Health
Supplemental antioxidants may reduce exacerbations in cystic fibrosis
Credit: ATS July 2, 2018--An antioxidant-enriched vitamin may decrease respiratory exacerbations in people with cystic fibrosis (CF), according to new...
Alzheimer’s in mini format: A novel tool to study disease mechanisms and possible remedies
Scientists in Dresden, Germany, have been successful in mimicking mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease in a novel, stem cell-based model system...
Northwestern Memorial Hospital first in Illinois to complete robotic tracheoplasty
A well-known thoracic surgeon successfully completed Northwestern Memorial Hospital's first robotic-assisted minimally invasive tracheoplasty using the da Vinci Xi Surgical...
Partnership problems and not career planning mainly explain why women are freezing their eggs
Barcelona, 2 July 2018: Contrary to common suggestion, women are opting to freeze their eggs not to pursue education or...
Algorithm identifies hypertensive patients who will benefit from intensive treatment
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 2, 2018 - Using data from large clinical trials, UT Southwestern researchers developed a...
New drugs to treat top infectious disease killer a possibility with Otago discovery
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have discovered a novel property of a new anti-tuberculosis drug which may...
$20 blood test could help diagnose hepatitis B patients across Africa
A simple $20 blood test could help diagnose thousands of patients with hepatitis B in need of treatment in some...
Cost-effective universal screening for hepatitis C in France
It is currently recommended in Europe that screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) should target people at high risk of...
Gene discovery unlocks mysteries to our immunity
Credit: CSIRO Australia's national science agency CSIRO has identified a new gene that plays a critical role in regulating the...
An artificial ovary for fertility preservation without the risk of reintroducing malignancy
Important steps in the development of an artificial ovary have been successfully completed by one of the world's leading groups...
Predicting bad side effects
Credit: Tohoku University Hospital Researchers from Japan's Tohoku University and colleagues have found that a simple DNA test can predict...
Does a full hospital mean higher infection risk?
Hospitals today spend a lot of time and effort to protect their patients from developing new infections while they're hospitalized...
Mindfulness is key to tinnitus relief research reveals
New UK research has found that a new mindfulness based approach to tinnitus could transform the treatment of the condition....
New technology enables man to hold his granddaughter again
CLEVELAND, Ohio--In the first known study of how amputees use advanced sensory-enabled prostheses outside the lab, subjects used a mechanical...
First-of-its-kind biofabrication research lab opens at University of Illinois
Credit: Frederick Seitz Materials Research Lab (MRL) Enabled by a generous gift from the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, the...
The hidden complexity underlying a common cause of autism
Credit: Girirajan Laboratory, Penn State Genes located in a large chromosomal aberration associated with autism interact with each other to...
Business accelerator takes aim at US health threats
LOWELL, Mass. - The federal agency tasked with solving critical health threats to Americans has chosen the Massachusetts Medical Device...
ClinGen Panel evaluates validity of genes reported to be associated with Brugada Syndrome
Clinical laboratories often rely on medical articles and public information on gene disease associations in determining the genes to include...
Up to half of childhood cancer survivors will develop hormone disorders
WASHINGTON--The Endocrine Society today issued a Clinical Practice Guideline advising healthcare providers on how to diagnose and treat the endocrine...
Lemurs can smell weakness in each other
Credit: David Haring, Duke Lemur Center. DURHAM, N.C. -- Some people watch the competition carefully for the slightest signs of...
