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Platform uses artificial intelligence to diagnose Zika and other pathogens
A platform that can diagnose several diseases with a high degree of precision using metabolic markers found in patients' blood...
Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain aging
Credit: Swinburne University of Technology Better physical fitness and lower aortic stiffness key to slower brain ageing The rate of...
National Academies report on sexual harassment in academia
WASHINGTON -- A systemwide change to the culture and climate in higher education is needed to prevent and effectively respond...
Frequent use of the ER fell after the Affordable Care Act
The odds of being a frequent user of California's emergency departments dropped in the two years following the implementation of...
AACR to host international lymphoma meeting in Boston
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its Inaugural AACR International Meeting: Advances in Malignant Lymphoma later this...
People who deeply grasp pain or happiness of others, process music differently in brain
Credit: (SMU) People with higher empathy differ from others in the way their brains process music, according to a study...
UTSA researchers create method that can quickly and accurately detect infections
Credit: Photo courtesy of The University of Texas at San Antonio (SAN ANTONIO, June 12, 2018) -- A new study...
Getting to the heart of congenital cardiac defects
Credit: UNC School of Medicine June 12, 2018 - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Heart defects are the most common type...
Honey may reduce injury in children who have swallowed button batteries
Ingestion of button batteries, which are frequently found in the household setting, can rapidly lead to caustic esophageal injury in...
Researchers map brain of blind patient who can see motion
Credit: Western University, Canada Neuroscientists at Western University's Brain and Mind Institute, have confirmed and detailed a rare case of...
Kessler Foundation awarded four grants by NJ Commission on Spinal Cord Research
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, N.J., June 12, 2018. The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Injury Research has awarded...
Potential new treatment for drug addiction relapse revealed
Research published in Addiction Biology by scientists at the University of Bath reveals a new potential mechanism for combatting drug...
A new kind of vaccine based on spider silk
Credit: © Laboratoire Bourquin - UNIGE To fight cancer, researchers increasingly use vaccines that stimulate the immune system to identify...
PCORI, AHA award $5 million to establish center to support more informed AFib treatment decisions
WASHINGTON, DC (June 12, 2018) -- A new research center will produce and test decision aids to help people with...
Researchers map the genome of testicular cancer
CHAPEL HILL - Testicular germ cell cancer, a disease that is rare but growing in incidence in men in the...
Graphene carpets: So neurons communicate better
A work led by SISSA and published on Nature Nanotechnology reports for the first time experimentally the phenomenon of ion...
Video conferencing helps PCPs improve liver disease care, survival rates
Credit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- For patients who live in rural areas, driving to see a specialist in...
Rheumatology leaders urge HHS to adopt drug policy principles that protect patient access
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In response to the Trump Administration's American Patients First drug pricing blueprint, the American College of Rheumatology...
Dr. Robert Myerburg contributes editorial to JAMA on ECG screening and cardiac risks
Robert J. Myerburg, M.D., professor of medicine and physiology, and the American Heart Association Chair in Cardiovascular Research at the...
Cancer: More targeted use of immunotherapy
Doctors are increasingly fighting cancer by stimulating patients' immune systems. SNSF-supported researchers have now discovered a method for predicting the...
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