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Potential treatment for pregnant women who suffer from preeclampsia…
Credit: None Scientists in Japan and the US have found that vitamin B3 nicotinamide may help treat pregnant women who...
45 percent of parents experience depression, anxiety and stress when newborns leave NICU
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO–Almost half of parents whose children were admitted to Children's National Health System's neonatal intensive...
Mutant gene found to fuel cancer-promoting effects of inflammation
Credit: UC San Diego A human gene called p53, which is commonly known as the "guardian of the genome," is...
Rapidly meeting the mental health needs of older adults
Credit: American Psychiatric Association Publishing, a division of the American Psychiatric Association INDIANAPOLIS — Nearly 20 percent of older Americans...
NEJM case reports show promise of cancer immunotherapy to treat rare lymphoma
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Three case reports published in the New England Journal of Medicine demonstrate the promise...
Research dog helps scientists save endangered carnivores
Credit: Photo: Courtesy of Karen DeMatteo Scat-sniffing research dogs are helping scientists map out a plan to save reclusive jaguars,...
Temple’s Dr. Walter J. Koch earns American Heart…
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) – The American Heart Association (AHA) has named Temple's...
Physician receives grant to train the next generation of Bronx-grown…
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Oct., 24, 2017 — (BRONX, NY) — Juan Robles, M.D., attending physician at Montefiore...
No more brown apples?
Everybody knows this phenomenon: After slicing an apple, it loses its appetising white colour very quickly, which does not only...
Cancer breakthrough miniature device shows which drugs perform best against tumors
Credit: University of Huddersfield "…the device allows early assessment of the effects of drugs, speeding up the adoption of those...
Researchers develop device that emulates human kidney function
Credit: Gretchen Mahler BINGHAMTON, NY – Instead of running tests on live kidneys, researchers at Binghamton, University State University of...
Smile and the world thinks you’re older: Study
Credit: Western University, Canada Turn that frown upside-down? Not if you're keen on looking younger, you shouldn't. A new study...
When should doctors treat short children and teens with growth hormone?
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia When is it appropriate to treat short children with growth hormone? The answer is not...
Kent State biologists receive NIH grants to study reproductive challenges
Credit: Kent State University It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps...
Empowering patients effectively improves physician hand hygiene
Credit: WVU Arlington, VA, Aug. 15, 2017 – Armed with new tools, patients and parents felt empowered to remind healthcare...
Most doctors ignore one of the most potent ways to improve health,…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Leveraging existing relationships with friends and family may be a more effective way to improve...
Biogerontology Research Foundation and Juvenescence Staff to Present at Metabesity 2017
Credit: The World Congress on Targeting Metabesity October 30, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation (bg-rf.org.uk) Chief Science Officer, Dr....
Doctor re-examines evidence on UTIs in patients with spinal cord injury
Credit: UBC and ICORD People with spinal cord injuries rely on catheters to empty their bladder. When a well-respected publication...
UTHealth receives $3.3 million grant to reduce re-arrest rates among…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Oct. 6, 2017) – Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)...
Revealing the best-kept secrets of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — (Dec. 14, 2017) In the bustling setting of the cell, proteins encounter each other...
