Health
New EU wide project aims to reduce prostate cancer mortality while avoiding overdiagnosis and overtreatment through smart early detection
Brussels/Arnhem, 25 April 2023 - The EU4Health programme has approved PRAISE-U (PRostate cancer Awareness and Initiative for Screening in the...
US and allies can learn from military medical lessons in Ukraine
Key TakeawaysCredit: American College of Surgeons Key Takeaways Arsenals used by Russia in Ukraine are far more lethal than that...
Testing antibiotic resistance with a fast, cheap, and easy method
“We have developed a technique in our laboratories that allows us to obtain an antibiogram within 2-4 hours – instead...
Redox Medicine 2023: Where is the target?
The 25th International Conference on Redox Medicine will take place on June 21-23 in Paris. Redox Medicine 2023 will provide...
Multispectral drone imaging: A convenient new method to determine optimal breeding times in slash pines
Plant nutrient content reflects their overall metabolic health and has a direct impact on plant growth, development, and reproduction. Nonstructural...
Vaccine printer could help vaccines reach more people
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Getting vaccines to people who need them isn’t always easy. Many vaccines require cold storage, making it...
Maternal and early-life high-fat diets result in a taste for salty food
Tokyo, Japan – We are all aware of the importance of eating healthy food, especially during pregnancy. A high-fat diet...
Future doctors and nurses feel unprepared for disasters
Most students of medicine and nursing in Sweden consider their own knowledge of disaster medicine inadequate. However, students who have...
JMIR Publications and Society of Digital Psychiatry partner to advance digital mental health research
(Toronto, April 24, 2023) JMIR Publications and the Society of Digital Psychiatry (SODP) have announced a new partnership aimed at...
NCCN publishes new resource to help patients understand quick-moving type of breast cancer
PLYMOUTH MEETING, PA — Today, the National Comprehensive Cancer Network® (NCCN®) has published a new addition to its library of...
Study finds significant variation in anatomy of human guts
New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounced differences possible between...
As “deprescribing” medicines for older adults catches on, poll shows need for patient-provider dialogue
As the movement toward “deprescribing” medications among older adults grows, a new poll shows strong interest in this idea.Credit: Emily...
New approach to developing efficient, high-precision 3D light shapers
Modern-day technologies like optical computing, integrated photonics, and digital holography require light signals to be manipulated in three dimensions. To...
Study points to new approach to treat chronic transplant rejection
University of Pittsburgh researchers have identified a type of immune cell that drives chronic organ transplant failure in a mouse...
Gut bacteria use super-polymers to dodge antibiotics
The discovery shows why it can be so difficult to tackle drug-resistant bacteria, but does provide a possible avenue for...
Study shows most children recover from Lyme disease within six months of treatment
WHAT: A majority of parents of children diagnosed with Lyme disease reported that their kids recovered within six months of...
HKUMed established the first human respiratory organoid culture system and unveils a novel mechanism for the high transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant
A research team led by Dr Zhou Jie and Professor Yuen Kwok-yung from State Key Laboratory for Emerging Infectious Diseases...
Brain diseases are better classified using analysis of gene activity
Research led by Yashar Zeighami at McGill University, Canada provides a new way to characterize brain diseases. The study, publishing...
Astrocyte dysfunction causes cognitive decline
People with dementia have protein build-up in astrocytes that may trigger abnormal antiviral activity and memory loss, according to a...
Using solar farms to generate fresh desert soil crust
In the arid regions of the American Southwest, an unseen world lies beneath our feet. Biocrusts, or biological soil crusts,...
