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RCSI and Bayer enter research collaboration to improve haemophilia treatment
Credit: Julien Behal Photography Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018: RCSI and Bayer have today announced a research collaboration that aims to...
Community health centers can help boost rates of colorectal cancer screening
An innovative program in community health centers to mail free colorectal cancer screening tests to patients' homes led to a...
Arsenic in combination with an existing drug could combat cancer
BOSTON - Investigators have discovered that arsenic in combination with an existing leukemia drug work together to target a master...
Potential solutions to drug shortages and the lack of competition in generic medicines
Drug shortages and price hikes have become a critical issue in the health care industry. A recent example of this...
New study shows that most teens do have, and use, behavioral brakes
EUGENE, Ore. -- Aug. 9, 2018 -- Children who struggle with weak cognitive control at an early age are at...
Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s colorectal cancer screening program saves lives
Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California are 52 percent less likely to die from colorectal cancer since the health care...
A diverse diet may not be the healthiest one
DALLAS, August 9, 2018 -- Encouraging people to eat a wide variety of foods to ensure they meet all their...
Biomarkers link fatigue in cancer, Parkinson’s
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Biological markers responsible for extreme exhaustion in patients with cancer have now been linked to fatigue...
Dr. Silvana Costa of Kessler Foundation awarded National MS Society Grant
Credit: Kessler Foundation Silvana Costa, PhD, has won a $477,000 grant from the National Multiple Sclerosis Society (NMSS) to study...
Epigenetic reprogramming of human hearts found in congestive heart failure
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Congestive heart failure is a terminal disease that affects nearly 6 million Americans. Yet its...
Synapses of the reward system at stake in autistic disorders
Credit: © UNIGE Autism spectrum disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders, one of the main characteristics of which...
Nanoparticle therapy could deliver double blow to cancer
A new cancer therapy using nanoparticles to deliver a combination therapy direct to cancer cells could be on the horizon,...
More than half of drivers don’t look for cyclists and pedestrians before turning right
Credit: Laura Pedersen/U of T Engineering U of T Engineering researchers studied the eye movements of drivers at busy Toronto...
A video game can change the brain, may improve empathy in middle schoolers
Credit: Center for Healthy Minds/University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- A space-exploring robot crashes on a distant planet. In order...
Key role found for enzymes in DNA replication and sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs
Credit: Sandra Segura-Bayona, IRB Barcelona. During cell growth, cells copy their DNA through a process called DNA replication. For this...
New study views cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes
TAMPA, Fla. - Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new...
The physician’s white coat: Iconic and comforting or likely covered in germs?
GALVESTON, Texas - A new study from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston department of Obstetrics and Gynecology...
Penalty kick research hits the spot
New research from the University of Portsmouth could help Premiership footballers ahead of the new season, which starts tonight (10...
‘Tic’-tock
Credit: Hiroshima University Scientists in Japan have found a potential marker to identify which people with abnormally fast heartbeats are...
Texas A&M to lead NSF-funded water insecurity research network
Credit: Flavia Bonolo Dantas, Texas A&M Geography graduate student Water insecurity is a reality for vulnerable households everywhere from Flint,...
