ESC Congress 2018 — Tips on what not to miss
Munich, 21 August 2018: Journalists are invited to follow the ESC Congress 2018 press programme for tips on the hottest...
Antipsychotic use in older adults after heart surgery
Delirium is the medical term for an abrupt, rapid change in mental function that goes well beyond the typical forgetfulness...
Clay to fight bacteria in wounds: An old practice may be a new solution
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The use of mud or wet clay as a topical skin treatment or a poultice is a...
Exodus of Saudi medical trainees reveals vulnerability of Canadian health care
The sudden loss of Saudi medical trainees who must leave Canada in the next two weeks will negatively affect patient...
Pitt doctor gets grant to test self-management approach to chronic pain in HIV patients
Credit: Jordan Beckham/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 21, 2018 - Living with HIV often means living with chronic pain, but behavioral therapy...
A common ancestral gene causes body segmentation in spiders and insects
Credit: Paese et al., 2018 Scientists have pinpointed a key gene that controls segmentation during spider development, which reveals a...
Largest brain study of 62,454 scans identifies drivers of brain aging
Credit: Credit: Daniel G. Amen COSTA MESA, CA, August 21, 2018 - In the largest known brain imaging study, scientists...
The IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer arrives in Toronto, Canada
MEDIA ALERT The IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer Arrives in Toronto, Canada What: The International Association for the...
I hear what you say! Or do I?
Credit: The University of Nottingham Dr Rebecca Hirst Even with an acute sense of hearing adults don't always pick up...
Education program successful at reducing forced sex in South African adolescents
Southern Africa has some of the highest rates of sexual assault in the world, with 20 percent of adolescent girls...
UMBC teams up with Chesapeake Conservancy to create detailed stream maps
Thousands of waterways, from major rivers like the Potomac and Susquehanna to tiny headwaters, flow through the Chesapeake Bay watershed....
ASU partners with Mayo Clinic to move germ-killing clays closer to medical use
Credit: Lynda Williams/ASU Researchers at Arizona State University and the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, have found that at least...
Depressed patients see quality of life improve with nerve stimulation
Credit: Matt Miller People with depression who are treated with nerve stimulation experience significant improvements in quality of life, even...
This tiny particle might change millions of lives
Credit: Illustrator: Yekaterina (Katya) Kadyshevskaya from the USC Bridge Institute at the Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience Remember the scene...
Certain antibiotic-resistant infections on the rise, new research shows
WASHINGTON -- Nearly six percent of urinary tract infections analyzed by a California emergency department were caused by drug-resistant bacteria...
Illinois study pioneers humane feline research facility
Credit: Amy Fischer, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Spay and neuter services can reduce the number of feral and...
Multi-million-dollar grant to grow kidney research
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the University of Alabama...
Federal grant extends, expands kidney failure research
Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has renewed a grant...
Red or yellow? A simple paper test detects false or substandard antibiotics
Credit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Antibiotics - medicines that treat bacterial infections - have saved millions of lives worldwide since...
AMP addresses clinical relevance of DNA variants in chronic myeloid neoplasms
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Aug. 21, 2018 -- The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global molecular diagnostics professional society,...
