Health
Cancer study to ease plight of people at advanced stages of illness
Patients with advanced cancer are to test a therapy aimed at reducing their symptoms and improving quality of life Patients...
Do teaching and communicating about microfluidics advances need improvement?
A group of researchers is encouraging more sharing of ideas and activities for teaching about microfluidics and outreach efforts to...
New shingles vaccine reduced occurrence in patients who had stem cell transplantation
Bottom Line: The new, nonlive shingles vaccine reduced the occurrence of shingles (herpes zoster) compared with placebo among patients who...
Research shows that drinking Matcha tea can reduce anxiety
Credit: Dr. Yuki Kurauchi Many different countries have a tea culture, and Japanese Matcha tea is growing in popularity around...
Treatment target pinpointed for liver cancer in teens and young adults
The suspect, an abnormal, fused protein, gathers enzymes that drive uncontrolled cell growthCredit: Mitchell H. Omar New findings show how...
Kidney patients are neglected in clinical trials
Kidney diseases affect 850 million people worldwide, a figure twice as high as that of diabetes. Yet patients with chronic...
Pitt/UPMC to lead $19.2 million trial to test red cell exchange in sickle cell disease
PITTSBURGH, July 9, 2019 - Medical advances have dramatically increased the life expectancy of patients with sickle cell disease, but...
Scientists decode DNA secrets of world’s toughest bean
Credit: TJ Close / UCR UC Riverside scientists have decoded the genome of black-eyed peas, offering hope for feeding Earth's...
Cardiac arrest among hospitalized patients may be underestimated
Journal of the American Heart Association Report DALLAS, July 9, 2019 -- Significantly more patients suffer cardiac arrests in U.S....
This Travel Essential Will Banish Holiday Headaches
Dropcap the popularization of the “ideal measure” has led to advice such as “Increase font size for large screens and...
Old protein, new tricks: UMD connects a protein to antibody immunity for the first time
New applications of a human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) protein could represent a breakthrough in persistent infection, immunology, with many therapeutic prospects...
Blue Water Vaccines, developing universal flu vaccine, closes $7 million led by CincyTech
Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models, research from University of OxfordCredit: Blue Water Vaccines Vaccine based on pioneering mathematical models,...
New technique developed to detect autism in children
Researchers have developed a new technique to help doctors more quickly and accurately detect autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children....
Blue light at night increases the consumption of sweets in rats
A new study demonstrates that just one hour of exposure to blue light at night - the kind of light...
Nutritional supplements and diets not always protective, WVU research suggests
Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--Do the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they adhere to actually protect them against cardiovascular...
BU finds police shooting racial disparities reflect segregation
First-of-its-kind study finds that a city's level of segregation is the biggest predictor of the ratio of police shootings of...
How do older adults fare after hip fracture?
Research summary from the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society Hip fractures in older adults can be extremely serious, and...
Life is tough but so are worms — thanks to mom
Insulin signaling helps hungry mother worms make sure the next generation fares better in the face of famineCredit: Image courtesy...
Indications why older people are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease
The risk of developing Alzheimer's disease increases with age. Susanne Wegmann of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) in...
First hi-res images of active CRISPR enzyme will help improve genome editing
For the first time, scientists grappling with how to improve the efficiency of CRISPR technology -- a gene-editing platform that...
