A global study shows people born very preterm or with very low birthweight have a high risk of lungdisease and are not reaching their full airway capacity by early adulthood.
For many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, a steroid inhaler is a daily necessity to keep their airways open and help them to breathe. Now, a new UBC analysis shows that these medicated devices may also reduce patients' risk of lung cancer by as much as 30 per cent.
Researchers from UBC Okanagan have determined motorists tended to give cyclists wearing high-visibility vests more room on the road, compared to cyclists without high-visibility clothing. The vests, with arrows directing traffic away from pedestrians and cyclists, have shown to reduce the number of traffic accidents involving these groups.
The event's speakers discussed the obstacles facing the Internet of Things and Industry 4.0, as well as the main initiatives to deal with these challenges, both with and without RFID.
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When you’re road tripping in a regular car or SUV, any navigation app will do. If you’re hiring the road with an RV; however, sometimes those traditional navigation apps leave out one important factor: The height of your RV. More »
Cardiomyopathies (heart muscle diseases) in children are the focus of a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association that provides insight into the diagnosis and treatment of the diseases as well as identifying future research priorities. It is published in the American Heart Association's journal Circulation.
A research group led by Claus M. Azzalin at iMM has discovered that a human enzyme named FANCM is absolutely required for the survival of ALT tumor cells. The results were now published in the open access journal Nature Communications. Future strategies targeting the activity of this molecule in ALT tumor cells can constitute the basis of a novel therapeutic protocol for the treatment of these tumors.
SAINTS boss Ralph Hasenhuttl has cautioned Premier League fans not to expect too much from VAR – and insists on-field referees must still make all the major decisions for the system to work.
DIRECTOR of rugby Alan Solomons is eyeing up another training camp in Spain as he looks to “bond” his new-look squad ahead of the 2019-20 campaign.
Aggressive efforts to keep China-based telecom vendor Huawei out of the U.S. market by the Trump administration have thrust a slow-burning debate in the networking space about the security implications of using Chinese-made technology into the limelight over the last two weeks, yet the real-world implications for business users are less than apocalyptic.
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EDEN HAZARD believes that his seven years in English football have turned him from a baby into a man.
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As Coventry’s year as City of Culture rapidly approaches, plans are now in place to get the Belgrade Theatre fully prepared
There has been much debate and positive anticipation among nurses about the potential of the new Wellbeing Budget and a possible resolution of longstanding ethnic pay inequities.
I just saw a piece on the news about the museum at the Toledo Zoo opening on May 31. They said it is named the ProMedica Natural History Museum. I do not agree with this. It should be the Toledo Museum of Natural History. If ProMedica wants a museum named after them then let them build one from scratch.
A $500 million repayment award for two seized Owens-Illinois Inc. plants in Venezuela nearly a decade ago was upheld this month by a U.S. judge, but prospects of getting the money remain dim.
The newly revised House Bill aimed at subsidizing the high costs of two nuclear power plants to keep them in operation has at least one virtue going for it: It no longer pretends to be about renewable sources of energy.
In a refreshing display of bipartisanship, Sens. Ron Wyden (D., Ore.) and Rand Paul (R., Ky.) are teaming up to restore due process for travelers moving through the U.S. border.
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Evan Curtis Hess, a retired OmniSource Corp. manager who was a Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War and a community volunteer, died May 21 at the former Ann Arbor hospital of the Veterans Administration. He was 73.
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One of the F-35's key innovations is its ability to soak up sensor data and share it via datalinks to friendly forces, creating a composite ‘picture.' This could allow a stealth aircraft to ride point and ferret out adversaries, while friendly forces maneuver into advantageous positions and sling missiles from further back without even turning on their radars.
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Is it possible to feign ignorance about anything anymore when google...you know...exists?