Health
UMass Amherst Environmental Health researcher honored for…
Credit: courtesy Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. – The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy...
Predicting cancer’s growth from few clues
DURHAM, N.C. — Mathematicians at Duke University are developing ways to help doctors predict how different cancers are likely to...
Most cases of brain-damaged newborns not due to mismanaged deliveries
IMAGE: Jonathan Muraskas, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center led a study that found that most cases of brain-damaged newborns...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia scientists
The research group led by Miguel Soares at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC; Portugal) was specifically selected by The Bill...
Postoperative wound monitoring app can reduce readmissions and improve…
Credit: Journal of the American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (Jan. 19, 2017): A new smartphone app called WoundCare is successfully...
New approach to studying chromosomes’ centers may reveal link to Down syndrome and more
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some scientists call it the "final frontier" of our DNA — even...
‘Jumping genes’ may set the stage for brain cell death in…
Credit: Photo by Duke Photo. DURHAM, N.C. — The latest round of failed drug trials for Alzheimer's has researchers questioning...
Portland State virus study receives major NASA grant
Credit: Portland State University (Portland, Ore.) — Portland State biologist Ken Stedman has received a $540,000 grant from NASA to...
Football is medicine for women with high blood pressure
Credit: Mia Kjaergaard, DBU The Danish concept Football Fitness has proved to be just as effective as tablets for countering...
Phase 2 CAR-T study reports significant remission rates at 15-month…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study involving the recently approved CD19-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy shows...
Researchers find shifting relationship between flexibility, modularity…
Credit: Rice University A new study by Rice University researchers takes a step toward what they see as key to...
Study suggests more effective speech therapy approach for children with Down syndrome
IMAGE: Shelley Velleman, chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, lectures to students in her anatomy and physiology...
Enhanced evolution: Scientists find genetic swap changes physical…
Credit: National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America The difference between webbed toes and distinct digits may...
nTIDE November 2017 Jobs Report: Ongoing job gains bode well for Americans with…
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – December 8, 2017. The job outlook remained positive for Americans with disabilities, with...
These maps reveal where rats, monkeys, and other mammals may pass diseases on to humans
Credit: Drew Kramer The majority of infectious diseases currently emerging as human epidemics originated in mammals. Yet we still know...
Toxic ‘marine snow’ can sink quickly, persist at ocean…
Credit: Astrid Schnetzer In a new study, researchers from North Carolina State University found that a specific neurotoxin can persist...
New tool from IU and Regenstrief measures communication experiences of…
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — More than 13 million older adults are admitted to hospitals annually...
Study: Process used to select lung transplant patients may need to be changed
Credit: University of Maryland School of Medicine Baltimore, Md., Nov. 14, 2017 – With a limited number of lungs available,...
Scientists build a better cancer drug to pass through blood-brain barrier
Credit: N/A In efforts to develop new treatments for brain cancer, scientists from Johns Hopkins Drug Discovery and the Kimmel...
The consumption of legumes is associated with a lower risk of diabetes
Credit: CSIRO Legumes are a food group rich in B vitamins, contain different beneficial minerals (calcium, potassium and magnesium) and...