Month: October 2018

Credit: Caltech / Shimojo laboratory We experience the world through our senses, a constant torrent of sights, sounds, smells, and ...

New study shows promise for targeting breast cancer metastasis

Credit: UK Research Communications LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 8, 2018) - A new study by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center ...

Biosecurity Research Institute studies African swine fever to prevent US outbreak

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN -- African swine fever virus threatens to devastate the swine industry and is positioned to ...

Shaking up how nursing homes and their clinicians are paid to care for sick residents

Credit: Tim Yates, Photographer, Indiana University School of Medicine, 2018 INDIANAPOLIS - Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center for Aging ...

More exercise may not help all cancer patients to the same extent

A new article in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that some cancer patients appear to benefit more ...

Groundbreaking study finds community efforts to combat childhood obesity can be effective

Credit: Center for Community Health and Development at the Life Span Institute. LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease ...

Genetic risk factor for erectile dysfunction identified

In a new study that ultimately analyzed the genomes of nearly a quarter of a million men, a research team ...

Mayo clinic researchers question benefits of long term oxygen therapy in COPD

CHICAGO--October 8, 2018--Long-term oxygen therapy does not decrease the risk for hospitalizations or increase life expectancy for many patients with ...

Largest ever genetic study of blood pressure

Credit: Lancaster University The largest ever genetic analysis of over one million people has identified 535 new genes associated with ...

Scientists successfully implant a polymeric prosthesis imitating bone structure

Credit: © NUST MISIS For the first time ever, a research team from the small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, implementing several ...

Racial discrimination linked to higher risk of chronic illness in African-American women

Credit: Public domain Berkeley -- Less-educated African American women who report experiencing high levels of racial discrimination may face greater ...

Study: Sexes differ when it comes to comfort during and after exercise

Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- New research from the University at Buffalo has, for the first time, identified ...

Maryland Proton Treatment Center offers thermal therapy in combination with proton therapy

Credit: University of Maryland Medical System Baltimore, Md. Oct. 8, 2018 - The Maryland Proton Treatment Center (MPTC) is now ...

Rutgers discovers new delivery system that could help prevent bacterial infections

In a recent study in the Journal of The American Chemical Society, Professor Tewodros Asefa and Associate Professor Jeffrey Boyd ...

US researchers explore variations in employment outcomes for people with disabilities

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. October 8, 2018. A team of disability researchers has authored a new article that ...

Work environment challenges nurses trying to adopt healthy behaviors

Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, October 8, 2018 - Research among nurses reports fewer than 10 percent ...

Metastatic breast cancer patients report high level of financial impact

CHAPEL HILL -- A national survey of more than 1,000 women with metastatic breast cancer led by University of North ...

A tumor cell population responsible for resistance to therapy and tumor relapse

Resistance to therapy is a major problem in cancer patients as the cells that resist to therapy is at the ...

Boyce receives Gates Foundation grant for groundbreaking research in global health

Credit: Morag MacLachlan Chapel Hill, NC - The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Institute for Global Health and ...

Engineer to use world-class 3D printers to create dissolvable medical implants