Health
New study reveals how electronic health records can benefit clinical trials
Credit: SAIL The study entitled "Long term extension of a randomised controlled trial of probiotics using electronic health records" led...
Fellowships offer reporters valuable insight as America ages
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Journalists in Aging Fellows Program has received renewed grant support to welcome its ninth...
Study shows increase in youth suicide attempts
The number of school-age children and adolescents hospitalized for suicidal thoughts or attempts has more than doubled since 2008, according...
Artificial Intelligence improves stroke and dementia diagnosis in most common brain scan
Machine learning has detected one of the commonest causes of dementia and stroke, in the most widely used form of...
Understanding drug-resistant gonorrhea
Can whole genome sequencing illustrate changes in drug susceptibility of gonorrhoea to antimicrobials used for treatment and so help to...
Drug to treat bleeding may benefit some stroke patients, study finds
Patients with stroke caused by bleeding on the brain (intracerebral haemorrhage) may benefit from receiving a drug currently used to...
Soho’s ‘unique’ sexual character should be preserved, say researchers
The unique, cosmopolitan sexual character of London's Soho should be preserved in the face of gentrification, a new study argues....
Researchers identify gene that helps prevent brain disease
Credit: Ackerman Lab/UC San Diego Scientists know that faulty proteins can cause harmful deposits or "aggregates" in neurological disorders such...
Stroke prevention drug combo shows promise, study says
If you've had a minor stroke or a transient ischemic stroke (TIA), taking the clot-preventing drug clopidogrel along with aspirin...
Researchers take key step toward growing human organs in laboratory
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have learned that precursor cells for skeletal muscles actually also give rise to neurons, blood vessels,...
Our brains are obsessed with being social
Our brains are obsessed with being social even when we are not in social situations. A Dartmouth-led study finds that...
What is the economic impact of malaria for a pregnant woman living in an endemic area of Colombia?
Credit: author: Redesyplataformas Although malaria treatment is free of charge in Colombia, the economic costs incurred by pregnant women seeking...
Brazilians with less education more likely to report being in poor health, study finds
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Brazilians with less education are more likely to self-report...
DFG to fund 15 new Research Training Groups
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 15 new Research Training Groups (RTGs) to further support early career...
MN childcare programs focused on nutrition and physical activities, study finds
(Minneapolis, MN) - Existing state and local programs focused on good nutrition and physical activities for children have led to...
Comprehensive care physician model improves care, lowers hospitalization
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine Patients who need frequent hospitalization account for a disproportionate amount of health care spending...
St. Jude named the WHO’s first Collaborating Centre for Childhood Cancer
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital The World Health Organization has designated St. Jude Children's Research Hospital its first WHO...
Researchers combine wearable technology and AI to predict the onset of health problems
A team of Waterloo researchers found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology...
Remote camera network tracks Antarctic species at low cost
Credit: Jefferson Hinke/NOAA Fisheries An international research team has developed a simple method for using a network of autonomous time-lapse...
Shorter trastuzumab treatment for HER2+ breast cancer can be as effective, with fewer cardiac side-effects
ASCO Perspective "The use of trastuzumab has been a major advance for women with HER2-positive breast cancer by increasing the...
