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Research And JournalsAcetaminophen: a viable alternative for preventing acute mountain sickness 19-Jun-2017

Available without prescription and with fewer side effects than acetazolamide and ibuprofen, acetaminophen is effective, according to the latest issue of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine

Science And TechnologyElsevier launches solution to accelerate drug discovery through comprehensive prediction and assessment of drug-drug interactions19-Jun-2017

New PharmaPendium solution comes with DDI risk calculator enabling earlier and more complete risk mitigation strategies for potential drug-drug interactions

Research And JournalsOptimizing feeding is necessary to maintain milk production in organic herds15-Jun-2017

Decisions on pasture use and feed management affect greenhouse gas emission, according to a new study from the Journal of Dairy Science®

Research And JournalsNew screening tool helps ID heart surgery patients at risk of malnutrition15-Jun-2017

Simple risk score guides surgeons in providing nutrition support sooner and more aggressively

Science And TechnologyNew Elsevier book fills knowledge gap for oil and gas reservoir engineers15-Jun-2017

One of seven new oil and gas industry titles, “Compositional Grading in Oil and Gas Reservoirs” enables readers to better model a compositional gradient subject

Research And JournalsCasualty care guidelines developed by the military are directly transferable to improve the practice of wilderness medicine15-Jun-2017

In a special supplement to Wilderness & Environmental Medicine, the Wilderness Medical Society addresses the need for austere trauma care education based on Tactical Combat Casualty Care

Research And JournalsDisappointing outcome of bitopertin treatment for negative symptoms in schizophrenia14-Jun-2017

Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry

Research And JournalsUK’s voluntary pledge to provide calorie content information for alcoholic drinks fails to make significant progress 14-Jun-2017

Public health experts express concerns about the lack of progress made by UK alcoholic beverage producers and retailers to provide consumers with information about calorie content in a new report published in Public Health

Science And TechnologyElsevier updates stress management handbook with new meditation techniques13-Jun-2017

One of eight new psychology titles, “Practical Stress Management, Seventh Edition” also covers financial stress and expands section on sleep

Research And JournalsNew technology enables effective simultaneous testing for multiple blood-borne pathogens 13-Jun-2017

Novel device tests blood for 17 viruses and 13 bacterial and protozoan pathogens simultaneously with 95% accuracy, comparable with existing FDA-approved tests, reports The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics

Research And JournalsBurden of physical health conditions linked to increased risk of suicide 12-Jun-2017

Chronic illness, even in patients with no record of mental health problems, raises suicide risk substantially, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Research And JournalsShort duration of breastfeeding and maternal obesity linked to fatty liver in adolescents12-Jun-2017

Novel study finds evidence for association between breastfeeding duration and maternal obesity and development of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in adolescents, reports the Journal of Hepatology

Research And JournalsAmygdala activity predicts posttraumatic stress disorder08-Jun-2017

Reports new study in Biological Psychiatry

Science And TechnologyElsevier updates major reference work, "Comprehensive Biomaterials II"08-Jun-2017

Detailed seven-volume work includes 75 percent new or updated articles, and is one of five new biomaterials titles

Research And JournalsRetina may be sensitive gauge of blast-wave pressure injury 08-Jun-2017

First study to compare neurological and ocular effects of blast injury may open up paths to new interventions, according to a report in The American Journal of Pathology