Troubling stats for kids with intellectual disabilities
COLUMBUS, Ohio - By federal law passed in 1975, children with intellectual disabilities are supposed to spend as much time...
A new mechanism for neurodegeneration in a form of dementia
Philadelphia, May 8, 2018 A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that dementia-related and psychiatric-related proteins cluster together to form...
First proton imaging system to be installed in NHS high energy proton beam therapy center
One of the most complex medical imaging systems ever developed which uses proton beams to create 3D images of the...
Cell phones at summer camp: Research explores the effects
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Summer camp often conjures up images of wooded retreats with lakes and cabins, camping under the...
Agile Implementation: Reengineering dissemination of healthcare in the US
Credit: Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science INDIANAPOLIS -- In a study published in the Journal of...
Age, marital status, BMI and sleep associated with risk for dementia
(Boston) -- Could your age, marital status, BMI (body mass index) and amount of sleep impact your risk for dementia?...
Tracing the footprints of a tumor: Genomic ‘scars’ allow cancer profiling
Credit: Michel Owusu / CeMM When a cell develops into a tumor, something has gone terribly wrong: the uncontrolled growth,...
Transitional methods for determining causes of death
Credit: Photo by Margareta G. Kubista Improved tools are now underway for determining the causes of death in settings where...
Symptoms of osteoarthritis lessened with simple changes to the diet
One gram of fish oil a day could help reduce the pain of patients with osteoarthritis, a new study in...
Prolonged exposure to air pollution leads to genetic changes in rat brains, study finds
LOS ANGELES -- May 8, 2018 -- Prolonged exposure to particulate matter in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin...
Malaria parasite accumulates undetected in bone marrow
Washington, DC - May 8, 2018 - A Plasmodium vivax infection is like an iceberg: It's dangerous, in part, because...
Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement
Credit: Video edited and produced by Girupakaran Sivalingam, Bill Crowther and Mostafa Nabawy. Sound design by Conor Marsh. Music: The...
Uterine cancer survivors are more likely to have cardiovascular problems
A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that survivors of uterine cancer are more likely...
New biomarker identified for early diagnosis of lung cancer
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, May 8, 2018 - High levels of cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 (CKAP4) have been...
Our vulnerable nervous system: What affects its protective sheaths?
According to the Deutsche Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft (German Multiple Sclerosis Society), around 200,000 people in Germany suffer from multiple sclerosis...
New pulmonary hypertension treatment target in the bull’s-eye
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. - (May 8, 2018) - A new and early target for...
UCalgary scientists discover a new way to battle multiple sclerosis
Credit: Cumming School of Medicine Ridiculous. That's how Andrew Caprariello says his colleagues described his theory about multiple sclerosis (MS)...
Oilseed crop’s waste product yields compounds that protect skin from the sun
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Meadowfoam, a native Pacific Northwest plant cultivated as an oilseed crop, has emerged as a potential new...
New movement monitoring system helping prevent falls in the elderly
Credit: University of South Florida ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 7, 2018)- Technology that allows BMW's assembly lines to run more...
Precision medicine approvals and rare disease treatment incentives evaluated
WHO: Aaron Kesselheim, MD, MPH, Director, Program On Regulation Therapeutics And Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and...
