New pediatric asthma yardstick has treatment guidance for children of every age
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL (July 9, 2018) - Although about 10 percent of school-aged children in the United States have asthma, ...
Scientist earns third concurrent National Cancer Institute grant to study breast cancer
Credit: Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute Deb Kelly, an associate professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute, was awarded ...
Fluorescent fish genes light path to neuroblastoma
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A new type of zebrafish that produces fluorescent tags in migratory embryonic nerve precursor cells could ...
Loyola Medicine, Palos Health first in Illinois to offer MRI-guided radiation therapy
MAYWOOD, IL - The Loyola Center for Cancer Care & Research at Palos Health South Campus in Orland Park is ...
Whooping cough vaccine: The power of first impressions
Credit: Dr. Ricardo Antunes, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology LA JOLLA, CA-- The current whooping cough vaccine was ...
Alarming trend shows first-time smoking among young adults
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (July 9, 2018) - Millennials living more dangerously and settling down later could be creating a ...
Synthetic surfactant could ease breathing for patients with lung disease and injury
Credit: Lawson Health Research Institute LONDON, ON - Human lungs are coated with a substance called surfactant which allows us ...
Depression screening rates among adults increased slightly in recent years, but remain low
Rates of routine screening of U.S. adults for depression have increased slightly in recent years, but remain very low. Adults ...
New patch boosts brightness in medical diagnostic tests
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Fluorescence-based biosensing and bioimaging technologies are widely used in research and clinical settings to ...
Altitude sickness drug appears to slow progression of glioblastoma
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine A drug used to treat altitude sickness -- as well as glaucoma, epilepsy, heart ...
Wake Forest Baptist awarded $8 Million to study intervention for diabetes
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 9, 2018 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded $8 million to Wake Forest ...
Goethe University awarded funds for new cancer research institute including new building
FRANKFURT. Goethe University has a new LOEWE Centre under its belt - together with its own research building that is ...
Forest ecology shapes Lyme disease risk in the eastern US
Credit: Sandy Brown Jensen, Dennisicecap1 (Millbrook, NY) In the eastern US, risk of contracting Lyme disease is higher in fragmented ...
Scientists create a complete atlas of lung tumor cells
Researchers from VIB, Leuven University and University Hospital Leuven studied thousands of healthy and cancerous lung cells to create the ...
Change health messaging to focus on potential impact to help stop the next pandemic
Changing public health messaging to focus on the impact of our actions - for example the potentially harmful impact of ...
BU and Ohio University researchers awarded NIH grant
(Boston)--Noyan Gokce, MD, professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a four-year, $2.2 million R01 ...
New study finds that e-cigarettes increase cardiovascular risk as much as cigarettes
The usage of e-cigarettes containing nicotine has a significant impact on vascular functions claims new study. Research published in the ...
Infravec2 new insect vector research tools: no-cost resources for scientists
In 2017, the European Commission gave its go-ahead to Infravec2, the EU-funded global source for no-cost vector research products and ...
Cleveland Clinic receives $2.8 million grant to improve heart transplant outcomes
Monday, July 9, 2018, CLEVELAND: The National Institutes of Health has awarded Cleveland Clinic researcher Eileen Hsich, M.D., $2.8 million ...
Insights from metabolites get us closer to a test for chronic fatigue syndrome
A study led by researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public ...
