Health
Radiation therapy vital to treating brain tumors, but it exacts a toll
Radiation therapy (RT) using high-energy particles, like x-rays or electron beams, is a common and critical component in successfully treating...
UNIST engineers robotic device helping stroke survivors recover
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a new robotic tool for assessments of muscle overactivity and...
New study design holds promise for drug safety research
Philadelphia - As the pace of drug approvals accelerates and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) faces potential budget...
Culprit hidden in plain sight in Alzheimer disease development
Credit: Dr. Lilian Calderone Missoula, MT, June 8, 2017 -- A new study by researchers at the University of Montana,...
Heroin’s use rising, costing society more than $51 billion
Heroin use in the United States was estimated to cost society more than $51 billion in 2015, according to new...
Revolutionary U of A biopsy-reading invention reaches the masses
Credit: University of Alberta A groundbreaking University of Alberta invention that will impact transplant patients' outcomes--and possibly cancer outcomes in...
IDEAS study spurs related research to impact dementia care
Washington, DC and Chicago, June 8, 2017 -- The milestone Imaging Dementia - Evidence for Amyloid Scanning (IDEAS) Study is...
Study reveals sweetened drinks during pregnancy puts infants at higher risk for obesity
A recent Danish study of children born to women with gestational diabetes, found that maternal daily consumption of artificially-sweetened beverages...
Why the marijuana and tobacco policy camps are on very different paths
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. - The regulatory approaches to marijuana and tobacco in the United States are on...
Self-learning robot hands
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University The system was developed as part of the large-scale research project Famula at Bielefeld University's Cluster...
World’s first success in asymmetric borylation of ketones
Credit: Ito H., et al., Angewandte Chemie International Edition, May 3, 2017. A team of Hokkaido University researchers has developed...
Study finds delayed food introduction increases risk of sensitization
Hamilton, ON, June 8, 2017 -- Delaying the introduction of potentially allergenic foods until after a baby's first year may...
Distinct wiring mode found in chandelier cells
Credit: (c) Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience A basic tenet of neural development is that young neurons make far...
New cellular imaging paves way for cancer treatment
Researchers at the Universities of York and Leiden have pioneered a technique which uses florescent imaging to track the actions...
Nepal: 15 years after legalizing abortions, gaps in access, equity, quality continue to exist
(Boston)--Nepal is often heralded as a model of successful implementation and rapid scale-up of safe abortion services. Yet despite the...
Kamran Mirza, M.D., Ph.D., named to American Society for Clinical Pathology’s ’40 Under 40′
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine pathologist Kamran Mirza, MD, PhD, FASCP, has been named to the American...
Wayne State receives $3.05 million NIH award to improve diabetes care in youth
DETROIT - A Wayne State University research team will embark on a five-year, multicenter trial focused on helping parents engage...
Study of sisters helps explain dad’s influence on risky sexual behavior
What is it about a father that affects his teenage daughter's likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behavior? Researchers have...
Making vessels leaky on demand could aid drug delivery
Credit: Laboratory of Biomolecular Engineering and Nanomedicine/Rice University HOUSTON - (May 8, 2017) - The endothelial cells that line blood...
Inherited, rare skin disease informs treatment of common hair disorders, Penn study finds
Credit: Michael Passanante and Mingang Xu, PhD PHILADELPHIA - It is almost axiomatic in medicine that the study of rare...
