Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards over $13 million in young investigator grants
NEW YORK (October 4, 2018)--The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the awarding of its Young Investigator Grants valued...
Southwest Virginia residents sought to direct region’s battle against cancer
A new University of Virginia Cancer Center initiative will empower Southwest Virginia residents to lead projects to better detect and...
Rethinking lethality in youth suicide attempts
Washington, DC, October 4, 2018 - First suicide attempts are more lethal than previously realized, reports a study of children...
Gas stations vent far more toxic fumes than previously thought
Credit: Markus Hilpert/Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health A study led by environmental health scientists at Columbia University Mailman...
Tarragon supplements may make healthy women gain weight
Credit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center, LSU Russian tarragon and bitter melon supplements may be less helpful for women than men...
Department of Defense grant for clinical trial of stem cell therapy for eye injuries
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a four-year, $5.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of...
Potential treatment could stop knee and spine osteoarthritis, Krembil scientists say
Toronto (October 4, 2018) - Scientists at the Krembil Research Institute have developed a novel therapeutic treatment that has the...
New study evaluates efficacy of PET imaging to manage chronic liver diseases
Credit: Salas et al. While liver biopsies are powerful and reliable, they are also invasive, painful, limited and subject to...
In comments on Medicare fee schedule proposal, AGS calls for putting older people first
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and...
Cracking the (reimbursement) code: Hard work, big changes covering care we need with age
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society For millions of older adults who rely on Medicare, the federal health insurance program...
UM earns $10M contract to develop universal flu vaccine
Credit: University of Montana MISSOULA - The National Institutes of Health have awarded a $10 million contract to the University...
Reducing HIV, other STIs among young black women in South Africa
The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of eight universities awarded funding by the National Institutes of Health to...
Conflict management improves ICU team knowledge, mindfulness and awareness
The intensive care unit is a stressful place, and conflicts invariably arise. To better understand the relationships between physicians, nurses,...
Case Western Reserve researchers to examine skin prions in fatal neurodegenerative disease
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that...
UMass Amherst researchers plan to develop alternative energy source for muscle
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Muscle biophysicist Ned Debold in the kinesiology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's...
Building a public library of bacteria to facilitate drug discovery research
Approximately $1.7 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health will enable a multidisciplinary team of University of...
Gastric banding as effective as metformin in slowing prediabetes, type two diabetes
What People with prediabetes or new-onset type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding, a type of bariatric surgery for weight...
AI could predict cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s Disease in the next five years
A team of scientists has successfully trained a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to make accurate predictions regarding cognitive decline...
Experts develop guide for getting more LTC residents immunized
A summit convened by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) National Adult Vaccination Program (NAVP) has resulted in a roadmap...
