Health
Drug hunters awarded $2.8 million to develop a drug to treat multiple sclerosis
Credit: Virginia Tech Webster Santos, professor of chemistry and the Cliff and Agnes Lilly Faculty Fellow in the College of...
Traffic accidents involving moose are 13 times more likely to result in human death
Journal of the American College of Surgeons study details hazards of moose-motor vehicle crashes in northern New EnglandCredit: Maine State...
Researchers find epigenetic loss that changes how cells obtain energy from cancer
Cheap energy for the tumor cellCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA It has been known for decades that cancer cells have an...
Duplicate or mirror?
Laser light determines chirality of molecules "In pharmaceutics, being able to transition a molecule from one chirality to the other...
No increased risk of complications for joint replacement in ambulatory surgery setting
The typical length of stay in hospital after hip replacement and knee replacement procedures has decreased over the last decade...
Study: Surgery for herniated discs in neck can be safely performed in outpatient setting
Surgery to remove multiple herniated or degenerated discs in the neck, a procedure known as anterior cervical discectomy and fusion...
Accelerating advances for HIV-positive Youth in Eastern Cape, South Africa
Wits University in South Africa has collaborated in a project with Oxford University to test a United Nations development approach...
Rejection of transplanted organs: Long-awaited structure offers new insights
Credit: Paul A. MacAry Rejection of any kind is always hard to deal with, but when one's body rejects a...
A peek into lymph nodes
A new method to diagnose cancer cells inside lymph nodes could allow doctors to treat cancers before they spread around...
IVF birthweights increased over 25 years
A new study led by University of Manchester scientists has revealed that babies born by In Vitro Fertilisation at St...
Most countries in sub-Saharan Africa not on track for under-5 mortality reduction goal
The relatively slow pace of neonatal and under-5 mortality reduction could prevent most countries in sub-Saharan Africa from achieving targets...
Cholesterol-lowering drugs guard against brain haemorrhages
The drugs statins, which are used to prevent cardiovascular diseases, also guard against brain haemorrhages. This is the conclusion of...
SPIT lab leading the effort to analyze hair, expand research on puberty
Credit: Iowa State University News Service AMES, Iowa - Puberty is something we all go through and yet there is...
NSF International and NEHA to host Legionella Conference 2019
Conference organizers seek oral and poster presentations on water conservation, Legionella outbreak prevention and related public health topics NSF International...
Shorter treatment for Chagas disease could be just as effective, and significantly safer
The results could help remove one of the barriers to treatment scale up and bring new hope for people with...
Blood diseases cured with bone marrow transplant
New protocol offers hope for patients with sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia and related blood disorders Doubling the low amount...
When is best time to get flu shot? Analysis compares scenarios
PITTSBURGH, March 14, 2019 - When flu season peaks after mid-winter, tens of thousands of influenza cases and hundreds of...
Bacteria ‘trap’ could help slow down antibiotic resistance
Scientists have developed a new and faster test for identifying how single bacteria react to antibiotics, which could help in...
Drug could alleviate side effects of chemo for breast cancer patients
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have demonstrated a method of forecasting which breast cancer patients will suffer...
Non-invasive imaging technique valid for identifying small airway disease in lung
Discovery holds promise for developing urgently needed new therapies in COPDCredit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), an inflammatory...
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