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For geriatric falls, ‘brain speed’ may matter more than…
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Mich. – "Why does a 30-year-old hit their foot against the curb...
Longer hospital stays might reduce readmissions from post-acute care facilities
Credit: (C) 2017, The Health in Aging Foundation More than 25 percent of Medicare beneficiaries who are admitted to the...
A protein in mosquito spit can keep Dengue virus in check
Credit: Maya Tree Mosquito saliva influences transmission of viruses to a bitten mammalian host. For example, it contains factors that...
‘Hidden’ experiences of men forced to have sex with women revealed
The most frequent strategy used by women forcing men to have sex with them against their will is blackmail and...
Cutting prison sentences could reduce spread of HIV, study suggests
Oxford, February 9, 2016 – Reducing the number of men who go to prison could help curb the spread of...
Zika virus protein could be vaccine target
WHAT: A viral protein known as NS5 is a promising target for vaccines against Zika and related viruses, according to...
Using a genetic signature to overcome chemotherapy-resistant lung…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – May 23, 2017 – Patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) often respond to standard...
Immunotherapy treatment option for selected breast cancer patients,…
Dr Serena Nik-Zainal, lead author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Immunotherapy drugs could help some breast cancer patients based...
Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s…
With the report from Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Monday that 14 people in the state have been infected with...
Hackers gonna hack: UH Gets $2.6 million to protect next-gen 911 centers
HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence...
Small hydroelectric dams increase globally with little research, regulations
Credit: Rylee Murray Hydropower dams may conjure images of the massive Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state or the Three...
Less than half of cervical cancer patients receive standard-of-care…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Standard-of-care treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer includes radiation, chemotherapy and brachytherapy (in which...
With cancer genome sequencing, be your own control
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center When University of Colorado Cancer Center researcher, Jing Hong Wang, MD, PhD, found more...
Genes in Space-3 successfully identifies unknown microbes in space
Credit: NASA Being able to identify microbes in real time aboard the International Space Station, without having to send them...
Study: Biomarkers as predictive of sepsis as lengthy patient monitoring
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Sepsis is a deadly and quick-moving medical condition, but its presence...
Tulane researchers find other layers of immunity in TB/HIV…
Credit: Gena Chattin Tulane University researchers found some monkeys whose immune systems are depleted by the simian strain of HIV...
Medicaid coverage brings more silence to the hearing impaired
Credit: Health Affairs TAMPA, FL (Aug. 7, 2017)- Medicaid does not cover hearing aids in 22 states. Coverage varies greatly...
New gene-delivery therapy restores partial hearing, balance in deaf…
Credit: Harvard Medical School Using a novel form of gene therapy, scientists from Harvard Medical School and the Massachusetts General...
CHLA awarded $1.3 million by NIH for Pediatric Blood and Marrow…
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Michael Pulsipher, MD, of the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital...
Successful cardiogenic shock treatment using a percutaneous left ventricular assist device
Credit: Osaka University The Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University succeeded in minimally invasive treatment of a patient with acute...
