Health
From Haifa to Tokyo: Medical detectives team up on selenoprotein1/EPT1
Credit: Ayelet Eran and coauthors The baby looked healthy at first. But within two hours, he was having severe seizures....
University of Cincinnati awarded $29 million to look at TPA combination stroke therapy
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--A nearly $30 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will fund research led...
Some blood stem cells are better than others
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases In your body, blood stem cells produce approximately 10 billion new white...
New guidance on treating diabetes in elderly and frail adults
New guidance has been published on managing diabetes in the elderly, including for the first time how to manage treatment...
Workplace dress codes present barriers to people living with disabilities
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the U.S. Census, nearly 20 million people of working age live...
Hobbs awarded Institut de France Grand Prix for cholesterol work
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 30, 2018 - UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticist Dr. Helen Hobbs is the 2018...
Poll: Half of older adults don’t use health provider’s secure patient communication site
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - These days, Americans can manage many facets of their lives through the...
The xB3 platform efficiently delivers antibodies across the BBB at therapeutic doses
RICHMOND, BC and GUILFORD, CONN., BIOASIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (TSX.V:BTI; OTCQB:BIOAF), a biopharmaceutical company developing its xB3 TM proprietary platform technology...
Queen Mary research forecasting the evolution of cancer
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed a computer model that forecasts the changes that occur within tumours...
Surgical technique improves sensation, control of prosthetic limb
Boston, MA -- Humans can accurately sense the position, speed and torque of their limbs, even with their eyes shut....
Swabbing cesarean-born babies with vaginal fluids potentially unsafe and unnecessary
The increasingly popular practice of 'vaginal seeding' -- in which cesarean-delivered babies are immediately swabbed with the mother's vaginal fluids...
Screening for colorectal cancer in under-55-year-olds with family history: Benefit unclear
Between the age of 50 and 54 years, all statutory health insurance fund members in Germany are entitled to immunological...
Controlled Release Society names Steve Little Young Investigator of 2018
Credit: Ric Evans/Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (May 30, 2018) ... The Controlled Release Society this week announced that University...
Price competition for generic drugs linked to increase in manufacturing-related recalls
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Researchers from three universities have found that extreme price competition in the generic pharmaceutical market -- designed...
Oxytocin, vasopressin flatten social hierarchy and synchronize behaviors
Oxytocin's effects on human social behavior aren't clear. Some studies reveal significant positive changes, yet others show none at all....
Understanding the origin of Alzheimer’s, looking for a cure
Montreal, May 29, 2018 - After a decade of work, a team led by Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont researcher and Université de...
WIC participation better among vulnerable, US citizen children whose mothers are eligible for DACA
Results of a study of nearly 2,000 U.S. citizen children and their mothers add to growing evidence of the multigenerational,...
Data from online physician review sites may be skewed and misleading to consumers, new study finds
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (May 29, 2018) -- Physician satisfaction scores on online third-party review sites tend to be skewed...
Genomic medicine may one day revolutionize cardiovascular care
DALLAS, May 29, 2018 -- A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association summarizes the state-of-the-science of genomic medicine...
Brain scientists identify ‘cross talk’ between neurons that control touch in mice
Scientists report they have uncovered a previously overlooked connection between neurons in two distinct areas of the mammalian brain. The...
