Emergency physicians debunk ‘dry drowning’ myths, highlight drowning risk in older swimmers
June 6, 2018 - Parents have been reading--and sharing--alarming reports of children who died or nearly died due to "dry ...
California’s other gold
Sea urchin roe is an acquired taste. Served as sushi, uni -- the Japanese word for this delicacy -- is ...
Fake organs guide the way for ‘impossible’ cancer surgery
Anthony Camnetar remembers the first time he was told that he had von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. He ...
A deeper understanding of AFib could lower risk
MINNEAPOLIS - June 4, 2018 - More than 2.5 million Americans are living with Atrial Fibrillation (AFib). AFib is an ...
End-to-end blood testing device shows capacity to draw sample and provide diagnostic results
Researchers from the Biomedical Engineering Department at Rutgers University have developed an end-to-end blood testing device that integrates robotic phlebotomy ...
Stem-cell niche for 10 billion colon cells a day
Credit: Bahar Degirmenci, UZH The human intestine constantly renews itself. Alone in the colon - the last 1.5 meters of ...
Recorded calls beat Facebook ads in getting residents to request free smoke alarm
A new study from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found automated phone calls were far more effective ...
International ‘A’ team debuts brain cancer atlas
It takes an "A" team to make headway against glioblastoma, a highly aggressive type of brain cancer. Glioblastoma is the ...
Bioengineers identify safer way to make rugby tackles
Credit: Ciaran Simms and Gregory Tierney, Trinity College Dublin. Bioengineers have compiled a set of recommendations that could significantly reduce ...
How the brain performs flexible computations
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Humans can perform a vast array of mental operations and adjust their behavioral responses based on external ...
A better way to trace neuronal pathways
Credit: Kepecs Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - New technologies have been likened, famously, to magic. At first, even ...
Killing bacteria by silencing genes may be alternative to antibiotics
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new approach to killing C. difficile that silences key bacterial genes while sparing other bacteria ...
Sensor detects whiff of bad breath
Ever wish you could do a quick "breath check" before an important meeting or a big date? Now researchers, reporting ...
New nuclear medicine method shows promise for better detection of neuroendocrine tumors
Credit: GP Nicolas et al., University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland RESTON, VA - Researchers have shown that a new nuclear ...
National Cancer Institute selects ASU to lead revolutionary research in cancer
Credit: Biodesign Institute Arizona State University has been awarded more than $8.5 million over five years from the National Cancer ...
Mangos help promote gut health
Credit: National Mango Board ORLANDO, FL (June 6, 2018) -- Next time you suffer from constipation, you may want to ...
Are two cancer immunotherapy drugs better than one?
A class of immunotherapy drugs called checkpoint inhibitors has shown great promise against cancer in some patients. However, researchers' attempts ...
New lab technology could reveal treatments for muscle-wasting disease
Credit: Yung-Yao Lin, QMUL Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new cell-based technologies which could help improve ...
Inside the brains of killer bees
Africanized honeybees, commonly known as "killer bees," are much more aggressive than their European counterparts. Now researchers have examined neuropeptide ...
New link identified between inflammation and depression in type-1 diabetes
Depression in type-1 diabetes patients is associated with higher levels of the inflammatory protein galectin-3, according to research published in ...
