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Study: Wide distribution of naloxone can slash overdose deaths during epidemics
A new study in The Lancet Public Health shows the rapid expansion of British Columbia's Take Home Naloxone program significantly...
Green digitization: Botanical collections data answer real-world questions
Credit: Yost, J. M., P. W. Sweeney, E. Gilbert, G. Nelson, R. Guralnick, A. S. Gallinat, E. R. Ellwood, et...
Evolution: Urban life leaves behind traces in the genome of bumblebees
Bumblebees living in the city have genes that differ from those of their relatives in the countryside. Although genetic differences...
Transplanted livers help body defend against organ rejection, Mayo Clinic study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- For decades, transplant experts have observed that liver transplant recipients often need less anti-rejection medication, known as...
Seeing stars
In 2016, when Diane Mackie, the chair of UC Santa Barbara's Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences (PBS), hired Daniel...
Spectacle lens designed by PolyU slows myopic progression by 60 percent
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University A specially designed spectacle lens developed by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) was...
A molecular atlas of calcific aortic valve disease
Credit: Elana Aikawa, Brigham and Women's Hospital Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) - a disease that leaves the aortic valve...
Monika Goyal M.D., M.S.C.E., consultant on $5 million NIH grant to reduce pediatric firearm injuries
Credit: Children's National Health System Monika Goyal M.D., M.S.C.E., director of research in Children's Division of Emergency Medicine and Trauma...
Revisiting existing drugs finds molecules that control body clocks
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Using drug repurposing, a team of researchers led by animal biologists at Nagoya University has discovered...
Many European countries are not ready to stop viral hepatitis
Many European countries lack a comprehensive policy to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health threat, according to a...
Role of intravascular ultrasound imaging in detection of acute aortic syndrome
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 447-449(3); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0028, Niya Mileva,...
Low-income HIV patients suffer with healthcare access
Credit: MUHC Montreal, April 18, 2017-- Quebecers are not created equal when it comes to accessing anti-retroviral treatment (ART) for...
Frontiers in Anatomy: Anatomy for Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology
Credit: Dr. Plauto Christopher Aranha Watanabe, Bentham Science Publishers Anatomical studies of the skull, face bones and teeth are complex...
Ebola media coverage impacted how the public perceived the disease and survivors
Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - In 2014, the United States saw fatal cases of Ebola for the first...
Management of mitral regurgitation in a patient contemplating pregnancy
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 439-446(8); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0027, researchers Yee-Ping...
Mayo Clinic study finds no evidence that anesthesia in young children lowers intelligence
ROCHESTER, Minn. - A Mayo Clinic study finds no evidence that children given anesthesia before their third birthdays have lower...
World-first research into injury rates among people released from prison
Centre for Mental Health Research Fellow Mr Jesse Young led a study that identified hospital records for 1307 people released...
University of Delaware professor receives $2.3 million grant to study Achilles injuries
Credit: University of Delaware/ Aaron Davis University of Delaware assistant professor Karin Gravare Silbernagel (Physical Therapy) received a five-year, $2.3...
Ischemic mitral regurgitation
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 435-437(3); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0018, researchers Marc...
Active young adults with Type 1 diabetes have muscle complications: Study
Credit: York University News Toronto, ON (April 18, 2018) - A new study from McMaster and York universities has found...
