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Exploring the effects of integrative health in cancer

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 24, 2018--A Special Focus Issue on Integrative Oncology takes a...

Organs are not just bystanders, may be active participants in fighting autoimmune disease

PITTSBURGH, September 24, 2018 - Organs affected by autoimmune disease could be fighting back by "exhausting" immune cells that cause...

Leading addiction experts call for more neuroscience research on long-term recovery

September is addiction recovery month, and, in the midst of the current opioid epidemic, it's an apt moment for addiction...

Violence in pre-Columbian Panama exaggerated, new study shows

(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) An oft-cited publication said a pre-Colombian archaeological site in Panama showed signs of extreme violence. A...

Results from the OAC-ALONE trial reported at TCT 2018 and published in Circulation

SAN DIEGO - September 24, 2018 - The first randomized trial of its kind was unable to establish non-inferiority of...

NIRS-IVUS detects patients and plaques vulnerable to subsequent adverse coronary events

SAN DIEGO - September 24, 2018 - Results from the Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) study demonstrate the correlation between the presence...

Results from the ULTIMATE trial reported at TCT 2018 and published simultaneously in JACC

SAN DIEGO - September 24, 2018 - The first study designed to determine the benefits of intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) guidance...

NSF award to provide new insights on how drinking water and public health systems interact

DETROIT (September 24, 2018) - A research team at Wayne State University recently received a four-year, $1.57 million grant from...

UA Immunobiology Chief awarded $1.5 million grant to study threat of Chikungunya to elderly

(University of Arizona Health Sciences) Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -- Tucson will study why the...

Heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation benefit from minimally invasive procedure

A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and...

Prosthetic valve mismatches common in transcatheter valve replacement, ups risk of death

SAN DIEGO--In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients...

Too many people missing out on health benefits of golf, says expert panel

The consensus--one of the first of its kind--comes on the eve of the Ryder Cup, the biennial golf tournament between...

New research heralds a blood test for drowsy driving

During this unique study from the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Surrey, led by Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, 36...

SCAI-WIN announces the winner of the CHIP Fellowship

Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) announced that Megha Prasad, MD, MS, has been selected as the...

Blowing the whistle on referee decisions

Credit: QUT Media It's one of the hardest jobs in sport that every armchair fan thinks they can do better....

Preventing underage drinking among youths on rural reservations

Underage drinking is a concern all over the country. Among American Indian and Alaska Native populations, there are especially serious...

Results from the SOLVE-TAVI trial reported at TCT 2018

SAN DIEGO - September 23, 2018 - The first randomized study to compare general versus local anesthesia during transcatheter aortic...

EACS issues position paper to improve cancer research and care

September 22, 2018

The European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS), an independent advisory body of medical specialists and researchers, has issued a position...

Researchers awarded for lifetime achievements in blood pressure research