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Deaths from resident-to-resident incidents in dementia offers insights to inform policy
Credit: University of Minnesota Analyzing the incidents between residents in dementia in long-term care homes may hold the key to...
Inching closer to a soft spot in isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis
Credit: National Institutes of Health/NIH Image Gallery Antibiotic-resistant tuberculosis is a public health threat. TB and other bacteria become resistant...
MossRehab named top ten rehabilitation facility in nation
MossRehab, the renowned physical and cognitive rehabilitation arm of Einstein Healthcare Network, has again been named by U.S. News &...
Space-based tracker to give scientists a beyond-bird’s-eye-view of wildlife
Credit: Max Planck Institute for Ornithology New Haven, Conn. - The International Cooperation for Animal Research Using Space, or ICARUS,...
Study: What patients really think about opioid vs non-opioid medications for chronic pain
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Prescriptions of opioids for chronic pain has increased dramatically since the 1990s in spite of...
NIH study shows how MERS Coronavirus evolves to infect different species
Credit: NIAID WHAT: In the past 15 years, two outbreaks of severe respiratory disease were caused by coronaviruses transmitted from...
New approach to treating chronic itch
Two receptors in the spinal cord and the right experimental drug: Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a...
USTC develops a family of bioinspired artificial woods by traditional resins
Credit: YU Shuhong Nature has provided us not only the fantastic materials, but also the inspiration for the design and...
Deep in the weeds: Using eDNA sequencing to survey pondweed diversity
Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require...
Generating DNA sequence data in the developing world
Credit: Campbell O. Webb Globally, biodiversity is concentrated around the equator, but the scientific institutions generating DNA sequence data to...
An ion channel differentiates newborn and mature neurons in the adult brain
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is part of the brain that helps form memories....
Gips-Schüle Foundation funds new research group in Konstanz
(University of Konstanz) Collective behaviour and early career researcher Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin begins her work as the first Gips-Schüle Junior...
Research may help rescue antibiotics’ effectiveness in the face of drug-resistant bacteria
BIDMC Research Briefs showcase groundbreaking scientific advances that are transforming medical care. Bacteria--especially Gram-negative strains--are becoming increasingly resistant to current...
AI model ‘learns’ from patient data to make cancer treatment less toxic
MIT researchers are employing novel machine-learning techniques to improve the quality of life for patients by reducing toxic chemotherapy and...
Amazingly ‘green’ synthesis method for high-tech dyes
Credit: © TU Wien They not only impress due to their radiant and intense colour, they also have an important...
Fresh insight into invasive plant that blights UK rivers
Credit: Nigel Willby New research into the behaviour of an invasive plant seen on riverbanks across the UK could help...
Four URI scientists among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific
KINGSTON, R.I., August, 9, 2018 -- Four scientists from the University of Rhode Island are among 100 researchers from 30...
Palliative care may reduce suicide risk in veterans with lung cancer
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Results from a large-scale patient population study, recently published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society,...
Global funding for adolescent health misses the target
Even though adolescents make up 26 percent of the population in developing countries, their health claimed a meager 1.6 percent...
New study provides next clue to prevent dangerous episodes of low blood sugar in diabetics
A new LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center study reveals that a novel biomarker might give us new answers necessary to...
