across the country,…
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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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Fuel-Efficiency Standards Are Set to Get Tougher. The Question Is by How Much.
WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is expected to announce stricter fuel-efficiency standards for new cars and light trucks as early as this…
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