Health
Looking deeper into brain function
Credit: Copyright: Forschungszentrum Jülich To uncover connections between brain regions and specific cognitive functions, neuroscientists have long made extensive use...
Study tracks impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome on state Medicaid programs
In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before...
Scientists launch global effort to model pancreatic beta cell, solve diabetes
Credit: Yekaterina Kadyshevskaya, Bridge Institute at the USC Michelson Center for Convergent Bioscience USC researchers have launched a massive scientific...
How did the guppy cross the ocean?: An unexpected fish appears on a volcanic archipelago
Credit: Marcelo Brito While people tend to describe tropical oceanic islands as 'paradises on Earth' and associate them with calm...
Metabolic profiling may determine aggressiveness, prognosis of prostate cancer
A new approach to analyzing prostate gland tissue may help address a major challenge in treating prostate cancer - determining...
Ultrathin endoscope captures neurons firing deep in the brain
Credit: Shay Ohayon, Massachusetts Institute of Technology WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed an endoscope as thin as a human hair...
Novel blueprint for faster implementation of more evidence-based healthcare solutions
Credit: Indiana University Center for Health Innovation and Implementation Science INDIANAPOLIS -- Scientist-clinicians from the Indiana University Center for Health...
Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA) increased caloric intake in Canada
Credit: American Journal of Preventive Medicine Ann Arbor, March 26, 2018 - A new study published in the American Journal...
Patients to skip the lab, get immediate results with new blood test technology
Credit: Arsenii Zhdanov TAMPA, Fla. (March 26, 2018)- The often costly, time consuming process of obtaining bloodwork and urinalysis could...
Study tracks impact of neonatal abstinence syndrome on state Medicaid programs?
In the United States, one infant is born every 15 minutes with withdrawal symptoms after being exposed to opioids before...
Cell-penetrating ‘nanodrills’ show promise for intracellular drug delivery
PORTLAND, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University and Oregon Health & Science University have created new nanomaterials able to...
Half of vision impairment in first world is preventable
Around half of vision impairment in Western Europe is preventable, according to a new study published in the British Journal...
Analysis of the 9p21.3 sequence associated with coronary artery disease
Credit: Natalay Kouprina, email: [email protected] Before a conclusive link between the SDs and the cardiovascular diseases can be made, further...
Cancer patients’ pain eased by simple bedside chart, study shows
Cancer patients' pain eased by simple bedside chart, study shows Patients with cancer could benefit from a simple bedside system...
Obesity is shifting cancer to young adults
A Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine researcher has compiled evidence from more than 100 publications to show how...
Carbohydrate biomarker improves screening for breast cancer patients
Credit: Bernie Poitras, Canadian Glycomics Network (GlycoNet) People diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer have a five-year survival rate of more...
Study: More people rely on government catastrophic drug plans
TORONTO, March 26, 2018-- Government spending for the catastrophic drug program in Ontario rose 700 per cent between 2000 and...
3-D Printed robot prosthetic limb for amputees created by students
Credit: Alex Agboola-Dobson and his team- - lead electrical engineer Sebastian Preston-Jensen, lead software engineer Panagiotis Papathanasiou and mechanical and...
Infection prevention and control programs are essential to antibiotic stewardship efforts
Arlington, Va., March 26, 2018 -- Infection prevention and control (IPC) and antibiotic stewardship (AS) programs are inextricably linked, according...
Machine learning model provides rapid prediction of C. difficile infection risk
Every year nearly 30,000 Americans die from an aggressive, gut-infecting bacteria called Clostridium difficile (C. difficile), which is resistant to...
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