Doctors define ‘safe and effective’ margins for ‘one and done’ skin removal around suspicious moles

By carefully tracing a line of at least 2 millimeters outside of and around the edges…

Win-win strategies for climate and food security

Efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture and forestry sectors could lead to increased…

Our muscles measure the time of day

Biological clocks are ticking everywhere throughout our body, and a 'master clock' in the brain synchronizes…

If your child is bilingual, learning additional languages later might be easier

It is often claimed that people who are bilingual are better than monolinguals at learning languages.…

DNA mutations shed in blood predicts response to immunotherapy in patients with cancer

A blood sample, or liquid biopsy, can reveal which patients will respond to checkpoint inhibitor-based immunotherapies,…

Adulteration of proprietary Chinese medicines and health products poses severe health risks

Traditional Chinese medicine is widely used as a form of complementary medicine all over the world…

Physician licensing laws keep doctors from seeking care

Licensing requirements in many states include questions about past mental health treatments or diagnoses, with the…

A sea of spinning electrons

Picture two schools of fish swimming in clockwise and counterclockwise circles. It's enough to make your…

GM soybean oil causes less obesity and insulin resistance but is harmful to liver function

Researchers have tested a genetically-modified soybean oil used in restaurants and found that while it induces…

Feeling sated can become a cue to eat more

When hunger pangs strike, we usually interpret them as a cue to reach for a snack;…