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Sleep Research Society announces 2018 award recipients
DARIEN, IL - April 26, 2018 - The Sleep Research Society (SRS) selected three of the world's leading sleep scientists...
American Academy of Sleep Medicine announces 2018 award recipients
DARIEN, IL - April 27, 2018 - Several leaders in the field of sleep medicine and a best-selling author were...
Research finds new mechanism that can cause the spread of deadly infection
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a unique mechanism that drives the spread of a deadly infection. Cryptococcosis...
A biochemical process in plants is imitated to curb the reproduction of colon cancer tumor cells
Plants have provided a new avenue in curbing tumor growth. On this occasion, it doesn't involve miracle species or the...
Transplant-damaging virus comes into focus
Credit: University of Leeds Researchers from the University of Leeds have revealed the structure of a virus which affects kidney...
Upgrading the immune system to fight cancer
Credit: Cell There have been few cancer treatments with such a promising future as using the patient's own immune system....
When politics affects demography: How erdogan has brought 10% more children to turkey
Credit: Paolo Tonato In the early 2000s Turkey was a country in full demographic transition. Fertility rates had dropped to...
Meningococcal meningitis: Stomach pain should be seen as a warning sign
© Monet, Fotolia Patients with meningococcal infection generally develop symptoms including a high temperature, vomiting and a stiff neck... but...
Infection of the heart valves and healthcare costs on rise due to impact of IV drug
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - A new study finds the number of patients hospitalized with endocarditis has increased dramatically...
New study shows length of hospital stay impacts outcomes after TAVR procedure
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - A new study finds patients who stay in the hospital for more than 72...
Sylentis presents new results on its ophthalmological compounds at ARVO 2018
The Company presents the preclinical and clinical results from studies of three molecules for the treatment of dry eye syndrome,...
Loss of brain synchrony may explain working memory limits, says study
A new study from City, University of London and MIT may have revealed the reasons behind our memory limitations. The...
New study shows therapy for psoriasis can reduce heart plaque
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - Late-breaking clinical science shows common therapy options for psoriasis (PSO)-a chronic inflammatory skin disease-can...
Largest-ever study of thyroid cancer genetics finds new mutations, suggests immunotherapy
University of Colorado Cancer Center researchers recently completed the largest-ever study of thyroid cancer genetics, mining the data of 583...
Review finds more effective drugs to stop bleeding after childbirth
New evidence from a Cochrane review published today, led by a University of Birmingham scientist, suggests that alternative drugs may...
Who is using guns for suicide?
(Boston)--The average profile of an American using a gun for suicide is a married, white male over the age of...
US autism rate edges up in new CDC report
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Penn researchers elected American Statistical Association Fellows
PHILADELPHIA - Two biostatisticians from the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and professors of Biostatistics in Biostatistics and Epidemiology...
New imaging system makes back surgery safer, faster and less expensive
Credit: Dartmouth College Hanover, N.H. - Researchers at Dartmouth College have found a way to make back surgery safer, faster...
Scientists identify a potential treatment for hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
Credit: IDIBELL The work of researchers Francesc Viñals and Mariona Graupera at the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL, Oncobell program)...
