Study examines racial disparities in patient characteristics, survival after heart attack
Bottom Line: This study analyzed data for about 6,400 patients who had heart attacks to compare black and white patients...
Gene PPM1D gives stem cells a ‘winning boost’ after chemotherapy
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Chemotherapy has been associated with increased risk of leukemia years after the treatment, but what...
Physicists explain how large spherical viruses form
Credit: Zandi lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A virus, the simplest physical object in biology, consists of a protein...
Food for thought
From the standpoint of heart health, the Tsimane are a model group. A population indigenous to the Bolivian Amazon, the...
O’Donnell Brain Institute helps US effort to research learning, memory
DALLAS - Nov. 2, 2018 - UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute will help in a national effort to understand the...
Internists note that final CMS payment rule improves on proposed changes to E/M codes
Washington, DC (November 2, 2018) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) appreciates that the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule...
Study finds hospital communication-and-resolution programs do not expand liability risk
Boston, MA -- To be more transparent and to promote communication with patients after medical injuries, many hospitals have implemented...
Molecular virologist fights influenza at the molecular level
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Molecular virologist Chad Petit, Ph.D., uses basic science to fight influenza -- through experiments at...
Online program helps prevent teen depression
Credit: UIC/Monika Marko and TJ Crawford Although up to 20 percent of adolescents experience a depressive episode each year, the...
‘Human brain’ supercomputer with 1million processors being switched on for first time
The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been...
NASA pushes exploration of oceans in our solar system
Credit: NASA handout/Britney Schmidt/Dead Pixel VFX/Univ. of Texas at Austin NASA has navigated our solar system with spacecraft and landers,...
Cancer drug insight tactic could spell double trouble for tumors
Credit: Mar Carmena and Emma Peat A new way of identifying potential cancer drugs could streamline the development of therapies,...
Reducing US coal emissions through biomass and carbon capture would boost employment
While the need for solutions for the impending consequences of rising global temperatures has become increasingly urgent, many people have...
Quantum on the edge: Light shines on new pathway for quantum technology
Credit: Sebastian Zentilomo/University of Sydney Scientists in Australia have for the first time demonstrated the protection of correlated states between...
Bee diversity and richness decline as anthropogenic activity increases, confirm scientists
Credit: Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Alvaro Edwin Razo Leon Changes in land use negatively affect bee species richness and diversity, and cause...
Zebrafish larvae help in search for appetite suppressants
Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed...
Study buckles down on child car seat use in ride-share vehicles
Credit: VTTI Traveling with young children can be a challenge. As ride-share apps continue to surge in popularity, transporting children...
Zebrafish larvae help in search for appetite suppressants
Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed...
Updated European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in women
The clinical significance of osteoporosis lies in the painful, debilitating fractures that arise, which are a major cause of long-term...
Making a map of the brain
For decades, scientists have viewed the brain as a veritable black box - and now Catherine Dulac and Xiaowei Zhuang...
