Septic shock surveillance should be based on clinical data, not billing codes
Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, February 13, 2017 – Sepsis is a major public health problem and the focus of national ...
Month: January 2018
New biomarker predicts Alzheimer’s disease and link to diabetes
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – An enzyme found in the fluid around the brain and spine is giving ...
A ground-breaking method for screening the most useful nanoparticles…
Credit: ©Laboratoire Bourquin – UNIFR/UNIGE The use of nanoparticles — small, virus-sized elements developed under laboratory conditions — is increasingly ...
Harvard Medical School scientists receive NIH Director’s Awards
Credit: Harvard Medical School Four Harvard Medical School scientists are among 86 recipients nationwide honored by the National Institutes of ...
The link between growth of retail-based clinics & nurse practitioner scope-of-practice…
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 27, 2017) – – Just as primary care provider shortages are becoming acute, ...
Japanese study questions benefit of treat-to-target statin therapy (EMPATHY)
A study in Japanese patients with diabetic retinopathy has questioned the benefit of treat-to-target intensive versus standard statin therapy. The ...
SLU researchers receive $416,000 to further work toward hepatitis B…
Credit: Saint Louis University With a $416,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), SLU scientists will continue work ...
Joslin researcher will work in MoTrPAC to map molecular changes from…
Credit: John Soares Laurie J. Goodyear Ph.D., Senior Investigator and co-Head of the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism at ...
Signaling pathway may be key to why autism is more common in boys
Credit: Susan McClellen, University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communication Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD) ...
Cells programmed like computers to fight disease
Credit: Professor Jaramillo/University of Warwick Cells can be programmed like a computer to fight cancer, influenza and other serious health ...
Oral bacteria linked to risk of stroke
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In a study of patients entering the hospital for acute stroke, researchers have increased their understanding of ...
Gaining weight between pregnancies boosts diabetes risk
Credit: Anne Sidsel Herdlevar, University of Bergen. The study performed at the University of Bergen shows that increasing Body Mass ...
UCLA receives $5 million grant for sharing research on AIDS and substance abuse
Credit: Enrique Rivero/UCLA The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded $5 million to researchers at UCLA to develop a ...
Genetic study uncovers fungal sex secrets, which shed light on candidiasis
Credit: Ewa Ksiezopolska & Toni Gabaldon, CRG. Working together with researchers in the Université Paris-Sud in France and University Medical ...
Penn-led research elucidates genetics behind Salmonella’s host…
It's called bird flu for a reason. Particular characteristics about the influenza virus known as H5N1 allow it to primarily ...
Steering an enzyme’s ‘scissors’ shows potential for…
Credit: UBC Faculty of Medicine The old real estate adage about "location, location, location" might also apply to the biochemical ...
Your brain on exercise
Credit: Courtesy Photo It's universally accepted that the benefits of exercise go well beyond fitness, from reducing the risk of ...
$11.5 million program project aims to combat malaria drug resistance
Credit: courtesy of Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (Sept. 20, 2017) – Texas Biomedical Research Institute researchers, Dr. Tim Anderson ...
Cebit 2017: Computational biologists predict antibiotic resistances…
Credit: Curetis The researchers will be presenting their rapid test procedures, and their outlook for the future, at Stand E28 ...
ASTRO issues guideline for use of stereotactic radiation in…
Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology/Adam Donohue ARLINGTON, Va., June 12, 2017 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ...
