Health
Invention by NUS chemists opens the door to safer and less expensive X-ray imaging
Credit: National University of Singapore Medical imaging, such as X-ray or computerised tomography (CT), may soon be cheaper and safer,...
Medicaid expansion linked to reduced mortality among dialysis patients
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- In the first three years of Medicaid expansion due to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the number...
Fighting mosquitoes in your backyard with scientists’ help
Credit: Ary Faraji Thanks to an innovative mosquito control approach developed at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, residents in several Maryland neighborhoods...
The world’s largest campodeid dipluran named after the mythological giant Daidarabotchi
Credit: Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira Amongst the fauna thriving in the subterranean spaces below the surface of the earth's crust, the...
Spanish-speakers experience barriers when receiving dense breast notifications
Boston--Spanish-speaking women encounter unique challenges when receiving notifications regarding their mammogram results and breast density. The findings, which appear in...
New test measures men’s fertility
Credit: Travis Lab ITHACA, N.Y. - At a time when more than half of male infertility cannot be explained by...
Fighting mutant influenza
Another flu season is here, which means another chance for viruses to mutate. Already, most influenza A viruses contain a...
Cannabis pain relief without the ‘high’
Credit: Paul Logothetis/MUHC In the wake of cannabis legalization, a team of scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill...
Chemotherapy drug paclitaxel also acts as an immune response modulator
Researchers in Brazil have discovered a new effect of a drug widely used as a chemotherapeutic agent and offered to...
Moving ‘clean meat’ from lab to table
"Clean meat," or meat produced from cultured animal cells, promises enormous benefits for animal welfare and the environment. But to...
Mapping the pancreatic islets
The mechanism leading to development of type 1 diabetes remains a mystery, hampering the ability to find new ways to...
Study: Racism, sexual assault contribute to college mental health challenges
A text mining analysis of academic and news articles related to mental health issues in higher education finds that racism,...
Insilico to present its research in AI aging clocks
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Wednesday, October 24, 2018, Boston - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery...
VIMS issues annual dead-zone report card for the Chesapeake Bay
Credit: Virginia Institute of Marine Science. An annual model-based report on "dead-zone" conditions in the Chesapeake Bay during 2018 indicates...
Marine algae bloom-derived biotoxins alter development of zooplankton and ocean food web
Credit: orres-Águila, Et. al. Researchers from the University of Barcelona in collaboration with a team from the Zoological Station Anton...
Could wearable technology help patients monitor blood pressure?
Credit: UA Sarver Heart Center Because only half of the people in the United States diagnosed with high blood pressure...
Antibiotic explorers
Credit: None We know that antibiotics treat bacterial infections. We also know why they work. Tetracycline antibiotics, for example, stop...
Data does the heavy lifting: Encouraging new public health approaches to promote the health benefits of muscle-strengthening exercise (MSE)
Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, October 24, 2018 - According to a new study in the American...
The HPV vaccine: Why parents really choose to refuse
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine A new study of survey data finds that only a minority of parents choose not to...
FSU researchers find low resilience puts men at risk for depression
Credit: FSU Photo/Bill Lax Men who lack resilience are exponentially more vulnerable to becoming severely depressed after their spouse dies,...
