Health
Comparing algorithms that search for cancer mutations
Credit: Bil Zelman Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) has undertaken the first-ever comparative analysis of a newly emerging...
Earlier blood testing for iron deficiency, anemia recommended for young women
Physicians should consider blood testing of female adolescents for iron deficiency within a few years of starting menses, according to...
UNIST reveals the whole genome sequences of rare red bat
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with the Korean Genomics Industrialization and Commercialization Center (KOGIC) at South Korea's Ulsan National...
Does Medicare/Medicaid incentive payment affect home hospice care in last week of life?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 17, 2017--A new study has shown that the new Service...
NIH scientists find rare disease clues in cell’s recycling system
Scientists have demonstrated how an investigational drug works against a rare, fatal genetic disease, Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1). They found...
CNIC scientists find the key to improved cancer immunotherapy
Credit: CNIC Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (F.S.P.) have investigated how different subtypes of essential...
A new era in the interpretation of human genomic variation
In a commentary published today in Genetics in Medicine, Heidi Rehm, PhD, highlights the pressing need for standardized human genomic...
Nipple-sparing mastectomy has low rate of breast cancer recurrence
CHICAGO (July 17, 2017): Women with breast cancer who undergo nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) have a low rate of the cancer...
New study of brain circuits finds key links to symptoms of depression
University of California San Diego scientists have linked specific wiring in the brain to distinct behavioral symptoms of depression. In...
Golden earns GSA’s 2017 Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Productive Aging
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
New tools help surgeons find liver tumors, not nick blood vessels
Credit: Vanderbilt University The liver is a particularly squishy, slippery organ, prone to shifting both deadly tumors and life-preserving blood...
Epilepsy biomarkers pave way for noninvasive diagnosis, better treatments
Credit: Jenny Fontaine, UIC Researchers have identified a unique metabolic signature associated with epileptic brain tissue that causes seizures. The...
Screening those at risk of psychosis may help prevent violence, reduce stigma
A new study of young persons at clinical high-risk of developing psychosis has identified measures of violence potential that may...
Dong earns GSA’s 2017 M. Powell Lawton Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
How dolphins inspired a potentially life-saving method for treating trauma victims
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A physiological process used commonly by mammals like seals and dolphins...
UTA mechanical engineer publishes findings that show blasts cause cavitation in the brain
Credit: UT Arlington Ashfaq Adnan, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington, and his...
Kim earns GSA’s 2017 Baltes Foundation Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has...
Media registration open for TCT 2017
WHAT: Media registration is open online for TCT 2017 (Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics), the annual Scientific Symposium of the Cardiovascular Research...
The glass transition caught in the act
Credit: Ken Kelton We learn in school that matter comes in three states: solid, liquid and gas. A bored and...
Bac-for good: Bacteria passed between generations benefits you more than others
Credit: Photo credit: C. Frazee, and contributed by M. McFall-Ngai Bacteria passed straight to children have more healthcare benefits than...
