Health
Does payer type — commercial insurance or Medicare —…
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute In a first-of-its-kind national study, researchers from The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice...
The story of the Elephant Man re-told in an immersive Whitechapel audio tour app
Credit: Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum The story of Joseph Merrick, the so-called 'Elephant Man', takes centre stage in...
Physician fine-tuning mouse model for rare condition in which HPV…
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 25, 2016) – Infection with the common human papillomavirus can result in a rare...
University of Louisville lab helps discover new disease that causes…
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Researchers at the University of Louisville were part of a group that discovered...
Vision symptoms following concussion limit a child’s ability to return to the…
Credit: UAB News BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A comprehensive vision assessment should be part of return-to-learn protocols to help determine when...
Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and…
Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test...
Scientists prove how genetics change behavior by studying worms’…
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior at The Rockefeller University/Nature "Organisms pay attention to what other members of their...
WSU portable smartphone laboratory detects cancer
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a smartphone...
Pneumonia discovery may offer way to boost body’s defenses
Credit: Alexandra Bettina | UVA School of Medicine A molecule being targeted in cancer is also critical for the immune...
Queen’s University Belfast co-lead one of world’s biggest…
Credit: QUB A new technology — 'dialysis for the lungs' — which could save thousands of lives in Intensive Care...
‘Pop quiz’ could help predict sexually transmitted…
IMAGE: This is a picture of the STI risk quiz. Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers at Johns Hopkins say an...
Scientists explore how a pain medicine also protects vision in blinding conditions
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2017) – Scientists have shown that a medicine prescribed...
International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic…
Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a...
Solving the puzzle of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio, University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) Every day tens of thousands of Canadians unwillingly find themselves becoming shadows...
Infant’s prolonged infection reveals mutation that helps bacteria tolerate antibiotics
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peter Barta The quest to understand a prolonged infection in an infant being...
When Listeria monocytogenes goes to sleep….
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Listeriosis is a disease caused by eating foods that have been contaminated by the Listeria monocytogenes...
First patient cured of rare blood disorder
Credit: David Levy Using a technique that avoids the use of high-dose chemotherapy and radiation in preparation for a stem...
Rush Oak Park Hospital Named a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality
For the third consecutive year, Rush Oak Park Hospital has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” in...
HKBU’s clinical trial acupuncture proves effectiveness for…
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical...
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent preterm births
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a...
