CU researchers offer insights into liver disease caused by intravenous nutrition
AURORA, Colo. (May 23, 2018) - Research by physician-scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus offers hope for...
Asthma management: Allocating duties
Credit: Dr. Giuseppe Madonia, Dr. Ursula Madonia and Bentham Science Publishers The privilege to operate in a specialist asthma clinic...
Social media usage linked to underage drinking
PHILADELPHIA -- Social media often features celebrities drinking cocktails, boozy how-to posts, and party pictures. This is the environment American...
The advances in AI for pharma industry to be presented at AI & Blockchain Applications Workshop
Wednesday, May 23, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of artificial intelligence for...
Shining a light on toxic chemicals curbs industrial use
Credit: Georgia Tech The annual federal report on toxic material emissions from industrial sites across the country gains widespread media...
Study finds antioxidant-enriched vitamin reduces respiratory illnesses in patients with CF
Researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) and the University of Colorado School of Medicine have found that taking a...
To manage weight, it may matter when protein supplements are consumed
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- People looking to manage their weight with strength-training and protein supplements should consume their supplements during...
Early-life obesity impacts children’s learning and memory, study suggests
Credit: Casanowe A new study by Brown University epidemiologists found that children on the threshold of obesity or overweight in...
Are you at risk for lung cancer?
Every year, 1.6 million people die of lung cancer. But if you think that these are just older heavy smokers,...
In a break with dogma, myelin boosts neuron growth in spinal cord injuries
Credit: UC San Diego Health Recovery after severe spinal cord injury is notoriously fraught, with permanent paralysis often the result....
NIH begins testing ebola treatment in early-stage trial
Credit: NIAID A first-in-human trial evaluating an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease has begun at the National Institutes of...
Overweight and obesity make up for more than 15,000 cancer cases per year in Brazil
Some 15,000 new cancer cases are diagnosed in Brazil each year, and researchers have found that approximately 4% of these...
Complementing conventional antibiotics
Credit: Nature/Kalayil et al, Mai 2018 FRANKFURT - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major medical problem worldwide, impacting both human...
Memory molecule limits plasticity by calibrating calcium
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain has an incredible capacity to support a lifetime of learning and...
Study examining a novel index of coronary artery stenosis presented at EuroPCR
PARIS - May 23, 2018 - A novel non-hyperemic index of coronary stenosis severity called resting full-cycle ratio (RFR) was...
BU: Religious refusal laws harm sexual minority mental health
Since the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015, opponents have shifted their focus to whether individuals can deny services...
University of Guelph study uncovers cause of pesticide exposure, Parkinson’s link
Credit: University of Guelph A new University of Guelph study has discovered why exposure to pesticides increases some people's risk...
Cause of E. coli beach closings? Gulls
Credit: Wild Goose Chase, Inc. This summer, during the middle of a heat wave, you might want to enjoy a...
Whey protein supplements and exercise help women improve body composition
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- It's known that men benefit from whey protein supplements and exercise, and for what is believed...
Painless real-time proteomics may one day speed up cancer surgery
Credit: Isabelle Fournier Isabelle Fournier and her team are out to change surgical oncology. "Better surgery is associated with better...
