Health
CityU researchers tackle a century-old teletraffic challenge to enhance medical and public service efficiency
Efficiently meeting the growing demand for public services in metropolitan areas has long been a persistent challenge. A research team...
More than $13M awarded to study childhood obesity interventions in rural and minority communities in Louisiana and Tennessee
BATON ROUGE – Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Vanderbilt University Medical Center have received $13.8 million for five years of research funding from...
Rise of microplastics discovered in placentas of Hawaiʻi mothers
A placenta (commonly known as the “afterbirth” or “ʻiēwe” (ēwe or ʻiewe) in Hawaiian) is a temporary organ which connects...
UTA student earns prestigious award for drug-resistant antibiotic research
A senior biology student at The University of Texas at Arlington recently earned an award for her research about antimicrobial...
Novel study finds aspirin-free regimen benefits patients with LVAD
The ARIES-HM3 Randomized Clinical Trial assessed the safety and efficacy of excluding aspirin from the antithrombotic regimen in patients with...
Long-standing hormone treatment for donated hearts found to be ineffective
Doctors managing deceased organ donors routinely treat the donors’ bodies with thyroid hormones in a bid to preserve heart function...
Breaking down barriers: What happens when the vaginal microbiome attacks
Bacterial vaginosis is a common condition in which the natural microbiome of the vagina falls out of balance, sometimes leading...
Exercise may reduce postpartum depression, with moderate intensity exercises three to four times a week being especially effective, per meta-analysis
Exercise may reduce postpartum depression, with moderate intensity exercises three to four times a week being especially effective, per meta-analysisCredit:...
Insilico Medicine showcases latest AI drug discovery platform breakthroughs
Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven, clinical stage biotechnology company and leader in AI drug discovery platform technology, is...
Understanding rapid tendon regeneration in newts may one day help human athletes
A research group led by Nagoya University’s Graduate School of Engineering has uncovered how rapid tendon regeneration occurs in newts....
Threats against public health workers doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic
While doctors and nurses were hailed as the frontline heroes of the COVID-19 pandemic, their counterparts in public health were...
UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry researcher awarded $2 million grant by NIH to study pharmacotoxicity of areca nut
A five-year, $2 million grant to study the pharmacological effects of the areca nut, commonly known as the betel nut,...
RCSI researchers develop material that reduces bacterial infection and speeds up bone healing
28 November 2023: Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences and Advanced Materials and Bioengineering Research Centre (AMBER)...
PCORI approves $80.5 million for health research using novel approaches to tackle social and clinical care factors that contribute to maternal health inequities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced funding awards totaling $80.5 million to support four new,...
PCORI approves $225 million in funding for dozens of health research studies and related projects
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) today announced the approval of funding awards totaling $225 million, which...
Two biomedical sciences researchers named among world’s most highly cited scientists for 2023
ATLANTA — Two leading researchers in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University have been ranked in the top 1 percent...
Radiation therapy may be potential heart failure treatment
Cardiologists and radiation oncologists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis pioneered the use of radiation therapy —...
LSU Health Shreveport chooses Digital Science to support research discovery and integrity
Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, is pleased to announce that Louisiana State University Health...
Macaque trials offer hope in pneumonia vaccine development
Osaka, Japan – The global impact of the coronavirus pandemic has ignited a renewed focus on emerging and re-emerging infectious...
Virginia Tech scientist discovers potential brain link between stress, emotional eating
If you’ve had a near miss accident in your car or suffered the intimidation of a menacing person, you’ve probably...
