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Cancer registry managed by Keck School of Medicine of USC receives $43.7 million award
The National Cancer Institute has awarded Keck School of Medicine of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center $43.7 million...
Patients with high lipoprotein(a) levels may benefit from taking PCSK9 inhibitors
Lipoprotein(a) is a variant of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, and large amounts of data have shown that higher lipoprotein(a) levels...
How bacteria behave differently in humans compared to the lab
Credit: Sophie Darch, Whiteley Lab and Rumbaugh Lab at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Most of what we know...
New hope for women with fistula injuries
Credit: University of Michigan The health care systems in the United States and other industrialized countries have outgrown many of...
One year’s losses for child sexual abuse in US top $9 billion, new study suggests
A new study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that the annual economic impact of child...
What can snakes teach us about engineering friction?
Credit: Drexel University If you want to know how to make a sneaker with better traction, just ask a snake....
Schizophrenics’ blood has more genetic material from microbes
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The blood of schizophrenia patients features genetic material from more types of microorganisms than that of people...
Novel bioactive steroid biosynthetic pathway in symbiotic fungi
Credit: The University of Tokyo & Jinan University A group of researchers from Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at The...
Mice regrow brain tissue after stroke with bioengineered gel
Credit: UCLA Health In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with...
Vascular risk interacts with amyloid levels to increase age-related cognitive decline
Risk factors for heart disease and stroke appear to hasten the risk of cognitive decline in normal older individuals with...
Deep space radiation treatment reboots brain’s immune system
Credit: Rosi lab / UCSF Planning a trip to Mars? You'll want to remember your anti-radiation pills. NASA and private...
US poison control centers receive 29 calls per day about children exposed to ADHD medications
A new study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide...
International anaesthesia standards updated with WHO in global effort to improve surgical care
Highlights: Access to safe anaesthesia for essential surgery is a basic human right and should be available to all patients...
Discovery for grouping atoms invokes Pasteur
Credit: University of Sydney Scientists have found a new way of joining groups of atoms together into shape-changing molecules -...
How to ethically conduct clinical research during public health emergencies
Following the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine established a committee...
Eating at night, sleeping by day swiftly alters key blood proteins
Credit: CU Boulder Staying awake all night and sleeping all day for just a few days can disrupt levels and...
Fewer men are being screened, diagnosed, and treated for prostate cancer
A new study reveals declines in prostate cancer screening and diagnoses in the United States in recent years, as well...
Launch of a new partnership to improve development of new drugs for children in Europe
The members of the "conect4children" (c4c) initiative today announced the start of a large collaborative paediatric network that will facilitate...
Age-related racial disparity in childhood suicide
Bottom Line: Age-related racial disparity exists in suicide rates among U.S. youths. Why The Research Is Interesting: Previous research doesn't...
Innovative risk score tool effectively predicts future risk of hospitalization for COPD patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Researchers have developed a new tool that utilizes basic laboratory tests to effectively identify patients with...
