Health
Breastfeeding benefits during COVID-19
Credit: Eric Sucar PHILADELPHIA (April 15, 2020) - While the current coronavirus pandemic continues to affect all people, families will...
New guidance for the assessment of Fracture Liaison Services at a patient outcome level
The IOF Capture the Fracture® Working Group, with the National Osteoporosis Foundation and the Fragility Fracture Network, has developed 11...
UMD researchers find that incentive-based tariffs aren’t the way to control invasive pests
Researchers find that in order to see measurable impacts, tariffs would risk diplomacy and cost US consumers about $38 million...
New grant to investigate the link between arterial structure and cognition
Credit: Courtesy of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology. A new grant will support a collaboration between researchers...
New clues to predict the risks astronauts will face from space radiation on long missions
Credit: Colorado State University Photography The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, aims to send human missions to Mars in...
New universal Ebola vaccine may fight all four virus species that infect humans
Early preclinical tests in lab models are encouragingCredit: NIAID CINCINNATI - Infectious disease scientists report early development of a potential...
New ‘toolbox’ for urological cancer detection
Credit: Pekka Rappu, University of Turku Researchers from Ghent University, Belgium, together with researchers from the University of Turku, Finland,...
Novel tool reveals which states could face shortages of COVID-19 workforce
Seventeen states at risk of not having enough respiratory therapists, new modeling tool predictsCredit: GW Milken Institute School of Public...
Psychedelic compound from magic mushrooms produced in yeast
Scientists from DTU Biosustain prove that psilocybin, a potential drug for treating depression and other psychological conditions can be produced...
3D fusion imaging improves coronary artery disease diagnosis
Credit: Radiological Society of North America Coronary artery disease is the most common type of heart disease, according to the...
Indoor precautions essential to stem airborne COVID-19
Researchers are urging health authorities to immediately recognise the role of airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus droplets from an infected...
Novel sperm membrane protein FIMP facilitates mammalian fertilization
Researchers from Osaka University identify a novel protein essential for the sperm-oocyte interaction and fusion of gamete membranes that is...
Better data framework needed to improve rare disease diagnostic rates
Credit: Gorodenkoff A better framework for the reanalysis of genetic data, a game-changing process which could improve diagnostic rates by...
Caring for those most vulnerable to COVID-19 requires vigilance
Leading geriatrician provides key updates and resources for front-line nursing home staff and cliniciansCredit: Florida Atlantic University As the coronavirus...
International consortium investigates overactive immune cells as cause of COVID-19 deaths
New publication links neutrophil infiltration in the lungs of patients to COVID-19 symptomsCredit: Egeblad lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY --...
Scripps Research expands international effort to rapidly repurpose drugs against COVID-19
An international research network centers around ReFRAME, the world's leading collection of drugs known to be safe in humansCredit: Calibr/Scripps...
Temple treats 1st patient in US in trial of gimsilumab for patients with COVID-19 and ARDS
Credit: Temple University Health System Temple University Hospital has treated the first patient in the United States in the BREATHE...
Depression, anxiety may be side effects as nation grapples with COVID-19
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - April 15, 2020 - Millions of Americans are being impacted by the psychological fallout from the...
Australia’s Centre for Digestive Diseases cures Crohn’s disease in new study
The Centre for Digestive Disease headed by Professor Thomas Borody has cured Crohn's disease as reported today by Dr Gaurav...
Discovering the secrets of the enigmatic caspase-6
Researchers identified the mechanisms underlying the innate immune function of the enzyme caspase-6, offering ways to combat viral infection, inflammatory...
