Health
Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications
June 26, 2018, CLEVELAND: Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous...
Tragic death of baby highlights need for vitamin D public health policy change
Credit: University of Birmingham UK vitamin D supplementation policy needs to change to protect the health and lives of babies,...
In women, even mild sleep problems may raise blood pressure
New York, NY (June 26, 2018)--It is well known that chronic sleep deprivation can affect cardiovascular health. But according to...
SNMMI image of the year: PSMA PET imaging of theranostic for advanced prostate cancer
Credit: Michael Hofman, John Violet, Shahneen Sandhu, Justin Ferdinandus, Amir Iravani, Grace Kong, Aravind Ravi Kumar, Tim Akhurst, Sue Ping...
Serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Matias, Lottem et al./CCU An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the...
In search of biomarkers to detect patients with latent ‘Plasmodium vivax’ infection
Credit: M. Gualdrón-López Proteins derived from the latent liver stage of Plasmodium vivax can be detected in small extracellular vesicles...
Immune cells that create and sustain chronic inflammatory bowel disease identified
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - In preclinical experiments, Laurie Harrington, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham...
Portland State scientist awarded $700,000 NSF grant to study biological decision-making
Portland State University biologist Deborah Lutterschmidt won a $700,000 continuation grant from the National Science Foundation to study an essential...
Novel micropacemaker takes new approach to faulty heart rhythms
Investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the University of Southern California have demonstrated the feasibility of implanting a micropacemaker...
Springer announces the launch of International Journal on Child Maltreatment
Starting in June 2018, Springer Nature will publish a new journal on research into the prevention, control and mitigation of...
Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging announces 2018 Fellows
PHILADELPHIA - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging recognized 14 new SNMMI Fellows on June 25 during a...
Poliovirus therapy for recurrent glioblastoma has three year survival rate of 21 percent
Credit: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- A genetically modified poliovirus therapy developed at Duke Cancer Institute shows significantly improved...
Chemotherapy-induced diarrhea traced to immune cells
Credit: Center for the Study of Itch Some 50 to 80 percent of cancer patients taking powerful chemotherapy drugs develop...
Minority Health and Health Disparities Research Innovation Award
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, has selected recipients...
Women know what they want; men get pickier with age
Credit: QUT Women under 40 seeking a partner online are more particular than men, especially when it comes to education,...
PharmaMar and Chugai agree to terms for early termination of the agreement for Zepsyre in Japan
Madrid, 26th of June 2018.- On April 27th, 2018 PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) reported to National Securities Market Commission that Chugai Pharmaceutical...
Researchers develop synthetic T cells, mimics form and function of human version
UCLA researchers have developed synthetic T lymphocytes, or T cells, that are near-perfect facsimiles of human T cells. The ability...
Journal of Hymenoptera Research links Crocodile Dundee, Toblerone, Game of Thrones & Alien
Credit: Ryan D. Ridenbaugh A myriad of species and genera new to science, including economically important wasps drawing immediate attention...
Early treatment of advanced prostate cancer with radioligand therapy prolongs life
Credit: HR Kulkarni et al., THERANOSTICS Center for Molecular Radiotherapy and Molecular Imaging, Zentralklinik Bad Berka, Germany PHILADELPHIA - Research...
Bicycle-related injuries send 25 children to emergency departments every hour
Credit: Nationwide Children's Hospital A new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury Research and Policy of the...
