VA-Defense study aims to track mild traumatic brain injury over decades
Credit: Department of Defense An ambitious U.S. federally funded study is enrolling at least 1,100 service members and veterans who...
Vision symptoms following concussion limit a child’s ability to…
Credit: UAB News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A comprehensive vision assessment should be part of return-to-learn protocols to help determine when...
Dogma overturned: New studies into inflammation in the infarcted heart could lead to changes in therapy
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) and the Fundación Jiménez Díaz (FJD) and...
Preterm infants have narrowed upper airways, which may explain higher obstructive sleep apnea risk
Credit: Credit: A. Smitthimedhin, et al, Clinical Imaging. Infants born preterm have significantly lower nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal volumes, compared with...
Are elevated levels of mercury in the American dipper due to…
Credit: Veronica Silverthorn A study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry used American dippers to determine if run-of-river (RoR) dams...
USF Biologists find frog’s future health influenced by gut microbes as tadpoles
Credit: University of South Florida TAMPA, Fla. (July 20, 2017) – University of South Florida biologists have found that a...
Timothy Ray Brown, cured of HIV, rallies public to support research…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Jan. 17, 2018–In the 10th anniversary year since a bone marrow...
For geriatric falls, ‘brain speed’ may matter more than…
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – "Why does a 30-year-old hit their foot against the curb...
Longer hospital stays might reduce readmissions from post-acute care facilities
Credit: (C) 2017, The Health in Aging Foundation More than 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries who are admitted to the...
A protein in mosquito spit can keep Dengue virus in check
Credit: Maya Tree Mosquito saliva influences transmission of viruses to a bitten mammalian host. For example, it contains factors that...
‘Hidden’ experiences of men forced to have sex with women revealed
The most frequent strategy used by women forcing men to have sex with them against their will is blackmail and...
Cutting prison sentences could reduce spread of HIV, study suggests
Oxford, February 9, 2016 – Reducing the number of men who go to prison could help curb the spread of...
Zika virus protein could be vaccine target
WHAT: A viral protein known as NS5 is a promising target for vaccines against Zika and related viruses, according to...
Using a genetic signature to overcome chemotherapy-resistant lung…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – May 23, 2017 – Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often respond to standard...
Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients,…
Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, lead author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based...
Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s…
With the report from Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday that 14 people in the state have been infected with...
Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6 million to protect next-gen 911 centers
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence...
Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Credit: Rylee Murray Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three...
Less than half of cervical cancer patients receive standard-of-care…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Standard-of-care treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer includes radiation, chemotherapy and brachytherapy (in which...
With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher, Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD, found more...
