Health
New strategies for hospitals during mass casualty incidents
A community's ability to cope with mass casualty incidents (MCIs) is very dependent on the capacity and capability of its...
Researchers at LSTM take a novel approach to snakebite treatment
Researchers at LSTM's Alistair Reid Venom Research Unit are looking at treatment for snakebite in a completely different way and...
Bedside art therapy decreases pain and anxiety in patients with cancer
A brief bedside visual art intervention (BVAI) facilitated by art educators improved mood and reduced pain and anxiety in a...
Drug combination targeting HSP90 and BRAF is safe and effective in advanced melanoma
TAMPA, Fla. - Patients with advanced or metastatic melanoma have been able to live longer cancer-free lives because of several...
Putting proteins in their proper place
Credit: James Shorter, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Cell PHILADELPHIA - A host of special molecules called nuclear...
Male contraceptive compound stops sperm without affecting hormones
CHAPEL HILL, NC - A new study published today in the journal PLOS ONE details how a compound called EP055...
Research on sex in malaria parasites granted prestigious EU grant
(Umea University) ERC Advanced Grants -- the European Union's most prestigious research funding program -- is granting Professor Oliver Billker...
Study examines sperm production in men with testicular cancer
In a study of men with testicular cancer, increasing tumor size relative to testis size was linked with a reduced...
GLUT5 fluorescent probe fingerprints cancer cells
Credit: Tanasova, Rao/Michigan Tech Determining the presence of cancer, as well as its type and malignancy, is a stressful process...
Toward a new water paradigm
Good intentions are not the same as good results - as much as half of all water and sanitations systems...
Swapping cars for shared bicycles would avoid up to 73 deaths per year
The 12 largest bicycle sharing systems in Europe offer health and economic benefits. Currently, the use of shared bicycles by...
Effort seeks to increase the number of trained rheumatology nurse practitioners and physician assistants
Due to an aging population and increasing prevalence of rheumatic disease, there are growing demands on clinicians who specialize in...
UPV/EHU researchers account for the complex symptoms of Angelman syndrome
The group, led by the Ikerbasque professor Ugo Mayor of the UPV/EHU's Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, has just...
Mount Sinai partners with Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to bring big data solution to biology
Uri Laserson, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics and Genomics Sciences at the Icahn School of Medicine at...
Active young adults with Type 1 diabetes have muscle complications: Study
Credit: York University News Toronto, ON (April 18, 2018) - A new study from McMaster and York universities has found...
NIH funds a research consortium to address firearm deaths among US children and teens
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Among children in the United States, firearm-related fatalities are the second leading cause...
An asymptomatic patient with severe mitral regurgitation
In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Volume 2, Number 4, 2018, pp 431-434(4); DOI: https://doi.org/10.15212/CVIA.2017.0034, researcher Blase...
Overcoming bias about music takes work
Expectations and biases play a large role in our experiences. This has been demonstrated in studies involving art, wine and...
Jeffrey H. Samet, M.D., F.A.C.P., honored with national award from American College of Physicians
Philadelphia, 2017 -- Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPH, FACP, has been awarded the American College of Physicians (ACP) Richard...
Standard Bariatrics closes Series A round of financing
Credit: Bruce Crippen for Standard Bariatrics (Cincinnati, OH-- April 18, 2018) Standard Bariatrics, Inc., an innovator of bariatric surgical devices,...
