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Breakthrough sensor to help people with bipolar disorder monitor lithium levels
Patients living with bipolar disorder and depression will soon be able to use a unique wearable sensor to safely monitor...
Leaf molecules as markers for mycorrhizal associations
Credit: Ming Wang, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology The relationship between plants and so-called arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi is considered...
Men and women are different: Why medical oncology needs to restate the obvious
LUGANO, 28 August 2018 - Gender-based approaches to studying and treating disease have remained largely unexplored in medical oncology, despite...
IIVS, BASF & Givaudan collaborate to validate a non-animal test for regulatory submissions
GAITHERSBURG, MD -August 28- The Institute for In Vitro Sciences (IIVS), with an established track record in the validation of...
Few people at risk for heart disease understand food labels
An Irish survey of 200 men and women examines awareness, understanding, and use of food labels in preventing lifestyle-related disease...
NSF invests in research to help disrupt operations of illicit supply networks
Credit: Ishani Mehta, CEPT university, Ahemedabad, India Networks that illegally traffic in everything from people and opioids to human organs...
GW report delivers recommendations aimed at preparing Puerto Rico for hurricane season
Credit: NOAA WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 29, 2018) -- In an independent report published today, researchers at the George Washington University...
Research brief: Researchers 3D print prototype for ‘bionic eye’
Credit: University of Minnesota, McAlpine Group A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time,...
Treating inflammatory bowel disorder by delivering microRNAs
Credit: Osaka University Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), such as Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic inflammatory diseases of unknown...
Up to 8 million deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries yearly due to poor-quality health care
WASHINGTON - Recent gains against the burden of illness, injury, and disability and commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) are...
More patients survive sudden cardiac arrest with new EMS technique that uses a breathing tube
Credit: Courtesy of Rob Cahill, UTHealth. A new study showed that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics...
CU researchers identify potential target for treating pain during surgery
AURORA, Colo. (Aug. 28, 2018) - A research team lead by faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine...
Scientists sweep cellular neighborhoods where Zika hides out
Credit: NIAID/NIH Most people infected with Zika never show symptoms. But the virus sometimes causes severe disability -- from microcephaly...
Cochrane review looks at accuracy of Xpert for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB
In one-fifth of people with active tuberculosis (TB), the site of disease is outside the lungs (extrapulmonary TB). Some forms...
Differences between combined, isolated use of cannabis, nicotine on brain networks
Credit: Center for BrainHealth Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth® at the University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects...
126 patient and provider groups to CMS: Proposed E/M service cuts will hurt sickest patients
WASHINGTON, DC - A broad coalition of 126 patient and provider groups - led by leading national organizations including the...
Effects of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Neumann/Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied motor and cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation in patients...
AADR Oral Health Effects of Tobacco Products: Science and Regulatory Policy Conference
Alexandria, Va., USA - The American Association for Dental Research, with funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),...
Philips acquires Air Force technology for mobile patient monitoring
Credit: Richard Eldridge/US Air Force ANDOVER, Mass. - Philips Healthcare, a global leader in the health technology market, has signed...
Scientists develop alternative treatment for peripheral artery disease
Credit: LSU Cristina Sabliov, LSU Biological and Agricultural Engineering professor, and Tammy Dugas, professor in the LSU School of Veterinary...
