Health
ASHG honors Huda Zoghbi with Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award
Neurologist to Receive Award at ASHG 2019 Annual MeetingCredit: courtesy Dr. Zoghbi ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human...
Toxin responsible for Legionella growth identified
Credit: EMBL Pneumonia resulting from exposure to Legionella - although uncommon and affecting only 1 in 100,000 in Europe -...
Luxembourg Parkinson’s study funded with an additional 6 million euros by the FNR
In spring 2015, the National Centre for Excellence in Research on Parkinson's Disease (NCER-PD) was created as the very first...
Combined online self-management for pain, associated anxiety and depression works
Online self-management helps; for some the online system plus nurse telecare helps moreCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Pain is the...
Ben-Gurion U. researchers develop new chip for superior forensic blood residue detection
Credit: Dani Machlis, Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel - July 22, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have...
Characteristics in older patients associated with inability to return home after operation
New findings will help surgeons to counsel elderly patients before operations and help hospitals to intervene when elderly patients have...
Testing corneal cell quality? Apply physics
Kyoto scientists develop a physical biomarker for cornea restoration therapyCredit: Kyoto University/Tomo Narashima Our eyes -- the windows to the...
New book explores innovations in global health
Toronto - Poor access to care in low- and middle-income countries due to high costs, geographic barriers, and a shortage...
Use of non-hospital-based provider-to-patient telehealth grew nearly 1,400%
Increase greater in urban than rural areas, FAIR Health study finds NEW YORK, NY--July 23, 2019--From 2014 to 2018, private...
Scientists develop promising drug for treating ovarian, pancreatic cancers
Houston Methodist, MD Anderson file joint patent for new monoclonal antibodyCredit: Houston Methodist Known as two of the most lethal...
Unique hybrid implant first installed to a cat
Credit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientific team of a small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, based on the National University of Science...
14 new startups emerge from UC Davis innovations
Technologies developed at the University of California, Davis, enabled the foundation of 14 startup companies during the fiscal year ending...
Overstuffed cancer cells may have an Achilles’ heel
Credit: Rong Li and Hung-Ji Tsai In a study using yeast cells and data from cancer cell lines, Johns Hopkins...
Warning to those wanting to spice up their lives
Think twice before adding that extra kick of chili sauce or chopped jalapeno to your meal. New research involving the...
What Your Legs Could Be Telling You About Your Heart Health
Intro text we refine our methods of responsive web design, we’ve increasingly focused on measure and its relationship to how...
UTSA reduces seizures by removing newborn neurons
Findings reveal specific time frame for post-injury interventionCredit: UTSA Epileptic seizures happen in one of every 10 people who have...
Gun ownership linked to greater incidence of domestic homicides
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine demonstrates that firearm ownership significantly increases the risk of intimate...
Early introduction of peanuts in babies to reduce allergy risk
Podcast post-embargo link: https://soundcloud.com/cmajpodcasts/181613-five Worried about peanut allergies in children? A practice article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) outlines...
Failure to launch: Parents are barriers to teen independence
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- Something most parents don't want to hear from their teenager: I am not...
School readiness impaired in preschoolers with ADHD symptoms, Stanford study finds
Preschoolers with symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are much less likely than other children their age to be ready for...
