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Leonid Sazanov elected member of EMBO
Credit: IST Austria The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) promotes excellence in the life sciences. Today it announced the election...
Study picks out children with incurable brain cancer who could benefit from adult therapy
Children with incurable brain tumours could benefit from potentially life-extending treatment if genetic testing was used to personalise therapy as...
Job strain linked to onset of common mental illness
Workplaces that reduce job strain could prevent up to 14 percent of new cases of common mental illness from occurring,...
Early depression diagnosis is deadly serious for patients with coronary artery disease
Credit: Pragle TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For clinicians providing comprehensive care to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), proactive depression screening...
Safety in the age of global goods flows
No matter whether it's cars, computers or chemical products -- Japan is one of the world's leading industrial and export...
62 life scientists elected as EMBO Members
Heidelberg, 14 May 2018 - EMBO announces today that 62 outstanding life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining...
May/June 2018 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Screening Tool Improves Prediction of Developing Dementia In people with a minor decline on the Mini-Mental-State-Examination--a widely used but limited...
Wearable technology to track brain, predict illness
Credit: University of Houston University of Houston electrical engineer Rose T. Faghih has been awarded $175,000 by the National Science...
Tumor-like spheres help scientists discover smarter cancer drugs
Credit: Kota et. al./The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - May 14, 2018 - Cancer is a disease often driven...
Why older workers might be more stressed than younger ones
Older workers tend to feel more stress than younger workers when their employers don't provide them with the support and...
Marketing to physicians by opioid pharma companies leads to more opioid prescriptions
Boston - A new study shows the significant impact that even a meal or two paid for by a pharmaceutical...
UA sleep researcher receives $3.6 millin grant to study sleep health on US-Mexico border
Credit: UA BioComminications Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR, director of the University of Arizona Sleep and Health Research Program, has...
Even low concentrations of silver can foil wastewater treatment
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research at Oregon State University has shed new light how an increasingly common consumer product component -...
Cannabis use up among parents with children in the home
NEW YORK--Cannabis use increased among parents who smoke cigarettes, as well as among non-smoking parents, according to a latest study...
Cystitis treatment: Back to the 1950s
Doctors are beginning to prescribe antibiotic treatments from the 1950s for benign infections to fight antibiotic resistance and preserve the...
CAMH study shows details of brain networks in autism
TORONTO (May 14, 2018) - A CAMH study analyzing more than 1,000 brain scans reveals surprising new insights into brain...
Centralized infrastructure facilitates medical education research
The Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance has enabled a large number of research teams to conduct meaningful...
Screening for impaired vision in older adults: New Canadian guideline
A new Canadian guideline for impaired vision in older adults recommends against primary care screening of older adults not reporting...
Heart disease severity may depend on nitric oxide levels
The most common heart medications may get an assist from nitric oxide circulating in the body, according to a new...
Antibodies against one hemorrhagic fever virus found to disarm a related virus
Hemorrhagic fever viruses, so named for their ability to induce massive, and at times fatal, internal bleeding, captured the world's...
