Health
Age and obesity conspire to damage the tiny blood vessels that feed the heart, causing heart failure
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 10, 2017) - Age and obesity appear to create a perfect storm that can...
Stem cell-based therapy for targeting skin-to-brain cancer
Investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute have a potential solution for how to...
Chlamydia screening drops after change in cervical cancer screening guideline
A 2012 cervical cancer screening guideline change is associated with reduced testing for cervical cancer and chlamydia and reduced identification...
Survey reveals widespread bias in astronomy and planetary science
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In an online survey about their workplace experiences, 88 percent of...
Single protein controls genetic network essential for sperm development
Bottom Line: Scientists have found a single protein--Ptbp2--controls a network of over 200 genes central to how developing sperm move...
Who should treat patients with opioid use disorder?
In a Point/Counterpoint, two doctors debate whether or not family physicians should provide medication-assisted treatment to their patients with opioid...
Dr. John Buster inducted into ACOG Hall of Fame
Credit: Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island John E. Buster, MD, of Providence, a reproductive endocrinologist with Women &...
DxNA LLC announces 510(K) submission of GeneSTAT analyzer and GeneSTAT coccidioides assay
St. George, Utah -- July 10, 2017 -- DxNA LLC, a molecular diagnostics company, today announced the 510(k) submission to...
Doctor cautions against denial of the opioid epidemic
When a family physician moved to a new rural community, she was unprepared for the constant flow of patients seeking...
Wyss Center joins $19M project to engineer brain-computer interface network
The Wyss Center in Geneva is set to work with Brown University on a US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...
Training/support have ongoing impact on delivery of alcohol intervention
In primary care settings, training and support of clinicians has a lasting effect on the proportion of adult patients given...
Buprenorphine: Being out of treatment increases risk of death nearly 30-fold
Buprenorphine reduces mortality for those with opioid use disorder, but periods off treatment are associated with much higher mortality rates....
New research offers hope to neuro-tumor patients
Credit: University of Plymouth New research published today, 10th July 2017, online in the journal Oncogene could offer hope to...
New force measurement platform provides window to study cardiovascular disease
Credit: Credit: Abinash Padhi, STEP Lab, Virginia Tech Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United...
Study reveals new insights into rare chronic pain condition
People suffering from chronic pain often find their condition distracting and debilitating, but new research reveals that some might in...
Purpose in life by day linked to better sleep at night
Cultivating purpose in life could be drug-free strategy to improve sleep Findings similar in whites and African Americans Older adults...
High-speed whole-brain imaging improves understanding of brain disease
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - To fully understand brain function and dysfunction, it is important to be able to...
Sustainable amine production through hydrogenation of amides under mild conditions
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan--Amines are vital in nature; for example, amino acids -- the building blocks of proteins and...
Blood vessels are not designed to fight infection
Credit: Osaka University Most infections enter the body through organs that are in constant contact with the outside environment, such...
Detailed structure of the sweat gland revealed
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan - The basic structure of human sweat glands consists of a coiled secretory region deep...
