Implants made by computer-aided design provide good results in patients with rare chest muscle deformity
July 31, 2018 - For patients with Poland syndrome - a rare congenital condition affecting the chest muscle - computer-aided ...
845-Page analytical report on the longevity industry in the UK released
Credit: Biogerontology Research Foundation Tuesday, July 31, 2018, London, UK: The Biogerontology Research Foundation announces the publication of a new ...
Artificial intelligence system created at UNC-Chapel Hill designs drugs from scratch
An artificial-intelligence approach created at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Eshelman School of Pharmacy can teach itself ...
How chronic infections can outsmart the immune system
(Institut national de la recherche scientifique - INRS) Second leading cause of death by parasitic infection, visceral leishmaniasis takes advantage ...
Patients opt for 3D simulation for breast augmentation — but it doesn’t improve outcomes
July 31, 2018 - Three-dimensional image simulation is popular among women planning breast augmentation surgery. But while this evolving technology ...
Blood samples used to investigate adaptive repair mechanisms of transplanted kidneys
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 31, 2018 - Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have shown that gene expression analysis ...
Scientists uncover new facts concerning working memory in children
Researchers from the Higher School of Economics conducted a meta-analysis by compiling data across 17 neuroimaging studies on working memory ...
CHOP nurse-researcher presents the Spatz 10-Step System as national model for breastfeeding
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Mothers of critically ill infants may not receive necessary breastfeeding support, because their babies may ...
The tipping point: Service sector employees are more susceptible to mental health issues
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Approximately 102 million Americans work in the service industry, according to the Pew Research Center, filling critical ...
Wolters Kluwer and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care announce publishing partnership
July 31, 2018 - Wolters Kluwer Health announced today it will begin publishing The Journal of the Association of Nurses ...
Mapping of magnetic particles in the human brain
Many living organisms, such as migratory birds, are thought to possess a magnetotactic sense, which enables them to respond to ...
Predicting heart attack, stroke risk just got easier
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 30, 2018 - A team of researchers led by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical ...
Microbes in the Hong Kong subway system mix together by evening rush hour
Credit: Gianni Panagiotou Every day, the hundred-mile-long Hong Kong subway system serves nearly five million people commuting from as far ...
Long-term study of a boy’s lobectomy offers rare glimpse of plasticity in action
The boy suffered his first epileptic seizure at age four. Doctors tried medication and other treatments to control the seizures--the ...
Case study: Child’s lobectomy reveals brain’s ability to reorganize its visual system
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A new study led by Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists provides the first evidence of how the ...
Dental plaque is no match for catalytic nanoparticles
Combine a diet high in sugar with poor oral hygiene habits and dental cavities, or caries, will likely result. The ...
New research challenges common assumptions about people who use food shelves
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- July 31, 2018 - The first-ever statewide survey of Minnesota food-shelf users uncovered important information about a population ...
£2 Million for sepsis research in Africa
(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) LSTM is to lead a new multinational project on sepsis following a £2 million award ...
Use of VA services impacted by external economic, policy changes
(Boston)--A new study has found that use of VA services is affected by economic and policy changes outside the VA, ...
Tufts Ramnath Subbaraman selected to receive Doris Duke Charitable Foundation award
Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University BOSTON (July 31, 2018)--Ramnath Subbaraman, M.D., a Tufts University School of Medicine assistant professor of public ...
