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Human Vaccines Project announces new partnership with Telethon Kids Institute in Australia
NEW YORK, JUNE 11, 2018 - The Human Vaccines Project, a nonprofit public-private partnership focused on decoding the immune system...
Reporting and evaluating wait times for urgent hip fracture surgery in Ontario, Canada
About two-thirds of patients admitted to hospital in Ontario for hip fracture did not receive surgery during the recommended time...
Toxicant levels up to 99 percent less in myblu aerosols compared to cigarette smoke
Credit: ©Fontem Ventures B.V. Kallithea, Greece, June 11th 2018 - A new aerosol chemistry study presented on Saturday at the...
Algorithm predicts dangerous low blood pressure during surgery
CHICAGO - Scientists have developed an algorithm that predicts potentially dangerous low blood pressure, or hypotension, that can occur during...
Mozart, meditation and a yoga mat: Oncologists welcome integrative therapies for breast cancer
Credit: Robert Hood | Fred Hutch News Service SEATTLE (June 11, 2018) - A breast cancer patient dealing with anxiety,...
Children with neuroblastoma have an elevated risk of long-term psychological difficulties
A new study reveals that pediatric neuroblastoma patients are at elevated risk for long-term psychological impairment. In addition, those who...
MD Anderson Therapeutics Discovery team identifies and advances a drug that targets metabolic vulnerability and impairs cancer cell growth and survival
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A drug discovered and advanced by The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer...
Discovery of the oldest mammal in Brazil pays tribute to David Bowie
Credit: Mariela Castro Brasilestes stardusti is the name given to the oldest known mammal found in Brazil. It lived in...
Mutation links bipolar disorder to mitochondrial disease
Credit: Milena Menezes Carvalho/RIKEN National Science Institute Mutations in the gene ANT1 may confer a risk for bipolar disorder through...
Safety protocol breaches: ways to prevent infection transmission in health care setting
The medical community is losing its biggest gun in fighting infection, antibiotics. Researchers are turning to safety protocols to reduce...
Fighting tobacco use among adults with mental illness
Credit: University of Houston Of all the groups that try to quit smoking, it seems hardest for those who suffer...
Erectile dysfunction means increased risk for heart disease, regardless of other risk factors
DALLAS, June 11, 2018 -- Erectile dysfunction (ED) indicates greater cardiovascular risk, regardless of other risk factors, such as cholesterol,...
Reviving the protector: new tactic against medulloblastoma
Scientists have a new tactic with potential for fighting medulloblastoma, the most common and most aggressive form of brain tumor...
How to slow down Ebola
Credit: © Maja George Between 2013 and 2016, West Africa suffered the most severe outbreak of Ebola ever recorded. In...
Ingesting honey after swallowing button battery reduces injury and improves outcomes
Philadelphia, June 11, 2018--A team of ear, nose, and throat (ENT) specialists has demonstrated that eating honey after swallowing a...
‘Surgery in a pill’ a potential treatment for diabetes
Credit: Brigham and Women's Hospital Boston, MA -- Over the last decade, bariatric surgeons have made strides in performing weight...
Mount Sinai team diagnoses asthma with nasal brush test
Credit: Jill Gregory, Mount Sinai Health System, licensed under CC-BY-ND Mount Sinai researchers have identified a genetic biomarker of asthma...
Are you really you when you’re hungry?
WASHINGTON -- What makes someone go from simply being hungry to full-on "hangry"? More than just a simple drop in...
New target for treating heart failure identified by Penn Medicine researchers
Credit: Ben Prosser, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Changes in cellular struts called microtubules (MT)...
Surgical Oncologist Dr. Steven Rosenberg receives the 2018 Jacobson Innovation Award
Credit: Oscar and Associates CHICAGO: The 2018 Jacobson Innovation Award of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) was presented to...
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