Death rate for depressed heart patients double than for non-depressed heart patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center People who are diagnosed with coronary artery disease and then develop depression face a risk of ...
Month: January 2018
From mice, clues to microbiome’s influence on metabolic disease
Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — The community of microorganisms that resides in the gut, known as the microbiome, has ...
Method to identify bacteria in blood samples works in hours instead of…
Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a desktop diagnosis ...
Yin and yang of serotonin neurons in mood regulation
(NEW YORK, NY)–Low levels of serotonin in the brain are known to play a role in depression and anxiety, and ...
‘Corrective glass’ for mass spectrometry imaging
Credit: Benjamin Bartels, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology The chemical analysis of biological tissues with three-dimensional shapes has been ...
Harvard chemists develop simple new platform for development of macrolide antibiotics
Credit: B. D. Colen/Harvard University Harvard researchers have created a new, greatly simplified, platform for antibiotic discovery that may go ...
Half of primary care doctors provide unnecessary specialty referrals…
IMAGE: Lead author Sapna Kaul is shown. Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston A study recently published ...
Preterm babies may suffer setbacks in auditory brain development,…
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Preterm babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are ...
PA researchers and innovators granted $4.34 million dollars by American Heart Association
Nov. 4, 2015 – Philadelphia, PA – Research is the starting point for all medical progress. American Heart Association research ...
Study shows diet and exercise improve treatment outcomes for obese pediatric cancer patients
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Diet and exercise may improve treatment outcomes in pediatric cancer patients, according to a study ...
How does brain functional connectivity change from the awake to…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 8, 2017–A new study examined how brain functional connectivity patterns ...
1 in 5 surgical weight-loss patients take prescription opioids seven…
Credit: Nicole Santo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, June 5, 2017 – While the proportion of adults with severe obesity using prescription opioids initially ...
How do polar bears respond to climate change, subsistence hunting?
Credit: Kristin Laidre/University of Washington UW's Kristin Laidre awarded Pew marine fellowship to study effects of climate change, subsistence hunting ...
IBM’s Watson can improve cancer treatment through better gene targeting
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 7, 2017) – IBM's Watson beat real-life contestants on Jeopardy. Now researchers are hoping ...
Researchers show p300 protein may suppress leukemia in MDS patients
Credit: The website of the National Cancer Institute (https://www.cancer.gov). MIAMI, March 27, 2017 – Scientists at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center ...
MUSC leads research on potential research treatment
Credit: Sarah Pack Though rheumatologist and lupus expert Gary Gilkeson, M.D., was concerned and disappointed to hear that singer Selena ...
What role does the gut play in type 2 diabetes?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 3, 2017–In the destructive cycle that leads to and perpetuates ...
New method to detect ultrasound with light
Credit: Cheng Sun A tiny, transparent device that can fit into a contact lens has a bright future, potentially helping ...
Depression among young teens linked to cannabis use at 18
Credit: UW School of Medicine A study looking at the cumulative effects of depression in youth, found that young people ...
Stem cell-rich cord blood donations could increase by ‘nudging’ parents, study…
Credit: Rotman School Toronto – It contains potentially lifesaving stem cells that can treat a host of blood-based cancers and ...
