AI model ‘learns’ from patient data to make cancer treatment less toxic
MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and ...
Month: August 2018
Amazingly ‘green’ synthesis method for high-tech dyes
Credit: © TU Wien They not only impress due to their radiant and intense colour, they also have an important ...
Fresh insight into invasive plant that blights UK rivers
Credit: Nigel Willby New research into the behaviour of an invasive plant seen on riverbanks across the UK could help ...
Four URI scientists among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific
KINGSTON, R.I., August, 9, 2018 -- Four scientists from the University of Rhode Island are among 100 researchers from 30 ...
Palliative care may reduce suicide risk in veterans with lung cancer
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Results from a large-scale patient population study, recently published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, ...
Men take care of their spouses just as well as women (new research suggests)
Men respond to their spouse's illness just as much as women do and as a result are better caregivers in ...
New type of bed net could help fight against malaria
A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research published in The ...
Experts highlight ebola vaccine progress and suggest next steps
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Despite promising advances, important scientific questions remain unanswered in the effort to develop a safe and effective ...
New study provides next clue to prevent dangerous episodes of low blood sugar in diabetics
A new LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center study reveals that a novel biomarker might give us new answers necessary to ...
24/7 work emails impact health, relationships for employees and significant others
Credit: Lehigh University Personal relationships and home life suffer for those tied to their work emails round-the-clock, according to a ...
Icahn Institute partners in $6.5 million NIH award to advance precision medicine
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded $6.5 million to a consortium that includes the Icahn Institute for Genomics ...
Making weight: Ensuring that micro preemies gain pounds and inches
(Children's National Health System) A quality-improvement project to standardize feeding practices for micro preemies helped to boost their weight and ...
New study finds fake, low-quality medicines prevalent in the developing world
Credit: UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill found that ...
For many, ‘flexible work boundaries’ become ‘work without boundaries’
Credit: Lehigh University Personal relationships and home life suffer for those tied to their work emails round-the-clock, according to a ...
Novel blood test predicts kidney cancer risk and survival five years prior to diagnosis
A critical biomarker of kidney disease may help predict clear cell kidney cancer - the most common form of kidney ...
Association of radiation therapy plus lumpectomy in reduced risk of dying in women with DCIS
Bottom Line: Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared ...
Adolescent health undervalued and under-invested across the globe
Melbourne's Murdoch Children's Research Institute, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, has discovered that adolescent health programs across the developing ...
Global funding for adolescent health misses the target
Even though adolescents make up 26 percent of the population in developing countries, their health claimed a meager 1.6 percent ...
Precision public health method identifies clusters of respiratory disease in Uganda
A study led by researchers at Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health ...
Early type 1 diabetes shortens women’s lives by 18 years
Credit: Charlotta Sjostedt Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of ten years die an average of nearly ...
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