Using AI to detect heart disease
Credit: Ashleen Knutsen Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, according to the Centers ...
Month: April 2018
Portland State researchers chart a new way to look at concussion
A Portland State University research team studying concussion has published an interactive diagram showing the many facets of mild traumatic ...
‘Striosome’ neurons in the basal ganglia play a key role in learning
Credit: OIST A pleasant surprise or a nasty shock is likely to be a memorable experience. For instance, if you ...
UH researcher to produce next generation of Hispanic obesity educators
Credit: University of Houston The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded UH ...
Regional health system growth and implications for stroke care
New research shows that stroke patients are increasingly being transferred out of smaller community and rural hospitals and sent to ...
Mosquitoes reveal fatal attraction
Malaria causes the bodies of its human hosts to emit specific odours from the skin that make the hosts even ...
AJMS honors manuscript about innovative study on treatments for functional dyspepsia
Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Three Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El ...
In new anthology, experts look to future for managing dementia, mental health
Credit: (C) 2018, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society In a newly published collection of research reports and essays , ...
Music intensifies effects of anti-hypertensive medication
In addition to remembering to take the medication prescribed by their cardiologists at the right times and going to the ...
Volunteering 2 hours per week reduces loneliness in widowed older adults, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Widowed older adults can reduce the loneliness that results from the death of a spouse by ...
Basel researchers succeed in cultivating cartilage from stem cells
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine Stable joint cartilage can be produced from adult stem cells originating from ...
Is whole-brain radiation still best for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with ...
Emory receives $12.7 million grant to continue oxytocin research
Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of ...
Center for AIDS Research funding renewed for an old and on-going fight
Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $15 million grant ...
Study shows potential cost savings for early detection and treatment of type 2 diabetes
Health checks including diabetes risk assessment have been introduced in a number of countries. However, there are few population-based trials ...
Ear infections can lead to meningitis, brain abscess and other neurological complications
MAYWOOD, IL - While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear infections, serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial ...
Post-surgical opioids can, paradoxically, lead to chronic pain
Giving opioids to animals to quell pain after surgery prolongs pain for more than three weeks and primes specialized immune ...
UCLA researchers use search engines, social media to predict syphilis trends
UCLA-led research finds that internet search terms and tweets related to sexual risk behaviors can predict when and where syphilis ...
People with Type 2 diabetes who eat breakfast later, more likely to have a higher BMI
Being an "evening person" is linked to higher body mass indices among people with Type 2 diabetes, and having breakfast ...
Three-fold higher risk of cancer after acute thrombosis in the leg
Patients with the most acute type of thrombosis in the leg - known as an arterial thrombosis - risk developing ...
