Health
Emotional suppression reduces memory of negative events
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By peering at the brains of study subjects prompted to suppress...
UTHealth/Memorial Hermann conduct first sinus surgery in US with augmented reality technology
Credit: (Photo credit, Martin J. Citardi, M.D., UTHealth/Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center) Sinus surgeons with The University of Texas Health Science...
Researchers computationally find the needle in a haystack to treat rare diseases
Credit: Misagh Naderi, LSU One in 10 people in America is fighting a rare disease, or a disorder that affects...
Into the OR in VR: Doctor harnesses virtual reality as powerful teaching tool
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System Physicians, trainees and even laypeople can now experience what it's like inside the...
Electronic consultation system improves access to specialty care
An electronic consultation system designed to reduce excessive wait times for appointments with specialists experienced exponential growth during a recent...
Thyroid gene variation may increase risk for Alzheimer’s disease in African Americans
African Americans with a common genetic variation are at increased risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, while European Americans with the...
Childhood trauma link offers treatment hope for people with schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia may now benefit from more effective, tailored treatments and greater self-empowerment, thanks to research establishing a link...
More deaths, strokes seen with perioperative beta blocker one year after surgery
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- During the 12 months after undergoing noncardiac surgery, patients with or at risk for heart...
Blood thinner significantly reduces the risk of death after non-cardiac surgery
Hamilton, ON - Researchers in Hamilton have discovered that a blood-thinning drug, dabigatran, significantly reduces the risk of death, heart...
SLU researchers discover structure of protein associated with inflammation, Parkinson’s
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti. ST. LOUIS -- In a recent paper published in Nature Communications, Saint Louis...
Socioeconomic status may affect survival of patients with anal cancer
In a study of patients with anal cancer, living in low median household income areas was linked with an increased...
Near infrared chemical imaging can help maintain the safety of pharmaceutical tablets
Credit: Credit: Himmat Dalvi, Clémence Fauteux-Lefebvre, Jean-Maxime Guay, Nicolas Abatzoglou and Ryan Gosselin Process Analytical Technology (PAT) has been of...
Study yields more than a million new cyclic compounds, some with pharmaceutical potential
Credit: Photo by Don Hamerman CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers say they can now produce a vast library of unique cyclic...
Gerontologists tackle social isolation, increasingly a public health concern
Social connectivity and meaningful social engagement must be promoted as integral components of healthy aging, according to a new collection...
Scientists use nanotechnology to detect molecular biomarker for osteoarthritis
Credit: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center Photography WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - March 12, 2018 - For the first time, scientists at...
Trial for gout drug meets primary endpoint, raises safety
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- Febuxostat, a gout drug that has been in use for nearly a decade, was found...
Oncotarget To be indexed in highly esteemed meta database
Oncotarget announced that its peer-reviewed research publications will be indexed in Meta, a world-renowned database of scientific literature, alongside other...
National Academies review of the draft Fourth National Climate Assessment
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) asked the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to review...
Study finds early signatures of the social brain
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Humans use an ability known as theory of mind every time they make inferences about someone else's...
Canakinumab doesn’t prevent prediabetes from progressing to diabetes
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- The anti-inflammatory drug canakinumab had no effect on rates of newly diagnosed diabetes in people...
