Health
Rapid heart imaging technique may cut costs, boost care in developing world
DALLAS, Aug. 29, 2018 -- A newly developed rapid imaging protocol quickly and cheaply diagnosed heart ailments in patients in...
EPFL’s Blue Brain Project open sources interactive visualization tool — RTNeuron
Credit: EPFL / Blue Brain Project The aim of the Blue Brain Project is to build accurate, biologically-detailed, digital reconstructions...
Teen dating violence is down, but boys still report more violence than girls
Credit: University of British Columbia When it comes to teen dating violence, boys are more likely to report being the...
Father’s diet could affect the long-term health of his offspring
New research has shown that a lack of protein in a father's diet affects sperm quality which can have a...
CHF 14 million of funding for all-terrain radiology
Credit: EPFL / Alain Herzog & Jamani Caillet Pristem SA has raised CHF 14 million of funding from a group...
New national training program aims to mainstream glycosciences
Over the next five years, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, will...
CVIA special issue on special issue on current issues in cath labs
Beijing, 23 August 2018: The journal Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (CVIA) has just published a new issue, Volume 3 Issue...
Children suffering from tics can be helped by both group and individual therapy
Therapy against tics works, and both group and individual treatment are suitable methods to achieve a good effect. This is...
Nerve fibers regrow thru scar tissue after spinal cord injury in rodents
Credit: UCLA Neuroscientists at UCLA, Harvard University and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have identified a three-pronged treatment that...
Food activates brown fat
Brown fat consumes energy, which is the reason why it could be important for preventing obesity and diabetes. Working together...
Restless legs syndrome brain stimulation study supports motor cortex ‘excitability’ as a cause
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say new experiments using magnetic pulse brain stimulation on people with moderate to severe restless legs...
Unlocking the secrets of cell division in cancer
Credit: Hollings Cancer Center Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that some...
University and Chester Zoo join forces to fight global extinction of threatened species
Credit: Chester Zoo The UK's number one zoo and one of the country's best universities have teamed up to help...
Undescended testes in boyhood linked to testicular cancer and infertility in adulthood
Led by the University of Sydney researchers and published today in The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, this is the...
New test uncovers metabolic vulnerabilities in kidney cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 28, 2018 - In order to halt the growth of cancer cells, you have...
Funding to create unique drug and alcohol treatment for young people with mental illness
Research into clinical treatments to reduce drug and alcohol use in young people with mental illness has received a significant...
40th W. Alden Spencer Award goes to Silvia Arber and Botond Roska
Credit: IOB Silvia Arber and Botond Roska have been selected as co-recipients of the 2018 W. Alden Spencer Award in...
Quality of life after spinal cord injury — What functional abilities have the greatest impact?
August 29, 2018 - Independence in mobility is the single most important factor affecting quality of life in patients with...
LT breathing tubes after cardiac arrest could save 10,000 more lives
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Aug. 29, 2018 - Heart attack patients given a different type of breathing tube by...
Combination approach shows promise for beating advanced melanoma
A UCLA-led study has found that a treatment that uses a bacteria-like agent in combination with an immunotherapy drug could...
