Health
Medical errors in the emergency room: Understanding why
Medical errors are estimated to cause 250,000 deaths per year in the US. Previously, research on admitted patients suggested that...
DFG awards prize for two alternatives to animal experiments
Prof. Dr. Ellen Fritsche, a toxicologist from the Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and...
Artificial intelligence can predict your personality … simply by tracking your eyes
It's often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we...
‘Nudging’ doctors to prescribe cholesterol-lowering statins triples prescription rates
PHILADELPHIA - Pairing an online patient dashboard with "nudges" to doctors tripled statin prescribing rates in a clinical trial led...
Cannabis does not improve breathlessness during exercise in patients with advanced COPD
Credit: ATS July 27, 2018--Inhaled vaporized cannabis does not appear to improve or worsen exercise performance and activity-related breathlessness in...
Association between firearm caliber and likelihood of death from gunshot
Bottom Line: The caliber of a firearm was associated with the likelihood of death from a gunshot, with shootings by...
Epithelial cells adopt a new geometric shape so that tissue can curve
Credit: University of Seville Researchers from the Department of Cellular Biology at the University of Seville and Seville Institute of...
U of G study is first to find evidence that leopard geckos can make new brain cells
Credit: (Rebecca McDonald/University of Guelph) University of Guelph researchers have discovered the type of stem cell allowing geckos to create...
Susceptible genes identified for childhood chronic kidney disease
Credit: Kobe University Childhood nephrotic syndrome is the most frequently occurring chronic kidney disease among children. A Japanese research team...
Diabetes drugs act as powerful curb for immune cells in controlling inflammation
PHILADELPHIA - When tissue is damaged, one of the body's first inflammatory immune-system responders are macrophages, cells which are commonly...
Key to artery health lies in LYVE-1 macrophage
Credit: Dr. Veronique Angeli Arteries such as the aorta actively transport oxygenated blood, nutrients and cells throughout the body to...
New UCI center to advance the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare
Physicians at the University of California, Irvine and UCI Health System have launched the UCI Center for Artificial Intelligence in...
Making love can make men sad too: QUT research
Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication A world-first study by QUT researchers concludes men can and do suffer from Postcoital Dysphoria...
Magnetic surgical cement heals spinal fractures, provides targeted drug delivery
Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis usually undergo a procedure called kyphoplasty, where the fracture is filled...
Portfolio diet lowers many risk factors for heart disease
University of Toronto researchers have found that the portfolio diet, a plant-based way of eating previously shown to lower cholesterol...
Researchers are first to sequence rare bacteria that causes rampant tooth decay
Credit: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Department of Bioengineering Fruit fly larvae can taste ribonucleosides, the building blocks of gene...
Genetic basis of heart rhythms explored in large population study
Credit: Clare McLean New knowledge about biological processes related to the heart's electrical activity has been gained through a major...
Student project leads to founding of startup DIANA Biotechnologies
(Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences (IOCB Prague)) A new startup, DIANA Biotechnologies, has...
Researchers develop model on how brain reward response may impact anorexia nervosa
AURORA, Colo. (July 26, 2018) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found that the brain's...
Genetic variation may increase risk of liver damage in patients with chronic hepatitis B
Credit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research A new study has shown that genetic variation may increase the risk of...
