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September 28, 2018

Credit: Center for BrainHealth The research lab at the Center for BrainHealth® led by Dr. Francesca M. Filbey, the Bert...

Trial participation among factors influencing risk of relapse in AYA leukemia patients

Bottom Line: Adolescent and young adult (AYA) patients with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) were significantly more likely to relapse than...

High-pressure oxygen therapy may be beneficial in treating sudden hearing loss

Bottom Line: The addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (where patients receive pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber) to standard medical...

Deaths of despair in the era of Donald Trump: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem

September 27, 2018 -- Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines...

As Alzheimer’s numbers grow among Latinos, need for research grows too, say experts

September 28, 2018

Credit: UC San Diego Health The National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded scientists at University of California San Diego...

GARDP and Novartis partner to reduce child deaths from drug-resistant infections

Agreement focuses on further enhancing generic antibiotics and increasing access for children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) Development will...

Can we teach heart cells to grow up?

Credit: Guo Y; et al. / Boston Children's Hospital Scientists around the world have been trying to replace damaged heart...

Join us for the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience

Join us in Atlanta, GA for the AAO-HNSF 2018 Annual Meeting & OTO Experience, October 7-10, 2018. Thousands of ear,...

Educating the next generation of medical professionals with machine learning is essential

(Boston)--Artificial intelligence (AI) driven by machine learning (ML) algorithms is a branch in the field of computer science that is...

Henry Ford Hospital patient is first in the US to receive angina device

Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital performed the first implantation in the United States...

Child Mind Institute researchers, colleagues release non-human primate brain imaging data

NEW YORK, NY (September 27, 2018) -An international team of researchers led by scientists at the Child Mind Institute has...

Bureau of Reclamation funds Upper Missouri River pallid sturgeon study

Credit: USGS Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Reclamation is providing $45,000 to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and...

Elusive stem cells could help repair damaged blood vessels

A unique source of stem cells in blood helps to build blood vessels in the growing embryo according to new...

New plants on the block: Taller species are taking over in a warming Arctic

Credit: Anne Bjorkman Frankfurt/ Leipzig, Germany, 26.09.2018. Until now, the Arctic tundra has been the domain of low-growing grasses and...

Bees’ medicine chest should include sunflower pollen, UMass Amherst study suggests

Credit: UMass Amherst/Jonathan Giacomini AMHERST, Mass. - A new study by Jonathan Giacomini and his former advisor, evolutionary ecologist Lynn...

UMass Amherst neuroscientists see clues to brain maturation in adolescent rats

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - One of the outstanding questions in neurodevelopment research has been identifying how connections in...

Berkeley evolutionary biologist wins Milner Centre Prize

Credit: University of Bath Evolutionary biologist Dr Alison Feder from University of California, Berkeley has been named winner of the...

Olfactory cells may act as ‘Trojan horse,’ carry anticancer therapy to deadly brain tumors