Health
World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot hands’
Credit: Microsure MAASTRICHT, Oct. 2, 2017 – Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to...
2017 Julius Friedenwald Medal presented to Penn Medicine…
Credit: University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – Anil K. Rustgi, MD, has received the 2017 Julius Friedenwald Medal from the American...
New book, ‘The Postgenomic Condition,’ assesses progress since 2000
Credit: Melissa De Witte The sequencing of the human genome in 2000 was heralded as a turning point for humanity–a...
Study: Symptoms of ‘chronic multisymptom illness’ may be…
Credit: Department of Defense In a Veterans Affairs study of more than 300 enlisted Army National Guard and Army Reserve...
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy announces 2 new cancer grant…
Credit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Throughout the past 15 years, Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), the nation's...
Evidence of brain injury found in young NFL players
Credit: Credit: NIH In a small study of young or recently retired NFL players, researchers at Johns Hopkins report finding...
Can seeing the Facebook logo make you crave social media?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 3, 2017–A new study examined how social media cues such...
Infant mortality rates in Texas vary dramatically from one zip code to the next
Credit: The University of Texas System Infant mortality rates in Texas vary dramatically even across neighboring zip codes, according to...
Study reveals ways to improve outcomes, reduce costs for common heart…
Credit: Thinkstock Hospitals can improve patient care and reduce costs associated with coronary angioplasty if cardiologists perform more of these...
How to get kids to use salad bars in public schools
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU Photo Thanks to a national initiative, salad bars are showing up in public schools across the country....
Novel drug delivery system has game-changing potential to reduce rates of HIV infection
Credit: USAID/PEPFAR/PATH Seattle, WA, December 1, 2017–The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), through the U.S. President's Emergency Plan...
Insecticides mimic melatonin, creating higher risk for diabetes
Credit: (Credit: Raj Rajnarayanan, UB) BUFFALO, N.Y. — Synthetic chemicals commonly found in insecticides and garden products bind to the...
CTI BioPharma and Tisch Cancer Institute announce international…
CTI BioPharma Corp. (CTI BioPharma) and The Tisch Cancer Institute (TCI) at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai...
New Innovator Award of $2.8 million to Julia Oh of JAX for skin…
Credit: Jackson Laboratory photo by Tiffany Laufer Julia Oh, Ph.D., a Jackson Laboratory (JAX) assistant professor who explores the communities...
Novel gene therapy experiment offers hope for people with certain hearing loss and dizziness disorder
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a first-of-its-kind study published in the March 1, 2017 edition of Molecular Therapy, researchers from...
Past experiences affect recognition, memory: Study
IMAGE: Prof. Boyer Winters holds a model of the human brain. Credit: University of Guelph New research from the University...
Stanford researchers analyze what a warming planet means for…
Credit: Dany Krom As temperatures rise with climate change, mosquito season extends past the summer months in many parts of...
Home-based educational intervention improves asthma among Hispanic children
New Rochelle, NY, November 10, 2015–Significant improvements in frequency of asthma attacks and symptoms, hospitalization rates and acute care visits,...
Children with bone, joint infection often carry the same infectious bacteria in throat
The presence of the bacterium Kingella kingae in children’s throats was strongly linked to bone and joint infection with the...
Can stem cell exosome therapy reduce fatal heart disease in diabetes?
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Macrophage cells routinely remove dead or dying cells to maintain the body homeostasis. Such removal...
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