Treatment for MRSA no longer more costly than for susceptible Staph aureus infections
Washington DC - A new study from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), with collaborators from Johns ...
Women seeking crowdfunding financing for start-ups are perceived as more trustworthy
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- While men have benefited from a gender bias against women when seeking financing for business start-ups, the ...
UTA study finds art therapy helps veterans cope with trauma
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington have found that 98 percent of veterans participating in the ...
Gene disruption signals cerebral palsy and autism link
University of Adelaide researchers have uncovered a genetic signal common to both cerebral palsy and autism. The finding comes from ...
TGen develops quality-control test for detecting cancer in blood
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 9, 2018 -- Imagine how much patients could benefit if you could discover the presence of ...
Genetic counseling and testing proposed for patients with the brain tumor medulloblastoma
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Researchers have identified six genes that predispose carriers to develop the brain tumor medulloblastoma ...
Neuroinflammation seen in spinal cord, nerve roots of patients with chronic sciatica
A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has found, for the first time in humans, that patients with chronic ...
Spectrum Health’s Tina Freese Decker named one of top 25 COOs in Healthcare 2018
Credit: Courtesy of Spectrum Health GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The editors of Modern Healthcare have named Tina Freese Decker, Spectrum ...
Gene study spots clues to heart risk for statin patients
A Vanderbilt-led research team has discovered genetic variations that increase the risk of heart attack even when patients are receiving ...
Lesbian, bisexual women may be more likely to develop diabetes due to stress
In a newly published study involving 94,250 women across the United States, researchers found that lesbian and bisexual (LB) women ...
Progress in posttraumatic stress disorder –Increased understanding points to new approaches for PTSD prevention and treatment
May 9, 2018 - Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops and persists may lead ...
Global Health Center at Georgetown announces new program focused on biosafety, biosecurity
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON (May 9, 2018) -- The Center for Global Health Science and Security (CGHSS) at ...
Facebook app offers opportunity to help unpaid Alzheimer’s caregivers via friendsourcing
Credit: IU School of Social Work INDIANAPOLIS -- Researchers at IUPUI have developed a Facebook app that, a study shows, ...
For stroke victims, brain magnetic stimulation leads to improved walking speed
May 9, 2018 - A technique of magnetic stimulation of the brain can increase walking speed in patients who are ...
University of Michigan professor, graduate work together to empower Sudanese women
ANN ARBOR--South Sudanese women have among the highest fertility rates and maternal death rates in the world, yet cultural norms ...
Idle talk or fierce competition? Research finds women use gossip as a weapon in rivalries
Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from Florida State University, investigating how women use gossip to compete ...
Operating on brain gliomas by detecting the ‘glow’
PHOENIX (May 2, 2018) -Research by Barrow Neurological Institute physicians and University of Washington scientists on novel imaging technology for ...
The joy of neurons: A simplified ‘cookbook’ for engineering brain cells to study disease
Credit: Credit: Baldwin / The Scripps Research Institute LA JOLLA, CA - May 9, 2018 - Scientists at The Scripps ...
For food-aid recipients, information is power
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Even for poor villagers in rural Indonesia, information is power. That is the implication of a newly ...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation explores intervention for reading deficits after stroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a two-year, R21 ...
