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Night owls have higher risk of dying sooner
First study to show 'owls' have higher risk of mortality Switch to daylight savings time is much harder for them...
Screening for hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C-related cirrhosis achieving sustained virological response is likely to be cost effective
12 April 2018, Paris, France: Surveillance for hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) by ultrasound is likely to be cost effective in patients...
Most widely prescribed diabetes drug improves nicotine withdrawal symptoms in animal model
Credit: Julie Blendy, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; PNAS PHILADELPHIA - Metformin, the most widely used medication...
Researchers optimize lung stem cell engineering process
Boston - The Center for Regenerative Medicine (CReM) at Boston University and Boston Medical Center has engineered two new categories...
Novel combination therapy effective for NRAS mutant and therapy resistant melanoma
PHILADELPHIA - (April 12, 2018) - Wistar researchers have identified a novel therapeutic vulnerability in NRAS mutant melanoma and an...
Scotland: Direct-acting antiviral agent therapy reduces the burden of HCV-related decompensated cirrhosis
12 April 2018, Paris, France: Two presentations given this week at The International Liver Congress™ 2018 in Paris, France illustrate...
ACR responds to HHS benefit and payment parameters final rule
Washington, D.C. - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today expressed concern that the 2019 Benefit and Payment Parameters final...
UMass Amherst geoscientist on NASA mission to improve astronaut experience
Credit: Will Daniels AMHERST, Mass. - Geoscientist Will Daniels, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's Climate System...
First real-world studies report glecaprevir/pibrentasvir to be effective and well tolerated in chronic HCV infection
12 April 2018, Paris, France: The results of the first real-world studies assessing the effectiveness and safety of glecaprevir/pibrentasvir (G/P)...
Hepatitis E virus infections can be life threatening and transmitted through blood products
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is once again in the spotlight, with two studies presented...
INRS awarded over $1.57 million in funding for new research facilities
INRS will receive over $1.57 million in funding for four new facilities to produce innovative research and train highly qualified...
Inhibiting metabolism found to be effective in treating aggressive form of lung cancer
FINDINGS Researchers from UCLA and Long Beach Memorial Medical Center have found that two targeted therapies could be more effective...
Foodborne disease outbreaks
Is it possible to prepare for a food crisis? How should the severity of the health risk be estimated? When...
Punjab, India: Mass treatment of a population with chronic hepatitis C infection produces high rates of cure
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A large-scale study evaluating the feasibility of decentralized care and the provision of free direct-acting...
Duel of the inflammatory master regulators: Insights for drug discovery
Credit: from Hudson et al Nature Communications 2018 Anti-inflammatory drugs such as dexamethasone can have harmful side effects on the...
A simple tool for doubling down on disease control
Credit: Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON -- It's a simple idea: Pair the control of a neglected tropical disease with...
Grad student wins design contest for health App for those considering elective mastectomy
HFES congratulates Marisa Grayson, a master's student in the Integrated Systems Engineering Department at Ohio State University, on taking first...
Personalized T cell therapy shows signs of clinical effectiveness against HBV-related HCC
April 12, 2018, Paris, France: Multiple adoptive transfers of T cells engineered to carry hepatitis B virus (HBV)-specific T cell...
Russian-born Research Results in Pharmacology moves to high-tech journal platform ARPHA
Credit: Research Results in Pharmacology and ARPHA Since 2015, Belgorod National Research University's forward-thinking open-access and peer-reviewed scholarly journal Research...
UW’s Kristina Olson wins NSF Waterman Award for studies of children’s social development
Credit: Dennis Wise, University of Washington The National Science Foundation today named Kristina Olson, University of Washington associate professor of...
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