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Short intervention boosts safe-sex skills in teen girls
Credit: Matt Shipman A recent study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...
Heat and irradiation: New approach for more selectively fighting…
Credit: Fraunhofer MEVIS Researchers wish to treat tumors more effectively in the future by combining radiation therapy and focused ultrasound....
City-wide effort boosts NYC’s colorectal cancer screening rates and eliminates racial disparities in screening
A concerted effort to increase colorectal cancer screening rates led to a dramatic increase in NYC screening colonoscopy rates among...
Controversial ‘liberation therapy’ fails to treat multiple…
Credit: University of British Columbia Opening up narrowed veins from the brain and spinal cord is not effective in treating...
School of Medicine expert receives 2 innovation grants in pursuit of…
Jonathan Karn, PhD, an HIV/AIDS expert from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received two Innovation research grants...
‘Jumping genes’ may set the stage for brain cell death in Alzheimer’s,…
Credit: Photo by Duke Photo. DURHAM, N.C. — The latest round of failed drug trials for Alzheimer's has researchers questioning...
Scientists discover blood sample detection method for multiple…
Credit: University of Huddersfield A METHOD for quickly detecting signs of multiple sclerosis has been developed by a University of...
Study finds that people are attracted to outward signs of health, not actual health
Credit: Yong Zhi Foo Findings published in the journal Behavioral Ecology reveal that skin with yellow and red pigments is...
A method to measure diagnostic errors could be key to preventing disability and death from misdiagnosis
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In an effort to reduce patient misdiagnoses and associated poor patient outcomes from lack of prompt...
Genetic testing can help determine safest dose of blood thinner
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that genetic testing can help determine the safest dose of the...
UChicago Medicine first site in Illinois offering pioneering CAR…
Credit: The University of Chicago Medicine The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the use of a breakthrough cancer...
Encouraging decrease in certain antibiotic resistance levels of gonococci across Europe
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control In 2014, the susceptibility of gonococci to two of the recommended antibiotics...
Gene identified that may provide potential therapy for cerebral cavernous malformations
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with national collaborators, have identified...
£10 million grant awarded for Barts Heart Centre
(Queen Mary, University of London) Queen Mary University of London and Barts Health NHS Trust have received £10.2 million from...
Oregon researchers identify hormone that is key to brain development in fruit flies
Credit: Image courtesy of Mubarak Hussain Syed EUGENE, Ore. — May 15, 2017 — University of Oregon researchers using Drosophila...
What do lasers and oranges have in common? A possible cure for citrus…
IMAGE: A citrus leaf was lasered with dot matrix perforation pattern to increase penetration of antibiotics. Credit: Etxeberria, E., P....
Clinical trial shows benefit of yoga for side effects of prostate…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Men who attended a structured yoga class twice a week during prostate cancer radiation treatment...
Changing habits to improve health: New study indicates behavior changes work
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Improving your heart health may be as simple as making small behavioral changes – a new study...
Dream team selected to tackle one of cancer’s deadliest forms:…
BOSTON — The Stand Up To Cancer-Cancer Research UK-Lustgarten Foundation Dream Team of top cancer researchers from the United States...
Novel gene therapy experiment offers hope for people with certain hearing loss and…
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In a first-of-its-kind study published in the March 1, 2017 edition of Molecular Therapy, researchers from...
