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Chemical Insights Research Institute partners with Duke University and the East-West Center to examine dust and ash from devastating Hawai’ian wildfires
ATLANTA - Chemical Insights Research Institute (CIRI) of UL Research Institutes applies cutting edge technologies to evaluate the toxicity of...
New Health Blueprint maps healthier future for rural, underserved Southwest Virginia
A sweeping new Health Blueprint for Southwest Virginia highlights the grave health challenges that grip the rural region but also...
Scientists uncover promising treatment target for resistant brain cancer
For many patients with a deadly type of brain cancer called glioblastoma, chemotherapy resistance is a big problem.Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia...
Tricking the Brain’s inner GPS: Grid cells responses to the illusion of self-location
Dr. Hyuk-June Moon from the Bionics Research Center at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), in collaboration with...
Poor access to in-home nursing for medically complex children quantified
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Extreme heat associated with children’s asthma hospital visits
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World-first trial shows benefits of finding, treating undiagnosed asthma and COPD
Finding and treating people with undiagnosed asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) improved their health and reduced their healthcare...
Repeat COVID-19 vaccinations elicit antibodies that neutralize variants, other viruses
The COVID-19 pandemic is over, but the virus that caused it is still here, sending thousands of people to the...
A study by UPF and BCNatal opens the door to designing therapies to improve lung development in growth-restricted fetuses
If during a pregnancy a fetus grows below normal thresholds, at each week of gestation there is an increased risk...
New imaging software improves lung diagnosis for 30% of patients who can’t tolerate contrast dye; has added diagnostic benefits for all patients
Southfield, Mich., May 17, 2024 – For up to 30% of patients who are allergic to medical contrast dye or...
Link between e-cigarette use and early age of asthma onset in US adults found through UTHealth Houston research
A significant link between the use of electronic cigarettes and earlier age of asthma onset in U.S. adults was reported...
Researchers develop “game-changing” blood test for stroke detection
Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide and the second leading cause of death, but the right early intervention...
Researchers use machine-learning modeling tools to improve zinc-finger nuclease editing technology
Genome editing is making inroads into biomedical research and medicine. By employing biomolecule modeling tools, a Japanese research team is...
Researchers wrestle with accuracy of AI technology used to create new drug candidates
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Artificial intelligence (AI) has numerous applications in healthcare, from analyzing medical imaging to optimizing the execution...
Study suggests high-frequency electrical ‘noise’ results in congenital night blindness
In what they believe is a solution to a 30-year biological mystery, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have...
The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus selects Dr. John H. Sampson as Dean of the School of Medicine and Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Following a competitive national search, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is proud to announce that John H. Sampson,...
Imaging fibrous structure abnormalities of the white of the eye in myopathic patients
Researchers provide an innovative approach to understanding ocular pathologies by visualizing the fiber structure of the sclera, the outermost eye...
Loneliness and mental health problems are interconnected
“We have found a correlation between loneliness and several mental health problems,” says Associate Professor Rubén Rodríguez-Cano at the Norwegian...
TTUHSC’s Ahmed investigating cardiac cell regeneration
When a patient is experiencing heart failure, a leading cause of death worldwide, they begin to lose healthy and functioning...
Nature Conferences, Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative, Aga Khan University launch Africa’s first-ever dementia conference to advance lifespan brain health innovations across diverse communities
The Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative (DAC), the organization leading an unprecedented global response to Alzheimer’s, today announced the first-ever brain health and dementia...
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