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Quintupling inhaler medication may not prevent asthma attacks in children
Children with mild to moderate asthma do not benefit from a common practice of increasing their inhaled steroids at the...
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages increase stigma for low-income groups, Aboriginal peoples
When considering taxing sugar-sweetened beverages in Canada, policy-makers should look at lessons learned from tobacco taxation, especially how taxation could...
Epidural stimulation shown to normalize blood pressure following spinal cord injury
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Patients with severe spinal cord injury (SCI) often experience chronically low blood pressure that negatively affects their...
Helle Ulrich receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant for her research on ubiquitin
Professor Helle Ulrich from the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has been awarded a...
First IASLC Africa Lung Cancer Conference, April 29-May 1, 2018
The International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC), the only global organization dedicated solely to advancing the education...
2018 Harrington Prize awarded to Dr. Helen Hobbs, U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
The fifth annual Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine has been awarded to Helen H. Hobbs, MD, investigator of the...
Large study on cancer in the Métis people of Canada
(Canadian Medical Association Journal) The incidence of all cancers combined was similar for Métis men and significantly higher for Métis...
Tiny implants for cells are functional in vivo
(University of Basel) For the first time, an interdisciplinary team from the University of Basel has succeeded in integrating artificial...
Prostate MRI reveals more treatable cancers, reduces overdiagnosis than standard biopsy
Copenhagen: A large international study has shown that an MRI scan can reduce the number of invasive prostate biopsies by...
Rheumatoid arthritis meets precision medicine
CHICAGO --- Scientists are bringing precision medicine to rheumatoid arthritis for the first time by using genetic profiling of joint...
HRD-positive breast cancer patients fare better with adjuvant AC chemotherapy
People with tough-to-treat triple negative breast cancer, whose tumors also don't allow for double-strand DNA repair, fare better when treated...
Mothers living with food insecurity less likely to breastfeed exclusively to 6 months
Mothers with babies living in households with food insecurity -- inadequate or unpredictable access to food because of financial issues...
NTU Singapore launches nationwide research initiative to promote lung health
Singapore, March 19, 2018 -- To understand the unique characteristics of lung diseases in Singapore and improve their prevention, treatment...
Using food and fisheries waste to provide sustainable soil and cultivation for Europe
The University of Portsmouth is playing a major role in a European project using agricultural and fisheries waste to develop...
Scientists synthesized a new substance with considerable antitumoral properties
Credit: FEFU press-office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University developed a new synthetic derivative of fascaplysin - a biologically active...
Immune cell target that may prevent or delay heart failure after pressure overload
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have identified a therapeutic target to prevent or delay...
Decoding the chemistry of fear
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 19, 2018) Ask a dozen people about their greatest fears, and you'll likely get a...
Study finds changes in intestines leads to reversal of diabetes after weight-loss surgery
CHICAGO--A new study helps explain changes in the intestines that may be responsible for the reversal of diabetes in people...
Scientists caution that a rare childhood liver cancer can spread to the brain
A surprising finding by Rockefeller University scientists about a rare liver cancer's behavior could lead to more comprehensive patient monitoring...
New antibody and unique binding site offer possible paths to malaria prevention
SEATTLE -- Mar. 19, 2018 -- Scientists have discovered a human antibody that, when tested in mice, prevented malaria infection...
