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DALLAS, June 4, 2018 --Limited healthy literacy is a major barrier blocking many people from achieving good cardiovascular health or...

Researchers create tool to better evaluate implementation of science research proposals

(Boston)--Researchers at Boston University's Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences (CIIS) have developed a new scoring criteria for evaluating...

How does alcohol influence the development of Alzheimer’s disease?

Research from the University of Illinois at Chicago has found that some of the genes affected by alcohol and inflammation...

Training the next generation of One Health professionals

Credit: Mary Straub/UC Davis Since 2002, an increasing number of institutions and universities have been developing educational programs related to...

Idera Pharmaceuticals presents clinical data from the ILLUMINATE-204 trial of the combination of tilsotolimod and ipilimumab for anti-PD-1 refractory metastatic melanoma at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting

Data from Ongoing Phase 2 Study to be Presented at 1:15 PM CT at the 2018 American Society of Clinical...

In MS, disintegrating brain lesions may indicate the disease is getting worse

Credit: Michael G. Dwyer BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new...

Pitt’s David Vorp named Fellow of the American Heart Association

Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (June 4, 2018) ... David A. Vorp, Associate Dean for Research and John A....

Gap in substance abuse data could have long-term implications, study finds

Credit: The Dartmouth Institute via Health Affairs Due to a change in federal regulation, from 2013-2017, the Centers for Medicare...

ASCO: ALEX trial results show alectinib further outpacing crizotinib in ALK+ NSCLC

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Updated results of the global phase III ALEX trial comparing alectinib with crizotinib as...

ASCO18: Updated Phase 1 results of crizotinib against MET-amplified lung cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The drug crizotinib has activity against a number of genetic targets relevant to non-small...

ASCO18: Trial shows how PET scans help tailor therapy for esophageal cancer

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Survival results for the CALGB 80303 Trial presented today at the American Society of...

Why do some sleep-deprived people experience worse cognitive functioning than others?

BALTIMORE - The key to predicting how someone is affected by sleep loss may be found in microRNAs (miRNAs), according...

Study reveals hypnosedation as an effective alternative to general anesthesia for various surgeries

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that hypnosedation is a valuable alternative to conventional...

Study shows taking aspirin before or after coronary

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that in patients undergoing a coronary artery bypass...

A filthy first — the 6 common types of disgust that protect us from disease revealed

Disgust has long been recognised as an emotion which evolved to help our ancestors avoid infection, but now researchers have...

Forced court appearances make cops more tired, generate more citizen complaints

Results from a new study conducted by researchers at Washington State University and Central Queensland University suggest that complaints against...

Predicting the outcomes of FIFA World Cup

One of the favourites in soccer's upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup, Germany, has just 13.3% chance of winning. And Australia...

TAILORx trial finds most women with early breast cancer do not benefit from chemotherapy

New findings from the groundbreaking Trial Assigning Individualized Options for Treatment (Rx), or TAILORx trial, show no benefit from chemotherapy...

Landmark study finds more breast cancer patients can safely forgo chemotherapy