Health
15-year trend persists in disparate insulin pump use in children
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (October 1, 2020) - Insulin pumps are widely used in the management of type 1 diabetes...
Black lives also matter in cancer care
It is not biology, but access to health care that is causing Black Non-Hispanic patients with squamous cell cancer of...
Venom glands similar to those of snakes are found for first time in amphibians
Brazilian researchers discover that caecilians, limbless amphibians resembling worms or snakes that emerged some 150 million years before the latter,...
Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers identify obstacles that prevent patients from receiving radiation treatment in a timely mannerCredit: Photo by...
Study reveals element in blood is part of human–and hibernating squirrel–stress response
The element iodide's ability to dampen the harm of stress-induced inflammation points to potential uses in treating traumatic injuries and...
FDA grants Fast Track designation to Calibr’s ‘switchable’ CAR-T cell cancer therapy
Phase 1 clinical trial is now enrolling patients with blood cancers.Credit: Scripps Research/Calibr LA JOLLA, CA--The U.S. Food and Drug...
Using machine learning to predict pediatric brain injury
Neural network analyzes 1.4 million data points to investigate which babies and children are most likely to get a brain...
Study finds yoga and meditation reduce chronic pain
Participants in an eight-week mindfulness-based stress reduction course reported significant improvement in levels of pain, depression and disabilityCredit: JAOA.org Chicago--October...
Novel treatment method
East Carolina University associate professor receives patent for treating Restless Legs SyndromeCredit: Cliff Hollis/East Carolina University An East Carolina University...
University of Ottawa study finds self-harm may be socially contagious among adolescents
Credit: University of Ottawa A new study led by University of Ottawa epidemiologist Dr. Ian Colman suggests non-suicidal self-injury--behaviours like...
Marketing study investigates impact of Viagra TV ads on birth rates
Credit: UT Dallas Many marketing studies have examined the impact of direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals on sales and market shares....
Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite, study finds
Credit: Image courtesy of Sumiti Vinayak CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A class of compounds used for malaria treatment also kill the...
Clarigent Health launches Clairity to support mental health risk reduction
Clairity supports clinical decisions and care with AI analysis of patient speech, treatment progress trends, and risk radar across patient...
Coupling antibiotics with stem cells to fight off bone infections
Researchers from Kanazawa University discover that stem cells loaded with antibiotics may represent a novel therapy for implant-related bone infectionsCredit:...
Medical mystery: ‘Creeping fat’ in Crohn’s patients linked to bacteria
Credit: Cedars-Sinai In many patients with Crohn's disease abdominal fat migrates to the wall of the inflamed small intestines. What...
Scientists map genes controlling immune system ‘brakes’
The findings help point toward drug targets for new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseaseCredit: Gladstone Institutes SAN...
Why drugs sometimes cause receptor potentiation rather than inhibition
Credit: RUB, Marquard Professor Andreas Reiner and Stefan Pollok from the junior research group Cellular Neurobiology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB)...
Stand Up To Cancer’s Sharp Tank Award goes to multiple myeloma research
Catherine Marinac was awarded $100,000 from SU2C to study health disparities in multiple myeloma as part of a "Shark Tank"-style...
High risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in patients with COVID-19
Systematic review of the worldwide published data on "Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in COVID-19 patients".Credit: MedUni Vienna/Matern (Vienna, 01 October 2020)...
Researchers advance COVID-19 antibody knowledge with paper in journal
Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (September 30, 2020) - Researchers at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center working with colleagues...
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