Health

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease recently awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department...

Real or virtual: Dartmouth scientists ask — can we tell the difference?

HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth College-led study shows that people find it increasingly difficult to distinguish between computer-generated images and...

New patent paves way for breast cancer prevention

George Mason University researchers have patented a new breast cancer treatment that uses a common malaria drug to stop cancer...

$1.7M grant to UNC School of Medicine to fund program streamlining…

Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sept. 29, 2017 – UNC School of Medicine cardiologist Anil Gehi,...

Physicians analyze food trends and publish dietary prescription for optimal heart health

Credit: Freeman, A.M. et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(9):1172-87. WASHINGTON — Nutrition researcher Neal Barnard, M.D., F.A.C.C., president and...

Regenstrief study to determine whether health information exchange improves emergency care

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Are patients less likely to be hospitalized if emergency departments have access to their complete...

Scientists discover an unexpected influence on dividing stem…

Credit: Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University/Science When most cells divide, they simply make more...

Second cause of hidden hearing loss identified

Credit: Michigan Medicine Patients who complain they can't hear their friends at a noisy restaurant, but pass a hearing test...

Comparing chemical and surgical castration for prostate cancer

Surgical castration to remove the testicles (orchiectomy) of men with metastatic prostate cancer was associated with lower risks for adverse...

Donor microbes persist 2 years after fecal transplant to treat C.…

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...

Group Health’s lifesaving approach to screening for colon cancer steps forward

SEATTLE–Mailing yearly stool kits–an alternative to the often-dreaded colonoscopy–has helped Group Health to boost rates of lifesaving screening for colon...

Researcher uncovers the secret history of self-harm

Credit: National Library of Medicine Dr Chaney, a historian of human emotion, said: "It was in the late Victorian era...

Mouse studies offer new insights about cocaine’s effect on the…

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University/PNAS Cocaine is one of the most addictive substances known...

A ‘RISPR’ 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...

Immunity genes could protect some from E. coli while others fall ill

IMAGE: Ephraim Tsalik, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor of medicine at Duke Health Credit: Duke Photography DURHAM, N.C. —...

Creating safer polio vaccine strains for the post-eradication era

IMAGE: Funerary stele of the priest Rom(a) about 1400BC shows the withered limb and down-flexed foot of poliomyelitis. This artifact...

Researchers developed nanoparticle based contrast agent for dual modal…

Credit: NANO Journal Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as...

Male escorts for women, couples demand grows: Global survey

Credit: QUT A quarter of Australia’s 516 male escorts cater to women and couples, a global survey of the 61...

WFIRM dcientists study space radiation health effects to keep astronauts safe

Credit: WFIRM The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) has been selected by NASA to lead a multi-institutional project...

Toxic chemicals in salons, lack of education lead to adverse health…