Health
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a...
$420,000 grant funds study on polio-like virus
Credit: TTUHSC El Paso EL PASO, Texas – Haoquan Wu, Ph.D., has received a two-year, $420,000 grant from the National...
What happens when your brain’s support cells aren’t so supportive?
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Jan. 10, 2018) Potentially explaining why even healthy brains don't function well with age,...
Standardized approach makes outpatient thyroid surgery safe for even…
IMAGE: This is Dr. David Terris Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – A standardized treatment approach...
Financial stress is associated with migraine, if you have specific…
People with a specific variation in the CLOCK gene have more migraines under financial stress. This work, the first time...
Study offers potential diagnostic and prognostic tools for HIV-associated neurocognitiv
Credit: University of Alberta UAlberta researchers believe they now have a clearer picture of why people living with HIV so...
Cancer cells send signals boosting survival and drug resistance in…
Credit: Image courtesy of Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that cancer cells appear to...
RNs can play key role in identifying medication issues to improve…
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – Medication reconciliation is a safety practice to identify medication order discrepancies when patients...
Laser, sound waves provide live views of organs in action
Credit: Junjie Yao & Kara Manke, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Biomedical engineers are now able to take a live,...
Harvard & UT researchers propose systems connection in acupuncture…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 28, 2017 – Harvard University's renown fascia researcher Helene Langevin,...
PNNL moves cybersecurity software and a novel disinfecting system beyond the lab
IMAGE: Cybersecurity software developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory called CHAMPION can reason like an analyst to determine if network...
New peptide could improve treatment for vision-threatening disease
Credit: NIH National Eye Institute Johns Hopkins researchers report that a new peptide holds promise for improving treatment for degenerative...
TSRI team wins $1.8 million to study early events in cancer metastasis
LA JOLLA, CA – November 2, 2015 – Cancer metastasis occurs when tumor cells escape from a primary tumor, via...
AASM releases position statement on home sleep apnea testing
Credit: American Academy of Sleep Medicine. DARIEN, IL – Oct. 13, 2017 – A new position statement published by the...
Once a lesbian always a lesbian, right? Or not?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 11, 2017) – Are people’s sexual attractions likely to change as they age? That’s the question at...
PET/MR shows arterial CO2 as potent vasodilator for cardiac stress…
Credit: Rohan Dharmakumar. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center RESTON, Va. — More than 5 million cardiac stress tests performed annually in the...
Important new insights into RECIST criteria measuring cancer’s response to treatment
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Oncologists and researchers use a measurement known as Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors...
Protein YAP in early life influences adult spinocerebellar ataxia pathology
Credit: Department of Neuropathology, TMDU Study led by Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identifies crucial protein that rescues progression...
Closing the dyslexia achievement gap
A large achievement gap between dyslexic and typical readers is already present at first grade and persists throughout school; therefore,...
Research elucidates hormone ghrelin’s role in blood glucose…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – May 9, 2017 – UT Southwestern research investigating the blood glucose-regulatory actions of the hormone...
