Health
Virtual reality may help students experience life with dementia first hand
Chicago, July 23, 2018 - Virtual reality technology gives high school students greater insight into what it's like to be...
Emergency departments can be an effective venue for Hepatitis C virus testing
Boston Medical Center has shown that testing for the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) outside the typical high-risk population can be...
Greater efforts are needed to address ‘financial toxicity’ of cancer treatment
In addition to facing new concerns about their health, individuals who are diagnosed with cancer often worry about the financial...
The shape in water: First nanoscale measurements of biomolecule folding in liquid
Credit: NIST Tinkering with a method they helped develop over the last few years, scientists have for the first time...
Turmeric eye drops could treat glaucoma
A derivative of turmeric could be used in eye drops to treat the early stages of glaucoma, finds a new...
Curing breast cancer but at what cost? Patients report heavy financial toll
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- As treatment for early stage breast cancer becomes less extensive and more...
Researchers find connection between viruses and inflammatory bowel disease
AURORA, Colo. (July 23, 2018) - A study led by a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus...
Study finds flushing water lines protects inconsistently and may increase lead exposure
New Orleans, LA - Research conducted by LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health finds that the current recommendations...
Mandate patient access to primary care medical records
Canada's provincial governments should mandate patient access to their electronic medical records, argue authors of a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian...
New scholarly focus needed to help solve global food crisis, U-M experts say
ANN ARBOR--The global food system is unsustainable and urgently needs an overhaul. Yet current approaches to finding solutions through applied...
How experience changes basics of memory formation
Credit: Brian Wiltgen/UC Davis We know instinctively that our experiences shape the way we learn. If we are highly familiar...
UTSA researcher receives $1.9 million HHS grant to develop anti-fungal vaccine
(SAN ANTONIO, July 23, 2018) -- Chiung-Yu Hung, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio...
The ‘secret sauce’ for high-performing NICUs
Credit: Children's National Health System Leaders of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the nation share the same play books...
Depleting microbiome with antibiotics can affect glucose metabolism
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(July 23, 2018) A new study from the Salk Institute has found that mice that have...
Exhaled e-vapor particles evaporate in seconds — new study
Credit: Fontem Ventures Amsterdam, July 23rd 2018 - A new peer-reviewed study published in the prestigious journal Nicotine & Tobacco...
Breakthrough in battle against type 2 diabetes
Credit: University of Stirling Experts from the University of Stirling have made a breakthrough in understanding how people respond to...
Scientists uncover new connection between smell and memory
Credit: Afif Aqrabawi TORONTO, ON (Canada) - Neurobiologists at the University of Toronto have identified a mechanism that allows the...
FIND and DNDi support Malaysian MOH to simplify and decentralize HCV screening & treatment
Initiative in Malaysia to enhance country's public health approach to hepatitis C Decentralized screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) using...
In Southern Mozambique, only half of people diagnosed with HIV enroll in medical care
Credit: Author: Andalu Vilasanjuan HIV diagnosis is the first of many steps in the path to global disease control. However,...
New stroke imaging technology could reduce potential for patient brain damage
San Francisco--A new study, presented today at the Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery's (SNIS) 15th Annual Meeting, found that new stroke...
