Health
Students create exoskeleton app for patient with muscular dystrophy
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Zach Smith has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder marked by progressive...
Nation’s first cardiac ablation with mapping system recently cleared by the FDA performed at Penn Medicine
PHILADELPHIA - After eight years of failed treatment for persistent atrial fibrillation (AF), Janet Szilagyi, 78 of Clayton, New Jersey,...
Frequent sauna bathing reduces risk of stroke
Credit: UEF Frequent sauna bathing is associated with a reduced risk of stroke, according to a new international study. In...
The brain’s ‘rising stars’: New options against Alzheimer’s?
A study by scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) points to a novel potential approach against Alzheimer's...
Wriggling tadpoles may hold clue to how autism develops
LA JOLLA, CA-- May 3, 2018 --You could say Hollis Cline's lab at The Scripps Research Institute is building better...
Cutting number of cancers diagnosed as emergencies could save 1,400 lives a year
Over 1,400 lives could be saved every year - four more every day - if more cancers were diagnosed through...
PET imaging agent could provide early diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis
Credit: Seoul National University and Ewha Womans University, Seoul, South Korea RESTON, VA -- A novel PET tracer developed by...
UIC researchers create heart cells to study AFib
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine University of Illinois at Chicago researchers have discovered a way turn pluripotent stem cells into atrial cells,...
Mystery solved: The bacterial protein that kills male fruit flies
In the fifties, geneticists were faced with a mystery: when two strains of the same fruit fly species (Drosophila) crossed,...
Researchers defy biology: Mice remain slim on burger diet
We are our own worst enemy when it comes to developing obesity. The body is naturally geared to assimilate energy...
Moffitt Cancer Center awarded $900,000 to study rare form of melanoma
TAMPA, Fla. - May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month. More than 5 million people in the United States are diagnosed...
Sylentis announces the results of tivanisiran for dry eye syndrome
Sylentis, Pharmaceutical Company belonging to the PharmaMar Group, has presented results from the clinical studies carried out with tivanisiran for...
Pediatric Academic Societies 2018 Meeting features cutting-edge research in pediatrics
TORONTO, May 2, 2018 -Pediatricians, research scientists, health care providers and policy makers from around the world will convene in...
Newly-discovered anti-inflammatory substances may potentially treat variety of diseases
Inflammation, and in particular chronic inflammation, are major contributors to a large number of diseases, such as cancer, acute pancreatic...
SWAT team of immune cells found in mother’s milk
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 3, 2018) - Immune cells that are ready to take...
Women should have right to reject pregnancy
Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a QUT legal academic...
Penn performs first-in-world robot-assisted spinal surgery
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first...
CWD prions discovered in Wisconsin soils for the first time
Credit: PLOS ONE MADISON - New research out of the University of Wisconsin-Madison has, for the first time, detected prions...
Earthquake aftermath: Life-threatening blood clots in legs and lungs from sitting in cars for extended periods
Credit: Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun Philadelphia, May 3, 2018 - Japanese physicians highlight the risks and clinical significance for individuals who...
New research uncovers ‘stability protein’ for cancer treatment
Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences have characterised...
