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Researchers combine wearable technology and AI to predict the onset of health problems
A team of Waterloo researchers found that applying artificial intelligence to the right combination of data retrieved from wearable technology...
FutureNeuro and GreenLight Medicines partner to develop treatments for epilepsy
Dublin, 16 May 2018 - A new partnership between FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological diseases...
Hyaluronan combined with exercise versus exercise alone to relieve knee arthritis
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) aims to determine if a hyaluronic acid...
Less can be more at the end of life
Credit: Anthony Weate/QUT Marketing & Communication Advances in medicine mean health care professionals can prolong life, yet some treatments have...
What is the economic impact of malaria for a pregnant woman living in an endemic area of Colombia?
Credit: author: Redesyplataformas Although malaria treatment is free of charge in Colombia, the economic costs incurred by pregnant women seeking...
Plug-and-play diagnostic devices
Credit: Melanie Gonick/MIT CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers at MIT's Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that...
OHSU, UCF launch first US clinical trial of 3D-printed prosthetics for children
The first U.S. clinical trial of bionic arms for children produced on 3D printers is launching today thanks to researchers...
Fellowships offer reporters valuable insight as America ages
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Journalists in Aging Fellows Program has received renewed grant support to welcome its ninth...
DFG to fund 15 new Research Training Groups
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) is establishing 15 new Research Training Groups (RTGs) to further support early career...
Myonexus Therapeutics receives FDA Rare Pediatric Disease Designation
Credit: Myonexus Therapeutics NEW ALBANY, OH, May 16, 2018 -- Myonexus Therapeutics, a clinical-stage gene therapy company developing first ever...
Understanding drug-resistant gonorrhea
Can whole genome sequencing illustrate changes in drug susceptibility of gonorrhoea to antimicrobials used for treatment and so help to...
SF State study examines how stereotypes affect memory in older Chinese immigrants
Credit: Stephane Tougard, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0) ... Ever have a "senior moment" and worry about what other people...
Researcher warns China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history’
A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy...
The first wireless flying robotic insect takes off
Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms...
New ‘Silk Road’ brings challenges and opportunities for biodiversity conservation
London. In an article published this week by the renowned journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists argues that...
VA health care successfully reduces ‘rush to treatment’ rates for low-risk prostate cancer
Credit: NYU Langone Health Record numbers of American veterans diagnosed with non-aggressive prostate cancer are heeding the advice of international...
Bringing MomTech to life: Pitt Engineering professor designs a gadget to help moms breastfeed
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (March 27, 2018) ... Breast milk has many known health benefits, but breastfeeding is...
PNNL part of a new national center for near-atomic resolution of biological molecules
A collaboration between Oregon Health & Science University and the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has been chosen...
Some calories more harmful than others
While calories from any food have the potential to increase the risk of obesity and other cardiometabolic diseases, 22 nutrition...
Study shines light on gut microbiome in colon cancer
Washington, DC - May 15, 2018 - Researchers have identified a correlation between gut microbial composition and microRNA expression in...