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Stem cell centers on the rise, claim high efficacy for treatment of knee osteoarthritis
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Even with a lack of peer-reviewed evidence, the number of centers advertising stem cell therapies...
Neuroprotective mechanisms of gene and cell therapy of spinal cord injuries
A joint paper with Kazan State Medical University appeared in Stem Cells International. The research was based at the Gene...
UGA researchers develop new method to improve crops
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new way to breed plants...
UH researchers uncover link between heart attacks and inflammatory bowel disease
CLEVELAND - University Hospitals Harrington Heart & Vascular Institute researchers Muhammad Panhwar, MD, and Mahazarin Ginwalla, MD, recently concluded a...
Helmet use associated with reduced risk of cervical spine injury during motorcycle crashes
Credit: Copyright 2018 American Association of Neurological Surgeons CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (MARCH 6, 2016). Despite claims that helmets do not protect...
Untapped gold mine is lost from end-of-life vehicles
Credit: Empa Vast quantities of scarce metals are being lost from Europe's urban mine of vehicles, including 20 tonnes of...
Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency impacts children’s risk for severe forearm fractures
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Children who are vitamin D deficient have a greater risk of having more severe forearm...
The Forsyth Institute expands key human microbiome database
Credit: Pallavi Murugkar & Felicitas Bidlack Cambridge, MA - March 5, 2018 - A team of researchers from The Forsyth...
eLife showcases important advances in Physics of Living Systems
The open-access journal eLife has launched a new subject area, Physics of Living Systems, to highlight leading research at the...
High uptake and use of vaginal ring for HIV prevention observed in open-label study
Nearly 90 percent of participants in an open-label study of a vaginal ring infused with a drug to prevent HIV...
Neurocognitive impairment linked to worse outcomes after total joint replacement
Credit: NYU Langone Health People with undiagnosed neurocognitive deficits are undergoing hip and knee replacements at high rates and are...
Impact of climate change on Scottish rivers: Project to protect wild Atlantic salmon
River managers will be able to moderate the impact of climate change on Scotland's rivers and fisheries by using a...
The growing trend of youth sports specialization
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-Youth sports has experienced a paradigm shift over the past 15 to 20 years. Gone...
Only two US programs now scientifically proven to decrease ACL injury and improve neuromuscular
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-According to the Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States, females are four to...
A new tactic for eczema?
Eczema affects about 17 percent of children in developed countries and is often the gateway to food allergy and asthma,...
American College of Rheumatology responds to Association Health plans proposed rule
Washington, D.C. - In comments submitted today to the U.S. Department of Labor in response to its Association Health Plans...
Why the latest shingles vaccine is more than 90 percent effective
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research A new study has shown how the body's immune system responds to the new...
New tool helps identify risk for post-surgical dislocations following hip replacement
Credit: NYU Langone Health A novel risk assessment tool helps identify which patients undergoing total hip replacement may be at...
Fish team up for more food
Credit: Hirokazu Tanaka Cooperative behaviour to acquire food resources has been observed in hunting carnivores and web-building social spiders. Now...
Dr. T.J. ‘Jock’ Murray, author of The History of MS, to speak at CMSC Annual Meeting
The evolution of multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last century and a half will be the topic of discussion during...
