Computer-aided imaging technique could reduce risk of second breast cancer surgery
Credit: Sunhua Wan, Hsiang-Chieh Lee, Xiaolei Huang, Ting Xu, Tao Xu, Xianxu Zeng, Zhan Zhang, Yuri Sheikine, James L. Connolly, ...
Starving prostate cancer with what you eat for dinner
Credit: Steven Jackson When you dine on curry and baked apples, enjoy the fact that you are eating something that ...
Gut bacteria could protect cancer patients and pregnant women from Listeria, study suggests
Credit: Becattini et al., 2017 Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York have discovered that bacteria living ...
Dogs help in breast carcinoma research
Credit: Michelle Aimée Oesch, University of Zurich Cancer is one of the most frequent diseases not only in people, but ...
The complete epigenomes of the most frequent tumors, unveiled
Credit: IDIBELL A research team from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) has managed to characterize the complete epigenomes of ...
What makes a reach movement effortful?
Credit: Thomas Steuer/ Pierre Morel When choosing between alternative actions, we have to compare the positive outcomes of those actions ...
Brain State Technologies: Successful clinical trial shows reduction of insomnia symptoms
This figure shows brain electrical activity at the temporal lobes before and after HIRREM® sessions. Brain State Technologies: Successful Clinical ...
NIST upgrades widely used database of molecular ‘fingerprints’
Credit: NIST When scientists need to identify an unknown compound, they do what a police detective might do. They get ...
Hiding in plain sight: New species of flying squirrel discovered
Credit: Nick Kerhoulas. For hundreds of years, a species of flying squirrel was hiding right under (actually, above) our noses. ...
Guts to glory?
Herbivore gut fungi hold a lot of promise. Just ask Michelle O'Malley. "Most of what we do that resonates with ...
New pediatric protocol reduces missed sepsis diagnoses by 76 percent
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON -- An electronic sepsis alert using a combination of vital signs, risk factors ...
Clinical benefit of clot retrieval now proven up to 24 hours after major ischemic stroke
(CHICAGO) - Results of an international, randomized controlled research study show that mechanical thrombectomy, which is an endovascular treatment to ...
Living long and living well: Is it possible to do both?
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Exactly when does old age begin? Which health markers best predict who ...
Study examines caregiving by family members, other unpaid individuals
It's estimated that nearly 30 percent of the 38.2 million people aged 65 or older in this country receive some ...
Neurodegenerative disease mechanism and potential drug identified
Two new studies of progressive, neurodegenerative diseases linked to defects in cells' mitochondria offer hope for developing a new biomarker ...
Difficulties diagnosing delirium in older adults after surgery
Delirium is a medical term for "sudden confusion." It is an abrupt, rapid change in mental function and can cause ...
Cancer cells send signals boosting survival and drug resistance in other cancer cells
Credit: Image courtesy of Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that cancer cells appear to ...
New target found to attack an incurable brain tumor in children
Chicago...A study published in Molecular Cancer Research reveals that a tumor suppressor gene p16 is turned off by a histone ...
Anti-nausea drug could help treat sleep apnea
An old pharmaceutical product may be a new treatment for obstructive sleep apnea, according to new research presented today by ...
Enrollment in early intervention services may be influenced by administering agency
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Children under age 3 who have or are at risk of a developmental ...
