Technology and therapy help individuals with chronic spinal cord injuries take steps
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Of four research participants living with traumatic, motor complete spinal cord injury, two...
Collection of JAMA articles focus on race, medicine and medical research
Bottom Line: A collection of JAMA articles (an editorial and three Viewpoints) focuses on race, medicine and medical research. Excerpts...
UA Immunobiology Chief awarded $1.5M 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...
USC receives $17.8 million grant to further research on tobacco-related health risks
A new, $17.8 million grant will ensure USC remains at the forefront of research to protect people from tobacco-related health...
Common painkiller not effective for chronic pain after traumatic nerve injury
A new study out today in the Journal of Neurology finds that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the chronic...
Spinal cord stimulation, physical therapy help paralyzed man stand, walk with assistance
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Spinal cord stimulation and physical therapy have helped a man paralyzed since 2013 regain his ability to...
Boston College launches Global Observatory on Pollution and Health
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (9/24/2018) - Boston College has established the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health to track efforts to...
Novartis announces five grant recipients of eXcellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award
Basel, September 24, 2018 - Novartis announced the winners of the 2018 eXcellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award (XOVA) for nonprofit...
2018 Medical Innovation Summit to focus on ‘disruption: reimagining healthcare’
Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovation Summit will bring together more than 100 speakers and leaders from more than 500 organizations and...
A biomarker in the brain’s circulation system may be Alzheimer’s earliest warning
USC scientists say Alzheimer's could be diagnosed earlier if scientists focus on an early warning within the brain's circulation system....
New AGS-NIA conference report explores links between senses and cognitive health
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Experts at a prestigious medical conference hosted by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and...
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...
