Health
Does autism begin in the womb?
An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher...
Gary J. Whitman named 122nd President of American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS)
New Orleans, LA | Leesburg, VA | May 1, 2022—Gary J. Whitman, MD of the University of Texas MD Anderson...
ARRS Annual Meeting: COVID-19 Impact on Lung Cancer Screening in the Bronx
New Orleans, LA | Leesburg, VA | May 1, 2022—A Scientific E-Poster presented during the 2022 ARRS Annual Meeting in...
New cardiac defibrillator much safer for patients: Study
Hamilton, ON (April 30, 2022) – High-risk patients who need defibrillators to prevent cardiac arrest can experience fewer complications with...
Breakthrough in treatment for Dupuytren’s disease
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute, University of Oxford, led by Professor Jagdeep Nanchahal have demonstrated the efficacy of the anti-TNF...
‘Eye-catching’ smartphone app could make it easy to screen for neurological disease at home
Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a smartphone app that could allow people to screen for...
Actigraphy shows promise as objective noninvasive measure of sleep-wake regulation in children with brain injury admitted for pediatric rehabilitation
East Hanover, NJ. April 29, 2022. A team of New Jersey researchers conducted a sleep study in inpatients in pediatric...
Study: Unprecedented increase in number of border wall falls and trauma
Since 2019, there has been a five-time increase in the number of high-severity injuries occurring at the U.S.-Mexico border wall...
Genetic links revealed between severe COVID-19 and other diseases
A new analysis of data from the Veterans Affairs Million Veteran Program has uncovered genetic links between COVID-19 severity and...
Viewing a microcosm through a physics lens
“What can physics offer biology?” This was how Alison Patteson, assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences' physics department...
New article outlines the characteristics of a “longevity diet”
Examining a range of research from studies in laboratory animals to epidemiological research in human populations gives scientists a clearer...
Study shows sleep deprivation impairs stem cells in the cornea
Sleep deprivation, which means getting too little high-quality sleep, is a serious health problem. More than one-third of people in...
UTHealth Houston’s UTMOVE program receives distinguished Edmond J. Safra Fellowship in Movement Disorders
UTHealth Houston’s Movement Disorders and Neurodegenerative Diseases Fellowship Training Program (UTMOVE fellowship program) has been chosen by The Michael J. Fox Foundation...
Montefiore Einstein Cancer Center finds CAR-T therapy effective in Black And Hispanic patients
April 28, 2022 (BRONX, NY)—CAR-T therapy, a form of immunotherapy that revs up T-cells to recognize and destroy cancer cells,...
New study finds climate change could spark the next pandemic
WASHINGTON — As the earth’s climate continues to warm, researchers predict wild animals will be forced to relocate their habitats...
Gene mutations that contribute to head and neck cancer also provide “precision” treatment targets
AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 28, 2022) – About one-fifth of often deadly head and neck cancers harbor genetic mutations in a pathway...
Hype up fitness to support kids’ health post-lockdowns
As COVID-19 reaches record levels in the UK, health experts are calling for a focus on children’s physical fitness as...
Non-invasive examination of conjunctival goblet cells in live rabbits
A Korean research team led by Professor Ki Hean Kim, Ph.D. candidates Seonghan Kim and Jungbin Lee (Department of Mechanical...
Give bidi cigarette rollers a voice to find new jobs, researchers say
India’s bidi cigarette workers need to be at the heart of discussions about finding alternatives to working in the tobacco...
How to help the medicine go down: how UMass Amherst scientists are helping to engineer the next generation of medications
AMHERST, Mass. – Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced that they have engineered a new class of...
