Health
Unlocking the secrets of cell division in cancer
Credit: Hollings Cancer Center Scientists at Hollings Cancer Center at the Medical University of South Carolina have found that some...
Effects of deep brain stimulation in patients with Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Neumann/Charité Researchers from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have studied motor and cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation in patients...
Up to 8 million deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries yearly due to poor-quality health care
WASHINGTON - Recent gains against the burden of illness, injury, and disability and commitment to universal health coverage (UHC) are...
Research brief: Researchers 3D print prototype for ‘bionic eye’
Credit: University of Minnesota, McAlpine Group A team of researchers at the University of Minnesota have, for the first time,...
Novel imaging biomarker to help predict coronary inflammation
EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:30 AM ET on August 28, 2018, Munich, Germany: Researchers at Cleveland Clinic, University of Oxford and University...
Training for parents referred to CPS improves toddler’s physiological regulation
A parental training program for families referred to Child Protective Services improved toddlers' unconscious reactions to mildly stressful situations, as...
CU researchers identify potential target for treating pain during surgery
AURORA, Colo. (Aug. 28, 2018) - A research team lead by faculty of the University of Colorado School of Medicine...
Cochrane review looks at accuracy of Xpert for the diagnosis of extrapulmonary TB
In one-fifth of people with active tuberculosis (TB), the site of disease is outside the lungs (extrapulmonary TB). Some forms...
Diagnosis is not best predictor of avoidable hospitalizations of nursing home residents
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The care of long-term nursing home patients can...
126 patient and provider groups to CMS: Proposed E/M service cuts will hurt sickest patients
WASHINGTON, DC - A broad coalition of 126 patient and provider groups - led by leading national organizations including the...
WSU Spokane researchers develop potential drugs to help curb smoking
SPOKANE, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have created more than a dozen candidate drugs with the potential to curb...
AADR Oral Health Effects of Tobacco Products: Science and Regulatory Policy Conference
Alexandria, Va., USA - The American Association for Dental Research, with funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),...
Wolters Kluwer and the Family Physicians Inquiries Network enter publishing partnership
August 28, 2018 - Wolters Kluwer Health announced today it will begin electronic publishing of Evidence-Based Practice, the official journal...
Scientists develop alternative treatment for peripheral artery disease
Credit: LSU Cristina Sabliov, LSU Biological and Agricultural Engineering professor, and Tammy Dugas, professor in the LSU School of Veterinary...
Combination approach shows promise for beating advanced melanoma
A UCLA-led study has found that a treatment that uses a bacteria-like agent in combination with an immunotherapy drug could...
Protein modifications pointing to cancer
Credit: Kapila Gunasekera, University of Zurich Cells use different signals to react to stress and to inform other body cells....
Rethinking a healthy diet from a global perspective
Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON (August 28, 2018)-Recommendations for a high quality diet to avoid cardiovascular disease were developed in...
Emergency resuscitation device increases cardiac arrest survival rate, study reports
Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth. When paramedics resuscitated cardiac arrest patients with a new type of breathing tube, their...
Current advice to limit dairy intake should be reconsidered
Munich, Germany - UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 28 Aug 2018: The consumption of dairy products has long been thought to increase...
Post-workout muscle building and repair blunted in obese adults, study finds
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Obesity is associated with a host of health problems, including heart disease, type...
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