Health
Nanomedicine: Drugs can be made ‘smarter’
A new method has been developed to make drugs 'smarter' using nanotechnology so they will be more effective at reaching...
Bill Gates to keynote ‘Epidemics Going Viral’ program hosted by MMS and NEJM
Bill Gates, Co-Chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, will deliver the 128th annual Shattuck Lecture at "Epidemics Going...
Dementia trend shows later onset with fewer years of the disease
Credit: UT Health San Antonio SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The diagnosis is one that a family never wants to hear:...
Glowing contact lens could prevent a leading cause of blindness
Credit: Caltech Hundreds of millions of people suffer from diabetes worldwide, putting them at risk for a creeping blindness, or...
People with false-positive cancer screening results may be more likely to receive future screening
An analysis of electronic medical records indicates that patients who previously had a false-positive breast or prostate cancer screening test...
Saving a penalty: How science helps predict the score
Have you ever wondered how top goal keepers such as Manuel Neuer or Gianluigi Buffon decide which corner to dive...
Johns Hopkins performs first total penis and scrotum transplant in the world
Credit: Devon Stuart for Johns Hopkins Medicine Many soldiers returning from combat bear visible scars, or even lost limbs, caused...
Upswings in older-age cognitive ability may not be universal
A growing body of evidence indicates that rates of dementia may be declining, in part because older adults' cognitive abilities,...
How your brain learns to expect mud puddles in the park (and other things)
Updated expectations are vital for making decisions Your midbrain encodes the expectation error and relays it to the frontal lobe...
Myonexus Therapeutics receives FDA orphan drug designation for LGMD type 2E treatment
Credit: None (COLUMBUS, OH-- April 23, 2018 10:00 am EDT) Myonexus Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing first ever...
BU medical student receives student fellowship from Alpha Omega Alpha
(Boston)--Melissa Chua, a fourth-year medical student at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA)...
Sense of control and meaning helps protect women from anxiety
People who feel in control of their lives and who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to...
Hacking human ‘drug trafficking’ network could make diabetes treatments more effective
Credit: Imperial College London Making tiny changes to existing diabetes treatments can alter how they interact with cells, and potentially...
Measles vaccination gaps in teenagers and young adults highlighted in ECDC’s report
ECDC data show that up to 80% of teenagers and young adults who contracted measles in 2017 had not been...
New cell therapy aids heart recovery — without implanting cells
Credit: Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic/Columbia Engineering New York, NY -- April 23, 2018 -- Heart disease is a major global health problem--myocardial...
Prolonged acetaminophen use during pregnancy linked to increased ASD and ADHD risk
A study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on the possible relationship between prolonged use of acetaminophen...
Antibiotic resistance can be caused by small amounts of antibiotics
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a global and growing problem in health care. To be able to prevent further development of resistance...
Study reveals large differences in drug prescriptions for newborns between NICUs
Little is known concerning how extensively drugs are prescribed to newborns in different neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). A new...
Study highlights need for strength training in older women to ward off effects of aging
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Regular physical activity may help older women increase their mobility, but muscle strength...
Doctors prescribe opioids at high rates to those at increased overdose risk
The number of first-time prescriptions for opioid drugs has not risen since about 2010, according to UCLA researchers. However, patients...
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