Ear infections can lead to meningitis, brain abscess and other neurological complications
MAYWOOD, IL - While antibiotics have greatly reduced the dangers of ear infections, serious neurological complications, including hearing loss, facial...
Study shows potential cost savings for early detection and treatment of type 2 diabetes
Health checks including diabetes risk assessment have been introduced in a number of countries. However, there are few population-based trials...
Center for AIDS Research funding renewed for an old and on-going fight
Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded a five-year, $15 million grant...
Emory receives $12.7 million grant to continue oxytocin research
Emory University's Yerkes National Primate Research Center and Brain Health Center have received a five-year, $12.7 million National Institute of...
Is whole-brain radiation still best for brain metastases from small-cell lung cancer?
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Lung cancer often metastasizes to the brain. Historically, brain metastases have been treated with...
Basel researchers succeed in cultivating cartilage from stem cells
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine Stable joint cartilage can be produced from adult stem cells originating from...
Volunteering 2 hours per week reduces loneliness in widowed older adults, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Widowed older adults can reduce the loneliness that results from the death of a spouse by...
Music intensifies effects of anti-hypertensive medication
In addition to remembering to take the medication prescribed by their cardiologists at the right times and going to the...
In new anthology, experts look to future for managing dementia, mental health
Credit: (C) 2018, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society In a newly published collection of research reports and essays ,...
AJMS honors manuscript about innovative study on treatments for functional dyspepsia
Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Three Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El...
Mosquitoes reveal fatal attraction
Malaria causes the bodies of its human hosts to emit specific odours from the skin that make the hosts even...
Regional health system growth and implications for stroke care
New research shows that stroke patients are increasingly being transferred out of smaller community and rural hospitals and sent to...
UH researcher to produce next generation of Hispanic obesity educators
Credit: University of Houston The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded UH...
‘Striosome’ neurons in the basal ganglia play a key role in learning
Credit: OIST A pleasant surprise or a nasty shock is likely to be a memorable experience. For instance, if you...
Portland State researchers chart a new way to look at concussion
A Portland State University research team studying concussion has published an interactive diagram showing the many facets of mild traumatic...
Using AI to detect heart disease
Credit: Ashleen Knutsen Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women, according to the Centers...
#AGS18 research links value-based care to social supports, interprofessional collaboration
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society With support from Humana Inc., (NYSE: HUM), one of the nation's leading health and...
Horses can breathe easier thanks to new treatment for degenerative respiratory condition
Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers have developed a new surgical technique for recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN) that is improving outcomes and...
New liquid biopsy-based cancer model reveals data on deadly lung cancer
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) accounts for 14 percent of all lung cancers and is...
Stand Up To Cancer takes new approach to multiple myeloma focusing on precursor conditions
Credit: Stand Up To Cancer CHICAGO - April 15, 2018 -- Stand Up To Cancer announced a $10 million award...
