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Researchers receive DOD grant to study link between traumatic brain…
Credit: Sun Czar Belous The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a team of scientists and physicians from leading health...
Disappointing Merck drug news underscores critical next steps in Alzheimer’s fight
Credit: UsAgainstAlzheimer's WASHINGTON, DC, Feb. 17, 2017 — The recent announcement that Merck is halting a Phase II/III study for...
Melbourne scientists publish evidence for world-first therapeutic…
Credit: Oral Health CRC University of Melbourne A world-first vaccine developed by Melbourne scientists, which could eliminate or at least...
Roots of Alzheimer’s disease can extend as far back as the womb
Credit: University of British Columbia Biochemical reactions that cause Alzheimer's disease could begin in the womb or just after birth...
Recent upsurge of A(H7N9) cases in China, updated ECDC rapid risk…
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control A steep increase of human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) has been...
JAD’s Alzheimer Funding Analyzer now includes Alzheimer’s…
Credit: ©ÜberResearch, 2016 The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) is pleased to announce that its Alzheimer's Funding Analyzer (AFA) now...
Concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy improves survival in patients with advanced lung…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON – For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the...
Scientists discover how epithelial cells maintain constant cell…
Credit: Swapna Gudipaty SALT LAKE CITY – Research published today in Nature from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at...
UNIST startup receives KRW 1 billion investment from KIBO
Credit: AZA Studio SeoYeon Lee p>RecensMedical Inc., a UNIST-based startup company, has been selected as the first investment enterprise of...
Ophthalmology’s data science initiative yields important clinical post-surgery…
Data science continues to gain ground as an immensely powerful tool for medicine, accelerating physicians' ability to identify new strategies...
UAB researchers awarded $11.5 million to study asymptomatic congenital…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease recently awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department...
Real or virtual: Dartmouth scientists ask — can we tell the difference?
HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth College-led study shows that people find it increasingly difficult to distinguish between computer-generated images and...
New patent paves way for breast cancer prevention
George Mason University researchers have patented a new breast cancer treatment that uses a common malaria drug to stop cancer...
$1.7M grant to UNC School of Medicine to fund program streamlining…
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sept. 29, 2017 – UNC School of Medicine cardiologist Anil Gehi,...
Physicians analyze food trends and publish dietary prescription for optimal heart health
Credit: Freeman, A.M. et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(9):1172-87. WASHINGTON — Nutrition researcher Neal Barnard, M.D., F.A.C.C., president and...
Regenstrief study to determine whether health information exchange improves emergency care
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Are patients less likely to be hospitalized if emergency departments have access to their complete...
Scientists discover an unexpected influence on dividing stem…
Credit: Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University/Science When most cells divide, they simply make more...
Second cause of hidden hearing loss identified
Credit: Michigan Medicine Patients who complain they can't hear their friends at a noisy restaurant, but pass a hearing test...
Comparing chemical and surgical castration for prostate cancer
Surgical castration to remove the testicles (orchiectomy) of men with metastatic prostate cancer was associated with lower risks for adverse...
Donor microbes persist 2 years after fecal transplant to treat C.…
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...
