Health
Pediatric cancer drug shows 93 percent response rate
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 29, 2018 - A first-of-its-kind drug targeting a fused gene found in...
Hungarian agency powerless in holding healthcare funding decisions to account
An initiative designed to improve transparency in decision-making in Hungary in relation to healthcare lacks the teeth to properly hold...
UMD Researchers explore how personality affects gamified diabetes self-management
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Mobile health (mHealth) apps using gamified elements, like Empower by Ayogo and Fitocracy, for improving behaviors...
Penn Medicine Hospitals named ‘leaders in LGBT healthcare equality’
March 29, 2018 -PHILADELPHIA - The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Hospital, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, and Chester...
Study reveals epilepsy drug exposure in womb is linked to poorer school test
New study reveals that epilepsy drug exposure in womb is linked to significantly poorer school test results Researchers from the...
Child sexual abuse in US costs up to $1.5 million per child death, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Child sexual abuse in the United States is costly, with an average lifetime cost of $1.1...
Expert panel reliable and accurate in identifying injuries in young children
Credit: UofL When a child is brought to a pediatric emergency department with an injury, it can be difficult for...
Opioid use prevalent among electronic dance music partygoers
One in 10 electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees have misused opioids in the past year, exceeding the national average,...
Topical solution may be less toxic option for patients with noncancerous skin growth
WASHINGTON (March 29, 2018) -- Seborrheic keratosis is the most common noncancerous skin growth in adults seen by doctors in...
Plastic surgery abroad can lead to severe complications after returning to the US
requiring extensive and costly treatment after they return to the United States, reports a study in the April issue of...
Human-centered design is key to forming partnerships for large-scale conservation success
Credit: Mike Sorice. To recruit more fishers to help with marine conservation, cast a wider net. This is the conclusion...
New research award by Fisher & Paykel healthcare to benefit COPD patients
Credit: ATS (New York, NY) - March 29, 2018 - The ATS Foundation is pleased to announce the new ATS...
Pitt physicians devise emergency and trauma care referral map for US
Credit: David Wallace/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH, March 29, 2018 - In response to repeated calls for an integrated and coordinated...
Industry and academic researchers gather for innovative accelerating cancer cures research symposium
South San Francisco, CA (March 29, 2018) - Yesterday, March 28, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation (Damon Runyon) held...
Anti-aging protein alpha Klotho’s molecular structure revealed
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - March 29, 2018 - Researchers from UT Southwestern's Charles and Jane Pak Center...
Hockey victories may increase heart attack risk in Canadian men
Philadelphia, March 29, 2018 - The thrill of a hockey victory may put younger men at an increased risk for...
Scientists develop sugar-coated nanosheets to selectively target pathogens
Credit: Berkeley Lab Researchers have developed a process for creating ultrathin, self-assembling sheets of synthetic materials that can function like...
Poor grades tied to class times that don’t match our biological clocks
Credit: Benjamin Smarr It may be time to tailor students' class schedules to their natural biological rhythms, according to a...
Dietary supplement shows promise for reversing cardiovascular aging
Scientists have long known that restricting calories can fend off physiological signs of aging, with studies in fruit flies, roundworms,...
$3.2 million grant funds development of new malaria vaccine
The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund has awarded the University of Florida and partners in the United States and Japan...
