Systematic review of clinical studies suggests newer shingles vaccine far more effective
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital A systematic review of clinical studies involving more than two million patients aged 50 years and ...
Month: October 2018
IASLC issues statement on lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography
DENVER, Colo. -- The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) today issued a statement on lung cancer ...
Unique patterns of neural communications found in brains of children with autism
Credit: San Diego State University Center for Autism Think of the brain as a complex transportation hub, a place where ...
Enable injections’ first closing of series b round to include a new investor
Credit: Enable Injections CINCINNATI, OH--Oct. 25, 2018--Enable Injections, Inc., a combination products company developing advanced wearable devices for subcutaneous delivery ...
The world’s largest campodeid dipluran named after the mythological giant Daidarabotchi
Credit: Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira Amongst the fauna thriving in the subterranean spaces below the surface of the earth's crust, the ...
The world’s largest campodeid dipluran named after the mythological giant Daidarabotchi
Credit: Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira Amongst the fauna thriving in the subterranean spaces below the surface of the earth's crust, the ...
Invention by NUS chemists opens the door to safer and less expensive X-ray imaging
Credit: National University of Singapore Medical imaging, such as X-ray or computerised tomography (CT), may soon be cheaper and safer, ...
Invention by NUS chemists opens the door to safer and less expensive X-ray imaging
Credit: National University of Singapore Medical imaging, such as X-ray or computerised tomography (CT), may soon be cheaper and safer, ...
The incidence of gastrointestinal disease increases with heat and cold
Heat increases the number of gastroenteritis-related hospital admissions by 21%, while cold increases them by 7%. A new study performed ...
The incidence of gastrointestinal disease increases with heat and cold
Heat increases the number of gastroenteritis-related hospital admissions by 21%, while cold increases them by 7%. A new study performed ...
Keeping phosphorus under control to improve the quality of patients with renal failure
The FGF23 (Fibroblast growth factor 23) hormone originates in bone to communicate with the kidney whose duty it is to ...
Repeated interferon stimulation creates innate immune memory
Credit: Kamada R. et al., PNAS, September 25, 2018 The innate immune system may be able to be trained to ...
Scientists uncover why knee joint injury leads to osteoarthritis
Credit: Gustavo A. Orozco Knee joint injuries are typically related to sports, such as football, rugby or ice hockey, but ...
Trust in others predicts mortality in the United States
Do you trust other people? It may prolong your life. According to a study by researchers from Lund University and ...
£2.7m study to focus on dementia support workers in primary care
(University of Plymouth) A new study is investigating how to introduce dementia support workers into doctors' clinics in the UK, ...
Non-invasive stent monitoring techniques tested
Credit: IGTP Researchers from the Research Institute Germans Trias i Pujol (IGTP), the Biomedical Research Networking Center on Cardiovascular Diseases ...
Major meeting on science of sound next month in Victoria, Canada
WASHINGTON, D.C., October 25, 2018 -- The Acoustical Society of America's 176th Meeting, to be held in conjunction with the ...
Students in health enrichment programs benefit from early team-based exposure
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - A study conducted by LSU Health New Orleans researchers provides new ...
People overestimate benefits, and underestimate risks, of medical interventions
From major heart surgery to a course of minor drugs, people overestimate the benefits and underestimate the risks of a ...
Surprising network activity in the immature brain
One of the outstanding mysteries of the cerebral cortex is how individual neurons develop the proper synaptic connections to form ...
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