Health

April 27, 2026

Improved In vivo imaging of atherosclerotic plaque development

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan - Atherosclerosis, involving the buildup of plaque in the arteries and an associated reduction...

Now is the time to answer questions about climate engineering disease impacts

Radical solutions to climate change might save lives, but a commentary in the October 2018 issue of the journal Nature...

Discovery paves way for improved ovarian cancer care

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute. Australian scientists have revealed a better way to identify which patients should respond to...

Early Parkinson’s patients waiting too long to seek medical evaluation

Credit: Robert A. Hauser, M.D., University of South Florida The time between diagnosis and the institution of symptomatic treatment is...

A role for Scn5a missplicing in cardiac arrhythmias in myotonic dystrophy

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals new insights into what can...

Building a flu factory from host cell components

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Perhaps inspired by the annual 3 to 5...

New wood-based materials to prevent the spread of microorganisms in hospitals

A recently launched development project called Sami&Samu is looking to introduce innovative renewable materials, surface finishes and textiles to Hospital...

Child Mind Institute study: Wearables could inform selective mutism research, diagnosis, treatment

NEW YORK, NY (September 24, 2018) - In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, a team...

Sensitive babies become altruistic toddlers

Our responsiveness to seeing others in distress accounts for variability in helping behavior from early in development, according to a...

Medicaid expansions linked to slower rises in overdose deaths

PHILADELPHIA -- The United States in recent years has increased healthcare access by broadening Medicaid coverage, but some worry that...

Cosmetic surgeons offering incomplete information for breast augmentation customers

Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Research at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has found that websites by cosmetic...

Model System Researchers identify factors linked to mortality after traumatic brain injury

East Hanover, NJ - September 28, 2018 - Model system researchers have examined the factors associated with mortality among individuals...

GSA joins global call to action on fragility fractures

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...

Research aims to develop innovative drugs for heart failure and diabetes

The University of Birmingham has been awarded £1.78 million by the Wellcome Trust for research aimed at finding new therapies...

Final decisions in Germany’s Excellence Strategy

Funding decisions have now been made in Germany's Excellence Strategy, a programme designed to strengthen top-level research at universities in...

Acne stigma linked to lower overall quality of life, Irish study finds

Credit: TrueMedia Many people with acne are negatively impacted by perceived social stigma around the skin condition, a new study...

Educating the next generation of medical professionals with machine learning is essential

(Boston)--Artificial intelligence (AI) driven by machine learning (ML) algorithms is a branch in the field of computer science that is...

Combination antibody therapy results in long-term viral suppression in HIV infection

A new generation of broadly neutralising antibodies provides a novel approach to treating HIV infection. The research group of Prof...

Deaths of despair in the era of Donald Trump: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem

September 27, 2018 -- Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines...

Enhanced rehab for stroke doubles movement recovery