Studies and Analyses

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Clean living is a luxury wild animals can't afford, study suggests

A study of wild mice has shown that they prefer to sleep and eat near to used nesting material and droppings left by other mice. Choosing a safe place to sleep…

Will health insurance expansion cut ER use? U-M study in teens & young adults may help predict

As the nation's health care system prepares for uninsured Americans to gain health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act, a question hangs over…

Researchers publish study on jellyfish energy consumption that will improve bio-inspired robotic designs for Navy

Published in a recent issue of the Proceedings of National Academy of the Sciences, the study highlights jellyfish as one of the most energetically efficient…

Men-only hepatitis B mutation explains higher cancer rates

Although some women do progress to cirrhosis and liver cancer, the mutation is absent in HBV in women. The research is published ahead of print in the Journal…

Depression twice as likely in migraine sufferers

The prevalence of depression among those with migraine is approximately twice as high as for those without the disease (men: 8.4% vs. 3.4%; women 12.4% vs….

Unlocking a brighter future for locked-in syndrome

A team of researchers from Montreal has found that stroke patients living with Locked-In Syndrome (LIS) who cannot move, swallow or even breathe on their own,…

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