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A fracture anywhere reduces bone density everywhere
Credit: Copyright UC Regents courtesy of UC Davis Health Breaking a bone causes bone density losses throughout the body, not...
UA Immunobiology Chief awarded $1.5M grant to study threat of Chikungunya to elderly
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -- Tucson will study why the...
NSF award to provide new insights on how drinking water and public health systems interact
DETROIT (September 24, 2018) - A research team at Wayne State University recently received a four-year, $1.57 million grant from...
Neurobehavioral symptoms predictive of employment outcome after traumatic brain injury
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. September 18, 2018. Kessler Foundation researchers have published their findings linking behavioral symptoms with...
USC receives $17.8 million grant to further research on tobacco-related health risks
A new, $17.8 million grant will ensure USC remains at the forefront of research to protect people from tobacco-related health...
UA Immunobiology Chief awarded $1.5 million grant to study threat of Chikungunya to elderly
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -- Tucson will study why the...
Clinical trial investigators violate EU regulations: Entries in EU Register are incomplete
According to EU legislation, clinical trials must be prospectively registered in the European Union Clinical Trials Register (EUCTR) and the...
Common painkiller not effective for chronic pain after traumatic nerve injury
A new study out today in the Journal of Neurology finds that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the chronic...
LGBT community has poorer health outcomes, assessment finds
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 24, 2018) - The local LGBT community reports twice the...
Promising phase 1/2 results for entrectinib against ROS1+ non-small cell lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Results of phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials of the drug entrectinib in...
Spinal cord stimulation, physical therapy help paralyzed man stand, walk with assistance
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Spinal cord stimulation and physical therapy have helped a man paralyzed since 2013 regain his ability to...
Overweight pregnant women can safely cut calories, restrict weight gain
Credit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother...
Lawnmower injuries a persistent source of serious injury and high costs, new study affirms
In what Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers call an unusually comprehensive analysis of nationwide data, they conclude that the rate of...
Boston College launches Global Observatory on Pollution and Health
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (9/24/2018) - Boston College has established the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health to track efforts to...
Children whose mothers use marijuana are more likely to try it at younger age
Ann Arbor, September 24, 2018 - When mothers use marijuana during the first 12 years of their child's life, their...
The theranostic complex with two toxic modules shows great toxicity for tumour cells
Emerging cancer nanotechnology enables target-delivery of substantial payloads of drugs to cancer sites with concomitant reduction of side-effects due to...
Novartis announces five grant recipients of eXcellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award
Basel, September 24, 2018 - Novartis announced the winners of the 2018 eXcellence in Ophthalmology Vision Award (XOVA) for nonprofit...
Children whose mothers use marijuana may try it at a younger age
Boston, MA - Children whose mothers use marijuana are more likely to start their own marijuana use an average of...
Study shows invasive lung cancer surgery can lead to long-term opioid use
Patients treated with more-invasive surgical techniques for a type of early-stage lung cancer are more likely to become chronic opioid...
2018 Medical Innovation Summit to focus on ‘disruption: reimagining healthcare’
Cleveland Clinic's Medical Innovation Summit will bring together more than 100 speakers and leaders from more than 500 organizations and...
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