Health
Childhood friendships may have some health benefits in adulthood
Time spent with friends in childhood is associated with physical health in adulthood, according to data from a multi-decade study...
Dr. Bruce Leff, expert in home care as we age, to deliver #AGS18 Henderson Lecture
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today announced that Bruce Leff, MD, AGSF, a Professor...
Surgeons transform static ‘Mona Lisa’ smiles to joyous ones
Credit: Kofi Bohene By modifying a muscle transplant operation, Johns Hopkins surgeons report they are able to restore authentic facial...
Malaria Cell Atlas launched: Parasite development mapped in unprecedented detail
New single-cell technology has allowed scientists to study malaria parasites at the highest resolution to date. By investigating the genes...
New ‘nanotweezers’ open door to innovations in medicine, mobile tech
Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin It's difficult to conceptualize a world where humans could...
3-DIY: Printing your own bioprinter
Credit: Adam Feinberg/HardwareX Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a low-cost 3-D bioprinter by modifying a standard desktop 3-D...
Newfound ‘organ’ had been missed by standard method for visualizing anatomy
Credit: Illustration by Jill Gregory. Printed with permission from Mount Sinai Health System, licensed under CC-BY-ND. Researchers have identified a...
Kent physiotherapist contributes to guidelines for knee cartilage treatment
Produced by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and featuring a contribution from Dr Karen Hambly, a chartered physiotherapist and...
Narcissists don’t hunt for partners who are already taken — but it doesn’t stop them
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Narcissists aren't necessarily on the hunt for partners who are already in a relationship - but that...
Johns Hopkins investigators unravel biological roots of pulmonary hypertension
Working with cells that line the innermost layer of the blood vessels, Johns Hopkins investigators say they have made a...
Screening high-risk individuals can reduce multiple myeloma mortality
TAMPA, Fla. - Multiple myeloma is a rare incurable disease that is diagnosed in more than 30,000 people each year...
Heather Whitson, leader in multimorbidity care, to deliver #AGS18 Yoshikawa Lecture
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AGS Health in Aging Foundation today announced...
Founders of Global Burden of Disease study receive award for research excellence
TORONTO - The co-founders of the groundbreaking Global Burden of Disease study (GBD), Professors Christopher Murray and Alan Lopez, have...
New RiR awards to build connections and support knowledge exchange
A new pilot initiative intended to improve knowledge sharing between research universities and the Catapults was announced today by the...
AGS honors Drs. John Burton, George Drach for decades pioneering geriatrics
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) will this May honor two of the field's most...
New microsensor enables kidney dialysis to be customized
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology. Researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a microsensor that makes it possible to...
Honeybees may unlock the secrets of how the human brain works
Sheffield academics have discovered honeybee colonies adhere to the same laws as the brain when making collective decisions Parallels between...
At #AGS18, Drs. William Applegate, Thomas Edes honored for geriatrics leadership
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) will this year honor not one but two pioneers...
DNDi, GSK, and University of Dundee to identify drug candidates to treat leishmaniasis and Chagas
Geneva / Brentford / Dundee - 27 March 2018 - The not-for-profit research and development organization Drugs for Neglected Diseases...
CMU neuroscience and engineering team receives Chuck Noll Foundation Grant
The Chuck Noll Foundation for Brain Injury Research has awarded a Carnegie Mellon University team a $130,000, three-year grant to...
