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Accurate evaluation of chondral injuries by near infrared spectroscopy
Credit: Jaakko Sarin Osteoarthritis is a disabling disease characterised by joint pain and restricted mobility, affecting especially the elderly. The...
Distinguishing fatal prostate cancer from ‘manageable’ cancer now possible
Scientists at the University of York have found a way of distinguishing between fatal prostate cancer and manageable cancer, which...
Surgery technique reduces strokes in atherosclerosis patients
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Embargoed Until Oct. 18, 2018 @ 10:05AM ET) -- A surgical technique called EDAS (encephaloduroarteriosynangiosis) significantly...
New statistical method estimates time to metastasis of breast cancer in US women
Bottom Line: A statistical method could fill the gaps in the U.S. cancer registry data to estimate the short- and...
Early-career scientist wins PETA International Science Consortium Award
Gaithersburg, MD -- The results are in for the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd.'s contest to fund an early-career scientist...
Social media for medical journals operates in ‘wild west,’ needs more support to succeed
CHICAGO --- Much of the published medical research goes unread by the general public and medical community, despite being largely...
Aerobic exercise has antidepressant treatment effects
An analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials indicates that supervised aerobic exercise has large antidepressant treatment effects for patients with...
Stem cell biologist Sean Morrison elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 15, 2018 - UT Southwestern Professor Dr. Sean Morrison, Director of the Children's Medical...
City of Hope’s Xiuli Wang, Ph.D., awarded $3.8 million by CIRM
Credit: City of Hope DUARTE, Calif. -- The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) today awarded City of Hope's Xiuli...
Allergy research: Test predicts outcome of hay fever therapies
Allergen-specific immunotherapy can make everyday life much more pleasant for allergy sufferers and provide long-term protection against asthma. It is...
National Academy of Medicine announces inaugural International Health Policy Fellow
Oct. 18, 2018 WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) at its annual meeting announced its inaugural International Health...
UT Southwestern researcher wins Breakthrough Prize for innate immunity discovery
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 17, 2018 - UT Southwestern biochemist Dr. Zhijian "James" Chen today was named winner...
NIH awards $1.55 million to Indiana University to improve chronic-disease management
Credit: Indiana University The National Institutes of Health, under the National Library of Medicine's program on data science research, has...
The dual and unknown function of the immune system
Credit: CNIC The cells of the immune system sustain life by infiltrating infected and dmaged tissue and eliminating pathogenic microorganisms...
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center receives $3M NIH grant for health disparities research
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a three-year, $3,194,947 grant from...
With a microbe-produced toxin, bacteria prove old dogs can learn new tricks
Credit: Mougous Lab/UW Medicine A newly discovered toxin that some bacteria deploy to fend off competing bacteria stands out from...
Eating leafy greens could help prevent macular degeneration
A new study has shown that eating vegetable nitrates, found mainly in green leafy vegetables and beetroot, could help reduce...
Dry conditions in East Africa half a million years ago possibly shaped human evolution, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Samples of ancient sediments from a lake basin in East Africa have revealed that arid conditions...
Arctic greening thaws permafrost, boosts runoff
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Oct. 17, 2018--A new collaborative study has investigated Arctic shrub-snow interactions to...
A role for circadian enhancers to prevent myocardial injury in the perioperative setting
Innovative cardioprotective strategies are of imminent demand. Nonfatal myocardial ischemia (MI) poses a significant risk to patients undergoing major non-cardiac...
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