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Cleveland Clinic receives NIH grant to establish consortium for dementia with Lewy Bodies
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a $6 million grant to Cleveland Clinic to establish a national research consortium...
Risky bingeing: Women in Appalachian Ohio report higher rates of alcohol misuse
Credit: Michigan Medicine Appalachia -- stretching from the southern tier of New York state to northern Alabama, Mississippi and Georgia...
Leading health organizations announce launch of ATAP
WASHINGTON, DC - Health leaders today announced the launch of the Alliance for Transparent & Affordable Prescriptions (ATAP), a coalition...
New ‘WHO collaborating centre for physical activity and health’
A lack of physical activity increases the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases as well as diabetes and cancer. In...
Research suggests seal oil could help people with Type 1 diabetes
(TORONTO, Canada - June 13, 2017) - A research team at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre in Toronto has published a...
Discovery by NUS researchers improves understanding of cellular aging and cancer development
Credit: National University of Singapore A team of researchers led by Dr Dennis Kappei, a Special Fellow from the Cancer...
HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis patients’ daily life quality
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a...
Detroit research team to expand imaging technology to guide cancer treatment
DETROIT - A team of Wayne State University and Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute researchers recently received funding from the...
UAF research hub seeks to help Alaska communities stop suicides
University of Alaska Fairbanks researchers have received a $4.25 million federal grant to help Alaska Native communities use the most...
Nanoparticles: What is their fate and how do they change?
The purpose of the international research project NANOaers (= Fate of aerosolised nanoparticles: The influence of surface active substances on...
Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child’s socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2017--A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one...
Discovery of human blood cell destinies revises knowledge of immune cell development
Credit: Department of Biodefense Research, Medical Research Institute,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) researchers identify human stem cell descendants destined...
Taking diabetes medications as prescribed, exercising and managing weight
People with diabetes who took their medications at least 80 percent of the time and people who exercised four or...
Battling the terrible toll of depression by ‘rewiring’ the brain
Credit: UCLA Health Americans spend billions of dollars each year on antidepressants, but the National Institutes of Health estimates that...
Study provides further support for genetic factors underlying addictions
(Boston) -- Impairment of a particular gene raises increases susceptibility to opioid addiction liability as well as vulnerability to binge...
Lloyd Paul Aiello receives JDRF Award for Excellence in Type 1 Diabetes Clinical Research
Credit: John Soares Boston - (June 12, 2017) - The JDRF has awarded Lloyd Paul Aiello, M.D., Ph.D., the 2017...
Scientists discover more effective, and potentially safer, crystallized form of DDT
A team of scientists has discovered a new crystal form of DDT that is more effective against insects than the...
Argonne X-rays used to help identify a key Lassa virus structure
Credit: Image courtesy of Scripps Research Institute. Before Ebola virus ever struck West Africa, locals were already on the lookout...
Altered virus may expand patient recruitment in human gene therapy trials
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For many patients, participating in gene therapy clinical trials isn't an option because their immune system recognizes...
UMD bioengineers develop new technologies to drive next-generation therapies for MS
COLLEGE PARK, MD. (June 13, 2017) -- Researchers in the University of Maryland (UMD) Fischell Department of Bioengineering (BIOE) Jewell...
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