Health
Study suggests need to include overweight subjects in metabolic research
Credit: Photo courtesy of CHLA Children's Hospital Los Angeles investigators have demonstrated the need to include a growing constituency of...
New wave of complex street drugs puzzles emergency doctors
Baltimore, Md., August 21, 2018 - At a time when drug overdoses are becoming more prevalent and lethal, a new...
Antipsychotic use in older adults after heart surgery
Delirium is the medical term for an abrupt, rapid change in mental function that goes well beyond the typical forgetfulness...
Federal grant extends, expands kidney failure research
Credit: University of Alabama at Birmingham The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases has renewed a grant...
Clay to fight bacteria in wounds: An old practice may be a new solution
ROCHESTER, Minn. - The use of mud or wet clay as a topical skin treatment or a poultice is a...
Red or yellow? A simple paper test detects false or substandard antibiotics
Credit: John Eisele/Colorado State University Antibiotics - medicines that treat bacterial infections - have saved millions of lives worldwide since...
Untreated genital warts may increase risk of HIV transmission
(Boston)-- A new study has shown that genital warts may promote HIV sexual transmission and, in turn, their treatment and...
Exodus of Saudi medical trainees reveals vulnerability of Canadian health care
The sudden loss of Saudi medical trainees who must leave Canada in the next two weeks will negatively affect patient...
AMP addresses clinical relevance of DNA variants in chronic myeloid neoplasms
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- Aug. 21, 2018 -- The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP), the premier global molecular diagnostics professional society,...
FDA research informs smokeless tobacco prevention messaging for at-risk youth
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 21, 2018--Recent findings from formative research conducted with rural, non-Hispanic...
Pitt doctor gets grant to test self-management approach to chronic pain in HIV patients
Credit: Jordan Beckham/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 21, 2018 - Living with HIV often means living with chronic pain, but behavioral therapy...
$3 million NIH grant will fund genetic hearing loss research
The University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology received a $3 million grant from the National Institutes...
Study sheds light on how brain lets animals hunt for food by following smells
Most animals have a keen sense of smell, which assists them in everyday tasks. Now, a new study led by...
A common ancestral gene causes body segmentation in spiders and insects
Credit: Paese et al., 2018 Scientists have pinpointed a key gene that controls segmentation during spider development, which reveals a...
Identifying drug-resistant hotspots can provide roadmap to reduce tuberculosis in South Africa
Boston--Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have created a near real-time surveillance method to identify communities experiencing a high burden...
Almost out of the air: an environmental friendly synthesis of betulin oxo-derivatives
Credit: Tomsk Polytechnic University The cosmetic and food industries, especially the pharmaceutical industry are interested in these derivatives where they...
Largest brain study of 62,454 scans identifies drivers of brain aging
Credit: Credit: Daniel G. Amen COSTA MESA, CA, August 21, 2018 - In the largest known brain imaging study, scientists...
UC study: Exposure to tobacco smoke significantly impacts teen health
Credit: UC Creative Services As little as one hour of exposure to tobacco smoke per week can significantly impact the...
Study shows children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis can be treated
CAPE TOWN | 16 AUGUST 2018 | The results of a large, international systematic review published in the journal PLOS...
The IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer arrives in Toronto, Canada
MEDIA ALERT The IASLC 19th World Conference on Lung Cancer Arrives in Toronto, Canada What: The International Association for the...
