Medical errors in the emergency room: Understanding why
Medical errors are estimated to cause 250,000 deaths per year in the US. Previously, research on admitted patients suggested that...
DFG awards prize for two alternatives to animal experiments
Prof. Dr. Ellen Fritsche, a toxicologist from the Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and...
Artificial intelligence can predict your personality … simply by tracking your eyes
It's often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we...
‘Nudging’ doctors to prescribe cholesterol-lowering statins triples prescription rates
PHILADELPHIA - Pairing an online patient dashboard with "nudges" to doctors tripled statin prescribing rates in a clinical trial led...
Association between firearm caliber and likelihood of death from gunshot
Bottom Line: The caliber of a firearm was associated with the likelihood of death from a gunshot, with shootings by...
U of G study is first to find evidence that leopard geckos can make new brain cells
Credit: (Rebecca McDonald/University of Guelph) University of Guelph researchers have discovered the type of stem cell allowing geckos to create...
Diabetes drugs act as powerful curb for immune cells in controlling inflammation
PHILADELPHIA - When tissue is damaged, one of the body's first inflammatory immune-system responders are macrophages, cells which are commonly...
New UCI center to advance the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare
Physicians at the University of California, Irvine and UCI Health System have launched the UCI Center for Artificial Intelligence in...
Magnetic surgical cement heals spinal fractures, provides targeted drug delivery
Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis usually undergo a procedure called kyphoplasty, where the fracture is filled...
Researchers are first to sequence rare bacteria that causes rampant tooth decay
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Bioengineering Fruit fly larvae can taste ribonucleosides, the building blocks of gene...
Genetic basis of heart rhythms explored in large population study
Credit: Clare McLean New knowledge about biological processes related to the heart's electrical activity has been gained through a major...
ASU study finds animals can use muscle as an internal water source
Credit: Samantha Lloyd/ASU VisLab Water is vital for life. But as our climate changes, the availability of water is also...
Rewriting our understanding of gastric tumors
The immune system can be an important ally in the fight against cancer. A study from McGill scientists published today...
Engineers track neural activity, muscle movement in ageless aquatic creatures
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Just because an animal is soft and squishy doesn't mean it isn't tough. Experiments at Rice...
NASA-developed coating investigated for protecting Smithsonian specimens
Credit: Credits: NASA A technology that has shielded some of NASA's highest-profile space observatories from potentially harmful molecular contamination is...
The last wild ocean
The ocean, long a source of inspiration for exploration and discovery as well as a place to test the limits...
Previously overlooked ‘coral ticks’ weaken degraded reefs
Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech A previously overlooked predator-- a thumbnail-sized snail--could be increasing the pressure on coral reefs already...
Role of oral microbiota in the severity of chemotherapy-induced oral mucositis
Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...
Night-time lighting changes how species interact
Credit: Dirk Sanders Night-time lighting from streetlights and other sources has complex and unexpected effects on communities of plants and...
Changes to small RNA in sperm may help fertilization
WORCESTER--Two papers by UMass Medical School Professor Oliver J. Rando, MD, PhD, shed new light on the processes of fertilization...
