Health
Endocrine Society awards Baxter Prize to diabetes treatment entrepreneur
Researcher Daniel J. Drucker honored for innovation in hormone science, medicineCredit: Endocrine Society Researcher Daniel J. Drucker has been awarded...
Silica particles may lead to new treatments for obesity and diabetes
Credit: Stockholm university Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) introduced to the gut can have an...
School indoor air quality cannot be reliably assessed based on pupils’ symptoms
Credit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare In school buildings with indoor air quality related problems, such as moisture damage,...
Many older people’s glasses of wrong power
Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Overall, Swedish 70-year-olds' eyesight is good, but many could see even better. Six in ten...
Conversational difficulties with father affect adolescent health
Conversational difficulties with father after a divorce affects the children's health negativelyCredit: UiB "This demonstrates that contact with both parents...
‘Swiss cheese’ bones could be cause of unexplained low back pain
Age-related changes to the cartilaginous tissue of the spine could invite painful nerve growth, say researchersCredit: Xu Xao In experiments...
Broad support needed to maximize impact of cars designed for kids with mobility issues
Credit: Courtesy Sam Logan CORVALLIS, Ore. - For the first month and a half after receiving a modified toy car...
Getting to the heart of epinephrine use in pediatric cardiac arrest patients
An international team of researchers led by Osaka University find that prehospital administration of epinephrine could result in a more...
Anson Ong elected Fellow, Biomaterials Science and Engineering
Credit: Courtesy of UTSA January 14, 2020 - Anson Ong, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Administration and Graduate Programs at the...
New study finds evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia
Advances in scanning have allowed researchers for the first time to show lower levels of a protein found in the...
New discovery on the activity and function of MAIT cells during acute HIV infection
Credit: Photo: Stefan Zimmerman. In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers at Karolinska Institutet show that MAIT cells...
Hospital critical care resuscitation unit improves patients’ chances of survival
Critically ill patients transferred to specialized resuscitation unit had better outcomes than those transferred directly to a traditional intensive care...
Study suggests biological clock is key to reducing heart damage from radiation therapy
Findings could one day lead to improved outcomes for breast cancer patientsCredit: Photo by Cori Kogan, WSU Health Sciences Spokane...
Nanosatellites improve detection of early-season corn nitrogen stress
Credit: Planet Labs Inc. URBANA, Ill. - For corn growers, the decision of when and how much nitrogen fertilizer to...
WSU study aims to prevent adverse drug reactions in dogs
Credit: WSU If not identified before surgery, a rare genetic mutation could result in your dog being exposed to dangerously...
Prolonged ECG monitoring of ED patients with syncope is safe alternative to hospitalization
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Prolonged cardiac rhythm monitoring...
Study questions routine troponin testing for ACS in geriatric patients with NSCs
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL-- The results of a study...
Calculated surprise leads to groundbreaking discovery in cognitive control research
Researchers discover dorsal anterior cingulate cortex activity during motivated control reflects the calculation of surpriseCredit: Florida Atlantic University Humans control...
Reducing the risk of blood clots in artificial heart valves
Credit: H. Zolfaghari, ARTORG Center, University of Bern Most people are familiar with turbulence in aviation: certain wind conditions cause...
Implementing post-genomic personalized medicine: The rise of glycan biomarkers
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 13, 2020--An in-depth look at the science of glycobiology and...
