Health
Casualty care guidelines developed by the military are directly transferable to improve the practice of wilderness medicine
Credit: Wilderness & Environmental Medicine Philadelphia, PA, June 15, 2017 - After nearly 14 years of continuous combat operations, there...
FDA rule improves labeling of medications used during pregnancy and lactation
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 15, 2017--The new U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) Pregnancy...
Transgender actors effective in teaching new doctors to provide respectful care
Credit: Photo Credit: Andrew Neary, NYU Langone By acting out scenarios commonly seen in the clinic, real-life transgender actors can...
Knowing HIV levels are ‘undetectable’ may affect sexual behavior
June 15, 2017 - Understanding and responding to behavioral trends in groups that are at high risk for HIV infection...
Dr. Denise Fyffe of Kessler Foundation awarded major grant by Craig H. Neilsen Foundation
Credit: Kessler Foundation Denise Fyffe, PhD, senior research scientist in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)/Outcomes and Assessment Research at Kessler Foundation,...
Tumor PD-L2 expression may predict patient response to anti-PD-1 immunotherapy
Bottom Line: PD-L2 protein expression in human tumors was associated with clinical response to pembrolizumab (Keytruda), an anti-PD-1 immunotherapy, independent...
Cardiac stem cells from heart disease patients may be harmful
Patients with severe and end-stage heart failure have few treatment options available to them apart from transplants and "miraculous" stem...
Boston University awarded Macy grant to improve refugee health
Boston -- Given the unprecedented refugee crisis and the current political and social climate today's immigrant's face, training the next...
Sex-specific cardiovascular drug dosages needed to reduce adverse reactions in women
Sophia Antipolis, 15 June 2017: Sex-specific cardiovascular drug dosages are needed to reduce adverse reactions in women, according to a...
Burroughs Wellcome Fund awards $1.9 Million in grants to three Penn researchers
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The Burroughs Wellcome Fund has named Penn Medicine dermatology expert Elizabeth A. Grice, PhD, as...
Biomedical engineering professor Barclay Morrison awarded $2 million grant to study concussion
Barclay Morrison, professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won a $2 million five-year grant from the Paul G....
Researchers call for better quality and consistency of electronic health record studies
We need improved quality of recording asthma diagnosis and events if the UK is to effectively use the very considerable...
High prevalence of CRE in Washington, D.C. healthcare facilities
NEW YORK (June 15, 2017) - Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), a family of highly pathogenic antibiotic-resistant organisms, are endemic across Washington,...
19-year-olds as sedentary as 60-year-olds, study suggests
Physical activity among children and teens is lower than previously thought, and, in another surprise finding, young adults after the...
New flu test: One drop of blood could save your life
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research Australian researchers have developed a world first test to identify which influenza patients will...
Inhibitor drug improves overall survival in older radioiodine resistant thyroid cancer
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The drug lenvatinib can significantly improve overall survival rates in a group of thyroid cancer...
Investigation tests drug to activate immune system, help fight cancer
Credit: BioServe Space Technologies On Earth, research into antibody-drug conjugates to treat cancer has been around a while. The research...
New magnet technology creates easy blood access for hemodialysis patients
(Wednesday, June 14, 2017 -- Toronto) A new, minimally invasive system which uses radiofrequency energy instead of open surgery to...
Massey scientists may have found a new way to halt lung cancer growth
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center The gene p53 functions normally as a cancer suppressor, but mutated versions of the gene...
Hackensack Meridian Health becomes charter member of NJII Ideation Program for Healthcare
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) corporation, announces that Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's...
