Low-cost monitor uses AI to diagnose heart problems
A Cambridge start-up has developed a low-cost next-generation wearable heart and cardiovascular function monitor which uses AI to diagnose heart ...
Older adults fitted with cochlear implants exhibit poor brain function
Older adults fitted with a cochlear implant to compensate for severe hearing loss have significantly poorer cognitive function than their ...
A wearable device for regrowing hair
Credit: American Chemical Society Although some people embrace the saying "bald is beautiful," for others, alopecia, or excessive hair loss, ...
San Antonio researchers to treat babies at-risk for autism
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), in collaboration with The Children's Hospital of San Antonio and the Autism ...
3D virtual simulation gets to the ‘heart’ of irregular heartbeats
Credit: Johns Hopkins University In a proof of concept study, scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have successfully performed 3D ...
Childhood trauma linked to impaired social cognition later in life for patients with major psychiatric disorders
Philadelphia, September 12, 2018 - A new report published in European Psychiatry identified a significant association between childhood adversity and ...
World’s bone health research experts gather Sept. 28 — Oct. 1, Montreal
More than 3,000 bone scientists will come together for the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2018 Annual ...
World’s bone health research experts gather
Announcement of Clinical Recommendations to Prevent Secondary Fractures, Latest Research on Osteoporosis Drug Holidays, Risk of Osteoporatic Fractures in Men, ...
Experts devise social security innovations to meet more Americans’ needs
Social Security can be enhanced to provide Americans greater protections against financial risk, according to proposals found in a new ...
MPFI scientist receives more than $2 million in funding
Credit: Courtesy of the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces that ...
Aging may be as old as life itself
A new USC Dornsife study indicates that aging may have originated at the very beginning of the evolution of life, ...
Sleep apnea could favour tumor growth at young ages
Credit: UB-CIBERES A scientific study, conducted with animal models, states that sleep apnea can favour lung cancer growth in young ...
Experts reveal ‘football vision’ as important as ball skills
Credit: University of Chichester Study shows young footballers would benefit from more time learning to read the field - and ...
Serotonin-Noradrenalin reuptake inhibitors may cause dependence and withdrawal when stopped
The Authors conducted a systematic review examining electronic databases including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Web of Science, and MEDLINE from ...
Researchers show bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
An international research team from the University of Leicester, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), and the Moscow Institute of Physics ...
New study questions effectiveness of invasive procedures for chronic pain
Alexandria, VA (September 12, 2018¬) -- An extensive review of 25 randomized clinical trials found "little evidence" that invasive surgery ...
Heart attack: Substitute muscle thanks to stem cells
Myocardial infarction - commonly known as a heart attack - is still one of the main causes of death. According ...
Cocaine addiction traced to increase in number of orexin neurons
Philadelphia, September 12, 2018 A study in cocaine-addicted rats reports long-lasting increases in the number of neurons that produce orexin--a ...
New Yorkers who use drugs report changing behaviors to avoid overdose
People who use drugs in New York City have adjusted their behaviors to avoid overdose, finds a study by the ...
New technology transforming vaccine development through faster viral detection
Credit: LumaCyte Could we finally have a faster, more objective analytical tool to rapidly measure viral infectivity for vaccine development ...
