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Protecting kidneys from obesity
Credit: Kris Kehe/UH College of Pharmacy UH professor of pharmacology Tahir Hussain has received $1.6M from the National Institutes of...
Derfner Foundation funds novel research in regenerative medicine at Kessler Foundation
Credit: Kessler Foundation Kessler Foundation has received funding from the Derfner Foundation to support applying rehabilitation research to the area...
UCalgary scientists discover a new way to battle multiple sclerosis
Credit: Cumming School of Medicine Ridiculous. That's how Andrew Caprariello says his colleagues described his theory about multiple sclerosis (MS)...
For mothers with advanced cancer, parenting concerns affect emotional well-being
CHAPEL HILL - Parenting concerns contributed significantly to the psychological distress of mothers with late-stage cancer, according to a study...
A new way to watch brain activity in action
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University It's a neuroscientist's dream: being able to track the millions...
The effect of night shifts: Gene expression fails to adapt to new sleep patterns
Have you ever considered that working night shifts may, in the long run, have an impact on your health? A...
Very-low-carb diet shows promise in type 1 diabetes
Very-low-carbohydrate diets can improve blood sugar control in type 1 diabetes, with low rates of hypoglycemia and other complications, according...
Providing clinicians feedback on their Opioid prescribing data alters future prescribing
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.Sc., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom. DES PLAINES, IL -- Asking emergency department (ED)...
Precision medicine approvals and rare disease treatment incentives evaluated
WHO: Aaron Kesselheim, MD, MPH, Director, Program On Regulation Therapeutics And Law (PORTAL), Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Brigham and...
Parenting concerns create challenges for mothers with advanced cancer and dependent children
A new study indicates that parenting concerns are associated with poor health-related quality of life among women with metastatic cancer...
Brain activity helps explain diabetics’ negative feelings, risk for depression
Credit: Christopher Gannon, Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - For millions of Americans who are obese and living with diabetes...
Social context matters in spread of disease
Credit: Nick Keiser/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 7, 2018) - "Patient zero" isn't entirely to blame when an infection takes...
New movement monitoring system helping prevent falls in the elderly
Credit: University of South Florida ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (May 7, 2018)- Technology that allows BMW's assembly lines to run more...
Eggs not linked to cardiovascular risk, despite conflicting advice
University of Sydney researchers aim to help clear up conflicting dietary advice around egg consumption, as a new study finds...
Study adds new evidence that infants track others’ mental states
Credit: Photo by Kaitlin Southworth CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A brain-imaging study offers new support for the idea that infants can...
Are health regulations enough? Lung disease on the rise in mine workers
While on-the-job fatalities due to injuries and accidents have steadily decreased in nearly every industry in the U.S., the burden...
New study links strong pupillary light reflex in infancy to later autism diagnosis
A new study published in Nature Communications shows that infants who are later diagnosed with autism react more strongly to...
Ontology-based surgical subtask automation, automating blunt dissection
Credit: World Scientific In a paper to be published in the Journal of Medical Robotics Research, a team of researchers...
Novel techniques for three-dimensional visualization of microscopic structures in the human brain
Credit: The University of Hong Kong A team of scientists from the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of The...
Placental ALLO levels rise during pregnancy and peak as fetuses approach full term
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Just as a runner steadily builds up endurance in order to peak at...
