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Living too far from advanced cardiac care decreases your odds of survival
Credit: Canadian Journal of Cardiology Philadelphia, January 31, 2018 – A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology...
NIH launches large study of pregnant women in areas affected by Zika…
The National Institutes of Health and Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz-Fiocruz (Fiocruz), a national scientific research organization linked to the Brazilian Ministry...
A ‘CRISPR’ view of Sturge-Weber syndrome is coming into focus
Credit: Bischoff lab/Boston Children's Hospital Three-dimensional modeling and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology are giving scientists a new view into Sturge-Weber...
Worried about holiday weight gain? your scale isn’t giving you the whole picture
Credit: Ben-Gurion U. BEER-SHEVA, Israel…November 27 – A new, long-term diet study published in the high impact American Heart Association...
Aorta more rigid in African-Americans, may explain rates of…
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Nov. 9, 2016 – African-Americans have more rigidity of the aorta, the major...
Novel type of cell death in Huntington’s disease may lead to effective new therapies
Credit: Department of Neuropathology,Medical Research Institute Researchers centered at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify novel type of cell...
“Lost” memories can be found
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Folding of the cerebral cortex — identification of important…
Credit: Kanazawa University The human brain is highly developed with higher functions compared to other animals, thanks to which humans...
NEJM case reports show promise of cancer immunotherapy to treat rare…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Three case reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate the promise...
New test may improve diagnosis and treatment of pancreactic cancers
By collecting samples from the portal vein–which carries blood from the gastrointestinal tract, including from the pancreas, to the liver–physicians...
Dr. Dobryakova of Kessler Foundation researches effect of feedback on…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 18, 2018 – Ekaterina Dobryakova, PhD, research scientist in Traumatic Brain Injury...
Chemo brain starts during cancer’s progression, not just after chemotherapy
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences The memory and thinking problems experienced by cancer survivors, known as "chemo brain" or...
UTA researcher’s book looks at quality-of-life concerns associated with urban sprawl
Credit: UT Arlington A new book, co-authored by a UTA researcher, empirically shows how badly sprawl affects health and other...
Trawl of Red Sea surface waters finds little plastic
Credit: © 2017 Cecilia Martin Researchers are mapping global patterns of marine plastic pollution as alarm grows over floating rubbish....
Analog series-based scaffolds: a new definition that may aid medicinal…
Credit: Future Science Group While the Bemis-Murcko approach to scaffold analysis has remained the go-to definition for computational medicinal chemistry...
Bariatric surgery impacts joint replacement outcomes in very obese patients
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study from Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that in morbidly obese patients, bariatric...
Improving cervical cancer screening rates for transgender men
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 6, 2017– A new study indicates that alternative options for...
Study: Ketamine doesn’t affect delirium or pain after surgery
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Ketamine was first introduced into clinical practice by investigators at the University of...
UT Southwestern scientists invent new way to see proteins in motion
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS, Dec. 15, 2016 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers developed a new imaging technique that makes...
Sex education doesn’t reflect real-life realities of lesbian and…
Credit: University of British Columbia Most lesbian and bisexual girls don't know they can get sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from...
