Yale-NUS researchers discover drug cocktail that increases lifespan
Credit: Image provided by Dr Jan Gruber. A team of researchers led by Principal Investigator Dr Jan Gruber from Yale-NUS...
Aspirin alone a good clot buster after knee surgery
Credit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest When it comes to preventing blood clots after a knee replacement, good old aspirin may be just...
New technique reveals limb control in flies — and maybe robots
Credit: Pavan Ramdya, EPFL One of the major goals of biology, medicine, and robotics is to understand how limbs are...
Low-income obesity patients lose weight in new study
DURHAM, N.C. -- With the help of a free phone app, low-income obese patients with signs of cardiovascular risk lost...
Patients with HPV-positive oropharynx cancer should receive chemoradiation
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Patients with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive throat...
Immunotherapy improves survival in metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab improves survival in patients...
More than just anatomy: sex differences in the lower urinary tract
The biological differences between women and men go beyond basic anatomy. Researchers must consider sex differences down to the cellular...
Short-term ADT with RT improves survival over RT alone up to 10 years
The long-term follow up of the NRG Oncology trial RTOG 9408, studying the addition of short-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) to...
Database funded to help researchers understand bipolar disorder throughout adult lifespan
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Not much is known about how bipolar disorder (BD) affects people throughout...
Study: Dad’s exercise before conception impacts child’s lifelong health
Credit: John Soares Recent studies have linked development of type 2 diabetes and impaired metabolic health individuals to their parents'...
Developing an automated virtual health coach
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant from the National Science...
Achaogen provides data to SPARK, Pew’s platform for antibiotic discovery research
WASHINGTON--Biopharmaceutical company Achaogen and The Pew Charitable Trusts announced a groundbreaking agreement today to share data from Achaogen's discontinued LpxC...
Participation in group prenatal care may improve birth outcomes
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 22, 2018--A recent retrospective matched cohort study of more than...
Immunotherapy effective as first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer
Immunotherapy on its own is better than aggressive chemotherapy as a first-line treatment for advanced head and neck cancer, according...
New drug combination destroys chemo-resistant blood cancer
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital Researchers from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa have developed a promising targeted strategy...
Electron microscope provided look inside the organic chemical reaction
Credit: Ananikov V. P Scientists from Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow managed to...
Revealing the molecular mystery of human liver cells
Toronto, ON (Monday, October 22, 2018) - A map of the cells in the human liver has been created by...
Cellular trash cans reveal the roles of proteins in disease
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science If we really want to know how our body's cells work - or don't work,...
New in the Hastings Center Report, September-October 2018
Disentangling Conscience Protections Nadia N. Sawicki Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced its intention...
Modern conflict: Screen time vs. nature
Even rural kids today spend more time in front of screens and less time outdoors, according to a new study...
