Health
On-site pathology testing in remote Australia benefits patients and cuts costs
Credit: Flinders University On-site pathology testing is allowing remote Australians to receive effective emergency medical treatment close to home, while...
A new kind of vaccine based on spider silk
Credit: © Laboratoire Bourquin - UNIGE To fight cancer, researchers increasingly use vaccines that stimulate the immune system to identify...
NIH initiative aims to tackle opioid misuse, addiction, enhance pain management
Bottom Line: In the JAMA Viewpoint, "Helping to End Addiction Over the Long-Term: The Research Plan for the NIH HEAL...
Researchers map the genome of testicular cancer
CHAPEL HILL - Testicular germ cell cancer, a disease that is rare but growing in incidence in men in the...
NIH leadership outlines interdisciplinary FY2018 research plan for HEAL Initiative
In a perspective published today in The Journal of the American Medical Association, National Institutes of Health leadership detail components...
Video conferencing helps PCPs improve liver disease care, survival rates
Credit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For patients who live in rural areas, driving to see a specialist in...
Composition of complex sugars in breast milk may prevent future food allergies
Credit: Erik Jepsen, UC San Diego The unique composition of a mother's breastmilk may help to reduce food sensitization in...
Dr. Robert Myerburg contributes editorial to JAMA on ECG screening and cardiac risks
Robert J. Myerburg, M.D., professor of medicine and physiology, and the American Heart Association Chair in Cardiovascular Research at the...
National Academies report on sexual harassment in academia
WASHINGTON -- A systemwide change to the culture and climate in higher education is needed to prevent and effectively respond...
Carrying stand-by-antibiotics encourages travelers to careless antibiotic use
Travellers carrying standby antibiotics take them more often than those travelling without such drugs. Having antibiotics packed in the bags...
Cancer: More targeted use of immunotherapy
Doctors are increasingly fighting cancer by stimulating patients' immune systems. SNSF-supported researchers have now discovered a method for predicting the...
People who deeply grasp pain or happiness of others, process music differently in brain
Credit: (SMU) People with higher empathy differ from others in the way their brains process music, according to a study...
Scientists unravel molecular mechanisms of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Mathew Horrocks Detailed brain cell analysis has helped researchers uncover new mechanisms thought to underlie Parkinson's disease. The study,...
Living with the stigma of diabetes
Credit: MUHC Montreal, June 12, 2018 - Michael Wright was your average high school student, juggling the responsibilities of school...
Getting to the heart of congenital cardiac defects
Credit: UNC School of Medicine June 12, 2018 - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Heart defects are the most common type...
Study links content of service members’ art to their trauma levels
Credit: Courtesy of the BMJ Open When making visual art during their recovery from traumatic brain injuries (TBI), military service...
Basketball teams playing for survival in critical NBA playoffs are more likely to lose
If a sports team plays a critical game in which losing means elimination from a league, do they work harder...
Researchers map brain of blind patient who can see motion
Credit: Western University, Canada Neuroscientists at Western University's Brain and Mind Institute, have confirmed and detailed a rare case of...
Discovery shines light on the mystery of cell death in MS
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Researchers at the University of Alberta have discovered a unique process of brain cell death that affects...
Patients unable to resume work after heart attack face depression and financial hardship
DALLAS, June 12, 2018 - More people than ever are able to resume working after a heart attack, but those...
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