Health
Pain reliever may help relieve the vision damage of glaucoma
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (May 1, 2017) – The tip of our optic nerve is typically the first place...
Study warns of pumpkin-colored zombies
Credit: Copyright D. Johnson/VIMS. Just in time for Halloween, a new study reveals that pumpkin-colored zombies may be running rampant...
New autoimmune disease triggered by thymomas
Credit: Kobe University A Japanese research group has discovered that a newly-identified autoimmune endocrine disease that leads to hypopituitarism is...
The way breast cancer genes act could predict your treatment
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University breast cancer researcher has shown that...
Investigational immunotherapeutic increased bladder cancer survival
Background: Noguchi explained that immunotherapy has emerged recently as a viable and attractive strategy for the treatment of advanced cancer....
Medical professors question ‘residency placement fever’
Credit: Brown University For people with a greater than 50 percent chance of landing their top job choice and a...
Mount Sinai Heart director discusses population health promotion and a stratified approach…
Valentin Fuster, MD, PhD, Director of Mount Sinai Heart and Physician-in-Chief of The Mount Sinai Hospital joined a panel of...
Mothers often distracted during breast and bottle feeding
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 6, 2017 – As innovation expands the accessibility of technology,...
Yoga and meditation improve mind-body health and stress resilience
Many people report positive health effects from practicing yoga and meditation, and experience both mental and physical benefits from these...
Light exposure in the evening improves performance in the final spurt
Credit: University of Basel, Department of Sport, Exercise and Health Athletes often have to compete late in the evening, when...
How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that give cancer cells the ability to survive and grow opens the...
Study finds stark increase in opioid-related admissions, deaths in…
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Since 2009, hospital intensive care units have witnessed a stark increase in...
$1.7M grant to UNC School of Medicine to fund program streamlining Afib care &…
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sept. 29, 2017 – UNC School of Medicine cardiologist Anil Gehi,...
IU study finds fly growth mimics cancer cells, creating new tool in…
Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Scientists who study a molecule known to play a role in certain types of...
Is laughter the greatest medicine for cancer patients?
Credit: Lancaster University Analysis led by Lancaster University researchers suggests that spontaneous humour is used and appreciated by people with...
Altering Huntington’s patients’ skin cells into brain…
Credit: Matheus Victor Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have transformed skin cells from patients with...
FDA clears heart disease trial at Boston Children’s Hospital…
BOSTON, NEW YORK, and MELBOURNE, Australia, April 03, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Boston Children's Hospital, the pediatric teaching hospital of...
How dolphins inspired a potentially life-saving method for treating…
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — A physiological process used commonly by mammals like seals and dolphins...
Testing stem cells as possible treatment for heart failure
Credit: Sarah Pack Stem cells are being tested at the Medical University of South Carolina as a possible treatment for...
Highly prevalent gene variants in minority populations cause kidney disease
Credit: Katalin Susztak, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – African Americans have a heightened risk of developing...
