Health
New computational strategy designed for more personalized cancer treatment
Mathematicians and cancer scientists have found a way to simplify complex biomolecular data about tumors, in principle making it easier...
The digital doctor’s visit: Enormous potential benefits with equally big risk
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute While data privacy has been a much-talked about topic lately--with questions still lingering about how giants...
Restoring epigenetic balance reinstates memory in flies with alzheimer’s disease symptoms
Researchers from Drexel University reversed symptoms of Alzheimer's disease in fruit flies by restoring the balance between two epigenetic enzymes...
Physician burnout: Resilience training is only part of the solution
Although many health systems have turned to resilience training as a solution to physician burnout, quality/safety researcher Alan Card, PhD,...
Gout not associated with increased risk of fracture, study finds
Gout, a painful inflammatory arthritis, is not associated with an increased risk of fracture, according to a large study led...
New method of marine alkaloid synthesis has discovered by FEFU scientists
Maria Sidorova, a female graduate student of Far East Federal University (FEFU), has developed a new way of synthesizing marine...
Motivation to move may start with being mindful
Credit: Christopher Gannon, Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - A meditation and stress reduction program may be as effective at...
New molecule to improve pharmaceuticals draws inspiration from nature’s toolbox
Credit: Robert Paton/Colorado State University In the race to create more potent and stable medicines, scientists know that adding fluorine...
Using MRSA’s strength against it
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Antibiotic-resistant infections cause more than 30,000 deaths annually in the U.S....
Elastic microspheres expand understanding of embryonic development and cancer cells
Credit: Video courtesy Ning Wang. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new technique that uses tiny elastic balls filled with fluorescent nanoparticles...
Scientists in Russia and Singapore investigate inorganic biomaterials with antimicrobial properties
A team of scientists from the Lobachevsky University Department of Solid State Chemistry under Dr. Evgeny Bulanov has developed a...
New approach to cancer research aims to accelerate studies and reduce cost
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON -- A new model for improving how clinical trials are developed and conducted by...
New procedure to improve nasal airflow aims to help patients breathe easy
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Researchers at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center are exploring how...
Consumer sleep technology is no substitute for medical evaluation
Credit: American Academy of Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - May 14, 2018 - According to a position statement from the...
In-womb air pollution exposure associated with higher blood pressure in childhood
DALLAS, May 14, 2018 - Children who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of...
ECDC: First cases of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea threaten future treatment
Credit: ECDC; With more than 75 000 reported cases in 2016, gonorrhoea is the second most commonly notified sexually transmitted...
Burnout and scope of practice in new family physicians
Among physicians, family physicians report some of the highest levels of burnout. According to a new study, however, early career...
‘Universal antibodies’ disarm various pathogens
Bacteria and other microorganisms display structures from sugar molecules on their surfaces. These sugar structures play an important role for...
Early depression diagnosis is deadly serious for patients with coronary artery disease
Credit: Pragle TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For clinicians providing comprehensive care to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), proactive depression screening...
Beam Therapeutics launched to develop Harvard base editing technology
Credit: Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff Photographer Cambridge, Mass. - May 14, 2018 - Harvard University has granted a worldwide license...
