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Total Solar Eclipse in 2017 Linked to Brief Rise in Traffic Accidents

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MONDAY, March 25, 2024 -- Ahead of a total solar eclipse arriving April 8, new research finds there was a temporary rise in U.S. traffic accidents around the time of a solar eclipse back in 2017.The The area in the United States covered by the total.

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2017 to 2023 Saw Decline in Exclusive Cigarette Smoking, Rise in Vaping

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adults from 2017 to 2023, according to research published in the March 6 issue of the U.S. TUESDAY, March 11, 2025 -- Decreases in exclusive cigarette smoking and increases in exclusive electronic cigarette use were seen among U.S. Centers for.

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Where Have All The Insects Gone — And Why?

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SATURDAY, April 26, 2025 From beetles to moths, leafhoppers and butterflies, the world's insects are vanishing at a breakneck pace.Since 2017, when European researchers reported that insect populations had declined 75% in fewer than 30 years, s.

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Antipsychotic Use Declined in Young Children From 2009 to 2017

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Antipsychotic Use Declined in Young Children From 2009 to 2017. 13, 2020 — Among privately insured young children, antipsychotic use declined from 2009 to 2017, according to a study published online Oct. The researchers found that annual antipsychotic use in young children was 0.27 percent by 2017 (linear trend: ?0.017

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Sledding-Related Injuries Decreased From 2008 to 2017

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Sledding-Related Injuries Decreased From 2008 to 2017. The researchers found that an estimated 220,488 patients were treated in emergency departments for sledding-related injuries, with children accounting for 69.7 WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14 in the Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine. Evans, Ph.D., Evans, Ph.D., percent of the injuries.

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How organoids can redefine pre-clinical research

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Organoid technologies are becoming an invaluable solution for preclinical research, with the ability to augment the development of personalised medicine, drug discovery and gene therapies. The derived drug was given to both patients, to which researchers report the patients saw significant improvement. Nat Rev Neurol [Internet].

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Landscape of In Silico Tools for Modeling Covalent Modification of Proteins: A Review on Computational Covalent Drug Discovery

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3c04710 Covalent drug discovery has been a challenging research area given the struggle of finding a sweet balance between selectivity and reactivity for these drugs, the lack of which often leads to off-target activities and hence undesirable side effects.

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