Health
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....
Launch of a new partnership to improve development of new drugs for children in Europe
The members of the "conect4children" (c4c) initiative today announced the start of a large collaborative paediatric network that will facilitate...
Age-related racial disparity in childhood suicide
Bottom Line: Age-related racial disparity exists in suicide rates among U.S. youths. Why The Research Is Interesting: Previous research doesn't...
Deep space radiation treatment reboots brain’s immune system
Credit: Rosi lab / UCSF Planning a trip to Mars? You'll want to remember your anti-radiation pills. NASA and private...
Age-related racial disparity in suicide rates among US youth
Credit: Image courtesy of the JAMA Network, Copyright 2018 American Medical Association New research suggests the suicide rate is roughly...
Eating at night, sleeping by day swiftly alters key blood proteins
Credit: CU Boulder Staying awake all night and sleeping all day for just a few days can disrupt levels and...
Immune cells hold promise in slowing down ALS
Recent research from Houston Methodist Hospital showed that a new immunotherapy was safe for patients with ALS and also revealed...
New form of local anesthetic does not reduce opioid use or complications after knee surgery
CHICAGO - Contrary to what some studies may suggest, the local anesthetic drug, liposomal bupivacaine, did not reduce in-hospital opioid...
Mayo study identifies new potential treatment option for triple negative breast cancer
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Mayo Clinic researchers identified that an...
International award for QUT Head of Nursing
Credit: Ray Chan, QUT QUT's Professor Patsy Yates has become the first researcher from outside of North America to receive...
NIH-funded researchers identify target for chikungunya treatment
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Scientists have identified a molecule found on human cells and some animal cells that could be a...
