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Procedure plus medication is better than standard treatment for heart disease patients
TORONTO, May 22, 2018 - A non-surgical procedure, called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), along with prescribed medication, is better than...
In brain stimulation therapy less might be more
One of the promising non-invasive brain therapeutic methods is the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). During such a procedure, a...
Loyola Medicine joins Pulmonary Fibrosis Care Network
MAYWOOD, IL - The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation has added Loyola University Medical Center to its Care Center Network of centers...
One in 10 parents say their child has gotten sick from spoiled or contaminated food
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health at the University of Michigan. ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- No...
Scientists find link between increases in local temperature and antibiotic resistance
Credit: Fawn Gracey/Boston Children's Hospital Boston, MA (May 21, 2018) - Bacteria have long been thought to develop antibiotic resistance...
Women with pregnancy-related diabetes may be at risk for chronic kidney disease
Gestational diabetes may predispose women to early-stage kidney damage, a precursor to chronic kidney disease, according to a study by...
Preventing murder by addressing domestic violence
Victims of domestic violence are at a high risk to be murdered--or a victim of attempted murder-- according to a...
Study finds snap-lock mechanism in bacterial riboswitch
Credit: E. Nikonowicz/Rice University HOUSTON -- (May 21, 2018) -- In a discovery that points to potential new antibiotic medicines,...
Mayo Clinic endocrinologist receives career science award from major medical association
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Sundeep Khosla, M.D, a researcher and physician at Mayo Clinic, has been named the recipient of the...
Bladder cancer model could pave the way for better drug efficacy studies
CHAPEL HILL - Understanding that not all bladder cancers are the same, researchers at the University of North Carolina Lineberger...
Reading the minds of pilots on the fly
Credit: ISAE-SUPAERO After a plane engine blew apart at 32,000 feet in the air last month, the pilot flying Southwest...
MDI Biological Laboratory establishes scientific innovation fund
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE - The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced the establishment of the William Procter...
New hope for women with fistula injuries
Credit: University of Michigan The health care systems in the United States and other industrialized countries have outgrown many of...
Another potential mechanism links androgen deprivation therapy to cardiovascular mortality
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the US. As the prostate is a testosterone-responsive gland, androgen...
Novel bioactive steroid biosynthetic pathway in symbiotic fungi
Credit: The University of Tokyo & Jinan University A group of researchers from Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences at The...
Mice regrow brain tissue after stroke with bioengineered gel
Credit: UCLA Health In a first-of-its-kind finding, a new stroke-healing gel helped regrow neurons and blood vessels in mice with...
Patients with high lipoprotein(a) levels may benefit from taking PCSK9 inhibitors
Lipoprotein(a) is a variant of LDL (low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol, and large amounts of data have shown that higher lipoprotein(a) levels...
International anaesthesia standards updated with WHO in global effort to improve surgical care
Highlights: Access to safe anaesthesia for essential surgery is a basic human right and should be available to all patients...
Discovery for grouping atoms invokes Pasteur
Credit: University of Sydney Scientists have found a new way of joining groups of atoms together into shape-changing molecules -...
What can snakes teach us about engineering friction?
Credit: Drexel University If you want to know how to make a sneaker with better traction, just ask a snake....
