Health
Depression, suicidal thoughts plague ailing coal miners, study finds
Credit: UVA Health More than a third of coal miners and former coal miners suffering from black lung disease struggle...
Dr. Jessica Blackburn awarded ATS/GSK research grant in obstructive lung disease
Credit: ATS July 08, 2021 - Today, the ATS Research Program announced that Jessica Blackburn, PhD, of Vanderbilt University has...
Climate changed the size of our bodies and, to some extent, our brains
Credit: Manuel Will The average body size of humans has fluctuated significantly over the last million years and is strongly...
EHR alerts go unread, do not lead to deprescribing of medicines linked to dementia
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- The vast majority of electronic health record (EHR) alerts attempting to reduce the prescribing of...
‘Fortunate accident’ may yield immunity weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Johns Hopkins Medicine study uncovers enzyme inhibitor that boosts immune system to fight MRSA and other dangerous skin infectionsCredit: National...
Banishing cigarettes into history’s ashcan
New grant expands Texas tobacco program, targets substance use patients in rural communitiesCredit: University of Houston In Texas, only 14%...
Discovery shows how tuning the immune system may enhance vaccines and ease disease
A metabolic control pathway that regulates T follicular helper cells offers targets for drugs to stimulate the adaptive immune responseCredit:...
Tiny tools: Controlling individual water droplets as biochemical reactors
Scientists develop a method to better manipulate tiny droplets in lab-on-a-chip applications for biochemistry, cell culturing, and drug screeningCredit: Ritsumeikan...
How to reduce obesity among Latino children, with precision
UC San Diego and community collaborators receive $3 million grant to develop more community-centered, precision approaches to reducing adverse childhood...
Change in respiratory care strategies for preterm infants improves health outcomes
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center A decade's worth of data shows that neonatologists are shifting the type of respiratory support...
Researcher selected for prestigious global fellowship on artificial intelligence
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- Regenstrief research scientist and Indiana University School of Medicine faculty member Suranga Kasthurirathne, PhD, has...
Molecular imaging improves staging and treatment of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas
Credit: Image created by M Röhrich, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany. Reston, VA--For patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas (PDAC), molecular imaging...
Gene therapy in early stages of Huntington’s disease may slow down symptom progression
Credit: Wenzhen Duan, M.D., Ph.D. In a new study on mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that using MRI scans...
Researchers clarify reasons for low rate of employment among people with disabilities
Understanding the diverse issues that prevent people with disabilities from seeking work is integral to developing effective and responsive interventions,...
Wolbachia and the paradox of growth regulation
A genetic approach offers new clues to the regulation of Wolbachia proliferation and the effect of over-proliferation on the insect...
Identified an early neuronal dysfunction in Parkinson’s that could help early diagnosis
Credit: G. Carola et al. Researchers from IDIBELL and the University of Barcelona (UB) have described that neurons derived from...
Children’s Hospital Colorado one of 7 US children’s hospitals driving asthma research
NIH awards $2.3 million to Colorado to support first long-term pediatric asthma study in emergency department patients experiencing asthma symptomsCredit:...
McMaster researchers identify how VITT happens
The work will have both diagnostic and therapeutic implicationsCredit: James Smith/McMaster University Hamilton, ON (July 7, 2021) - A McMaster...
UT Southwestern scientists closing in on map of the mammalian immune system
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Using artificial intelligence, UT Southwestern scientists have identified thousands of genetic mutations likely to affect...
SAEM publishes GRACE guidelines for recurrent, low-risk chest pain care in the ED
GRACE: Guidelines for reasonable and appropriate care in the emergency departmentCredit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS,...
