Health
Food scientists are developing a low-cost tool for detecting bacteria in food, water
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Food scientist Lili He and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that...
New Wayne State research findings offers hope to people with…
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A novel psychological therapy that encourages addressing emotional experiences related to trauma,...
What is high lipoprotein(a), and should I be concerned?
Credit: McGill University Health Center Montreal, Feb. 22, 2017 – A team of researchers from the Research Institute of the...
New tool demonstrates high cost of lack of sleep in the workplace
BOSTON, MA – Sleep disorders and sleep deficiency are hidden costs that affect employers across America. Seventy percent of Americans...
Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area
A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). UQ Queensland...
Need for enhanced nursing and post-acute transitional care models for rising obesity…
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 26, 2017) – Elderly, chronically ill people experience frequent changes in health status that require...
Study finds stigma regarding weight loss may be overblown
A qualitative study from North Carolina State University finds that most people who have lost a lot of weight don't...
Tracking movement of immune cells identifies key first steps in…
Credit: Yoshishige Miyabe, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Using a novel approach for imaging...
Electrocardiogram recording by patients boosts atrial fibrillation…
Credit: ESC Congress 2017/ ESC © Barcelona, Spain – 29 Aug 2017: Electrocardiogram (ECG) recording by patients with remote analysis...
Research offers new hope for understanding deadly infections
LOS ANGELES — Research published today in the journal, Nature Communications, provides new insights into the evolution of Mucorales fungi,...
New handheld spectral analyzer uses power of smartphone to detect…
Credit: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed technology...
Liver cancer patients can start with lower dose of chemotherapy and…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Patients with the most common type of liver cancer who are taking the chemotherapy drug...
Hospital design and innovative cleaning can protect patients from resistant bacteria
Hospitals should design premises and adapt their infection control routines to a society that no longer has effective antibiotics, and...
Protein patterns — a new tool for studying sepsis
IMAGE: This is a graph from the study: Tissue-specific protein in blood plasma. Credit: Research team/Study Researchers from Lund University...
Low screening rates for adolescents diagnosed with PID in the…
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO–The nation's emergency departments had low rates of complying with recommended HIV and syphilis screening...
Astronauts experience decrease in blood vessel function during…
Credit: NASA MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have decreased physical fitness because of a decrease in...
Medicaid expansion states saw ER visits go up, uninsured ER visits go…
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — States that expanded Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act (the ACA)...
Research discredits theory that e-cigarettes make tobacco use socially acceptable
Credit: Centre for Substance Use Research Centre for Substance Use and Research, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 20 December 2016 – A...
Tennessee’s Tyson Raper named 2018 Outstanding Young Cotton Physiologist
Credit: Ginger Rowsey, courtesy UTIA. JACKSON, Tenn. – Tyson Raper, assistant professor with the University of Tennessee Department of Plant...
$8.9 million collaborative grant to understand how dangerous virus ‘hides’ to attack…
Credit: Jason Ryder The University of Arizona's Felicia Goodrum, PhD, and some of the nation's most prominent human cytomegalovirus researchers...
