Science
Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology adds embedded 3-D image videos to enhance visualization of me
Credit: Journal of X-Ray Science and Technology Amsterdam, NL, Nov. 22, 2016 - The current issue of the Journal of...
Hope for people who struggle after suffering brain trauma
Pharmacological therapy combined with a rehabilitation program that teaches how to compensate for memory and attention problems offers new hope...
Drug-caused deaths among health care professionals: New insights revealed
An Australian-first study conducted by Monash University has found that from 2003-2013 nearly five deaths per 1000 employed Australian health...
Computer modeling could lead to new method for detecting, managing prostate cancer
Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. New research coauthored by Brigham Young University researchers may lead to a...
Living color: Rainbow-hued blood stem cells shed new light on cancer, blood disorders
Credit: Nature Cell Biology 2016, Henninger et al A new color-coding tool is enabling scientists to better track live blood...
Study finds cause of pulmonary fibrosis in failure of stem cells that repair lungs
LOS ANGELES (Nov. 22, 2016) - Cedars-Sinai investigators have pinpointed a major cause of pulmonary fibrosis, a mysterious and deadly...
Mount Sinai researchers use computer algorithms to diagnose HCM from echos
Computer algorithms can automatically interpret echocardiographic images and distinguish between pathological hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and physiological changes in athletes' hearts,...
Social sciences & health innovations: Making health public
The international conference "Social Sciences & Health Innovations: Making Health Public" is the third event organized as a collaborative endeavor...
Fly larvae clean bee-eater’s nest
Credit: Herbert Hoi/Vetmeduni Vienna Birds share their nests with a rich community of other inhabitants like parasites and mainly invertebrates,...
Right timing is crucial in life
Credit: Copyright: Tobias Kaiser The non-biting marine midge Clunio marinus lives along Europe's tide-shapen coasts, where precise timing is of...
Pregnant women at risk of getting the flu are not getting vaccinated
Credit: UBC Health-care professionals are hesitant to administer the flu vaccine to pregnant women, despite the potential life-saving benefits, according...
No association between sex-discordant blood transfusions and risk of death
In a study published in the journal Circulation researchers from Karolinska Institutet and Lund University examined how sex-discordant blood transfusions...
Novel type of cell death in Huntington’s disease may lead to effective new therapies
Credit: Department of Neuropathology,Medical Research Institute Researchers centered at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) identify novel type of cell...
Protein and salt drive post-meal sleepiness
Credit: Keith Murphy Sleepiness after a large meal is something we all experience, and new research with fruit flies suggests...
Emergency video telemedicine positively impacts newborn resuscitation
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Approximately 10 percent of newborns require help breathing after birth, and 1 in 1,000 newborns require more...
Research reveals insight into how lung cancer spreads
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A cellular component known as the Golgi apparatus may play a role in how lung...
NSU optometry professor receives national award
Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) recently announced Nova Southeastern University (NSU)...
Study reveals genetic explanation for cancer’s higher incidence in males than females
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- In a new study, a group of Boston scientists, including researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer...
Schools remain a potential hotspot for measles transmission, even in the vaccine era
Credit: Image courtesy of Alexander Becker, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Measles, one of the world's most contagious diseases,...
5 USC professors named fellows of prestigious science organization
Five USC scientists have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, an honor bestowed upon...