Health
Water dynamics indicate tumor status
How aggressive is a tumor? To measure the tumor status without taking tissue samples, Italian researchers have developed a method...
Obesity linked with higher chance of developing rapid, irregular heart rate
HERSHEY, Pa. -- People with obesity are more likely to develop a rapid and irregular heart rate, called atrial fibrillation,...
Direct electrical current used to preferentially inhibit pain-transmitting neurons
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Using computer models and laboratory rats, Johns Hopkins researchers have demonstrated that "direct electrical current" can...
Why is it harder for females to gain weight?
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine For years, scientists have observed that when male and female mice eat the same high-fat...
Project ASSERT honored by the American College of Physicians for bringing comprehensive addiction care
Philadelphia, 2017 - Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Project ASSERT has been awarded the American College of Physicians (ACP) Richard and...
Screen reader plus keyboard helps blind, low-vision users browse modern webpages
Credit: University of Washington Browsing through offerings on Airbnb means clicking on rows of photos to compare options from prospective...
Why don’t kids use their asthma medicines?
In a new analysis of interviews conducted with children who have asthma, their caregivers and their clinicians, Johns Hopkins researchers...
Detailed images of tumor vasculature
The new technology has been developed jointly by teams headed by Prof Dr Georg Schmitz at the Chair for Medical...
UTSA researcher and team launch diabetes support program
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are taking diabetes education to church. Through the Building a...
Researchers identified a protein associated with breast cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - April. 18, 2018 - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a...
Study shows men and women tear ACL the same way in non-contact injury
Credit: Louis DeFrate/Duke University While women are two to four times more likely than men to tear the anterior cruciate...
Similarity between high-risk atherosclerotic plaque and cancer cells discovered
Atherosclerotic plaque builds up gradually in the walls of the body's arteries. Ruptured plaque can trigger clots that cause life-threatening...
Portable device to sniff out trapped humans
The first step after buildings collapse from an earthquake, bombing or other disaster is to rescue people who could be...
Low-cost anti-hookworm drug boosts female farmers’ physical fitness
Credit: Richard Bugiro, Ph.D. Impoverished female farm workers infected with intestinal parasites known as hookworms saw significant improvements in physical...
Improved method of delivering anti-cancer drugs
A new non-toxic method for delivering anti-cancer drugs to specific parts of the human body could mean the end of...
T cell antigen receptors act alone: Longstanding immunological mystery solved
Credit: TU Wien They protect us from the onslaught of bacteria and viruses and also from cancer: T cells are...
Recent executive actions continue to concern AGS regarding care we all need as we age
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society In response to regulatory actions that took aim last week at essential health benefits...
First gene therapy treatment to stave off childhood degenerative brain disease wins national clinical excellence award
Washington, D.C. - April 18, 2018 - The Clinical Research (CR) Forum, a non-profit membership association of top clinical research...
Keeping the excitement under control
Credit: Jean-Sebastian Jouhanneau, MDC James Poulet's lab at the MDC uses advanced techniques to monitor the activity of networks of...
Is risk of suicide attempt among soldiers associated with time before, during or after deployments?
Bottom Line: Early first deployment and a shorter length of time between deployments were associated with a higher risk of...