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Ambush in a petri dish
Credit: Jan-Peter Kasper/FSU It is a gruesome spectacle that meets the eyes of Prasad Aiyar as he looks down the...
Queen’s University Belfast research could see exercise as a prescribed medicine
Queen’s University Belfast are taking part in a global trial to test whether exercise should be prescribed to treat patients...
UCLA receives $5 million grant for sharing research on AIDS and…
Credit: Enrique Rivero/UCLA The National Institute on Drug Abuse has awarded $5 million to researchers at UCLA to develop a...
Novel antibacterial wound cover could prevent thousands of infections…
Credit: Pixabay Amsterdam, May 1, 2017 – A new type of wound dressing could improve thousands of people's lives, by...
Study provides new guidelines for assessing severity of head and neck…
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES – Jan. 24, 2018 – Cedars-Sinai investigators have developed a new, more accurate set of guidelines...
Mexico sees heart failure improvements with diet and exercise
Acapulco, Mexico 21 Nov. 2015: Doctors in Mexico have shown the benefits of a healthy diet and exercise in patients...
Researchers call for hospitals to establish bereavement programs
Backed by a growing body of research, investigators at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are calling for all hospitals to establish bereavement...
UGA researchers discover a drug for a tropical disease
Researchers at the University of Georgia are working to find the fastest way possible to treat and cure human African...
Good nutrition, physical training and mental exercises can reverse…
Credit: National University of Singapore Physical frailty is common among the elderly and is strongly associated with cognitive impairment, dementia...
$3.2M NIH award to Wayne State to improve asthma care/outcomes in African American youth
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A research team led by Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., professor of family medicine...
Research proves bioengineering as viable alternative to open fetal…
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (Oct. 4, 2017) – Researchers from Children's Hospital Colorado and the University of Colorado...
Two members of Penn community named ’40 under 40 leaders in…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – The National Minority Quality Forum (NMQF) has honored two members of the Penn community with...
Mesenchymal stem cells offer novel treatment approach for Crohn’s disease fistula
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Sept. 14, 2017–A growing body of clinical evidence shows that transplantation...
Ebola: New trial launched in west Africa to evaluate three vaccination…
Credit: NIAID The French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm), the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) and...
Low rate of patient monitoring found following initiation of therapy…
Although frequent laboratory monitoring of patients with heart failure following initiation of mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists is supported by the results...
Report describes first known case of Zika in US resident returning from Costa Rica
Report describes first known case of Zika in U.S. resident returning from Costa Rica Free content: http://www.annals.org/article.aspx?doi=10.7326/L16-0075 A report published...
Researchers find experimental drug can help fight debilitating side effect of ovarian cancer
Women who have ovarian cancer often develop a condition called ascites, which is a buildup of fluids in the abdomen....
Nutrition has benefits for brain network organization, new research…
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon Nutrition has been linked to cognitive performance, but researchers have not pinpointed what underlies the...
Low-salt & heart-healthy dash diet as effective as drugs for some…
A study of more than 400 adults with prehypertension, or stage 1 high blood pressure, found that combining a low-salt...
New estimates of modern contraceptive use in the world’s poorest countries
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Statisticians Leontine Alkema, Niamh Cahill and Chuchu Wei at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
