Health
Could you fail a drug test by taking CBD? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2019 -- Cannabidiol, or CBD, is a non-psychoactive compound produced by the...
Scientists propose a fresh look at the role of ferroptosis in the development of cancer
Ferroptotic cancer cells can stimulate the immune system and activate anticancer immunity and improve the effectiveness of anticancer therapyCredit: Nature...
Atrial fibrillation set to affect more than 14 million over-65s in the EU by 2060
Sophia Antipolis, 6 June 2019: Urgent action is needed to prevent, detect and treat atrial fibrillation to stop a substantial...
Three-drug combination helps curb the growth of deadly type of skin cancer
Combining an immunotherapy drug with two target therapies helps extend the lives of people with advanced melanoma Los Angeles -...
Researchers develop fast, efficient way to build amino acid chains
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists often build new protein molecules by stringing groups of amino...
Alzheimer’s disease protein links plaques to cell death in mice
Credit: RIKEN A new protein involved in Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been identified by researchers at the RIKEN Center for...
New synthesis of complex organic molecules revealed
Researchers design sequential sequence to fabricate cyclic organic compoundsCredit: FIGURE ADAPTED WITH PERMISSION FROM Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 2383?2387. COPYRIGHT...
Where to draw the line between mental health and illness?
Defining mental disorders and illnesses is not straightforward. Notions of whether a certain phenomenon should be classified as an illness...
‘Early warning’ tool for hard-to-heal leg wounds
Early career researcher award for risk assessment tool for delayed healing of venous leg ulcers Dr Parker's presentation on the...
AMA honors research on how mindfulness helps consumers decision making
The Journal of Public Policy & Marketing is pleased to honor the 2019 Thomas C. Kinnear Award to "Mindfulness: Its...
If you teach them, they will care
FAU's Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, collaborators develop novel geriatric care program for undergraduate nursing studentsCredit: Florida Atlantic University...
Research sheds new light on how brain stem cells are activated
The study shows promise for future neural stem cell therapies in replacing cells lost through disease or injuryCredit: Dr. Claudia...
Treating type 2 diabetes and heart failure
American Heart Association Scientific Statement News Brief DALLAS, June 6, 2019 -- People with type 2 diabetes are at an...
For dying patients, early plans can improve quality of life
Researchers encourage more conversation, better documentation of wishes COLUMBUS, Ohio - Careful documentation of a hospice patient's end-of-life wishes -...
Opioid epidemic increases number of organs available for transplant
Research shows hearts from overdose donors may be as suitable as any othersCredit: Elsevier Chicago, June 6, 2019 - The...
New preprint server for the health sciences announced today
A joint collaboration between Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Yale University, and BMJ, medRxiv aims to meet the unique preprint needs...
New clinical guide helps physicians identify risk, talk with patients about firearm safety and injury
New clinical guide helps physicians identify risk, talk with patients about firearm safety and injuries. Clinicians often feel that they...
Smaller city effort to aid chronically homeless can be successful
Study finds people placed in permanent housing and use fewer municipal services Creating a municipally funded team to provide intensive...
Replicating fetal bone growth process could help heal large bone defects
Credit: Joel Boerckel To treat large gaps in long bones, like the femur, which result from bone tumor removal or...
A pluralistic approach to thinking about the human microbiome
In "The Conceptual Ecology of the Human Microbiome," published in the June 2019 issue of The Quarterly Review of Biology,...
