Science

July 25, 2019

Neuroscientist studies connection between PTSD and alcohol abuse

Credit: Justin Gass As families gather for the holidays this year, many will reminisce, sharing fond memories as they break...

Szanton receives GSA’s 2016 Senior Service America Senior Scholar Award

The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Senior Service America, Inc., have named Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN, of the...

Putting fundamental rights of persons with disabilities on the map

Credit: WORLD Policy Analysis Center, Constitutions Database, 2014 Ten years ago this month, the United Nations adopted the Convention on...

Lung function decline accelerates in menopausal women

Credit: ATS Dec. 1, 2016--Menopausal women appear to experience an accelerated decline in lung function, according to new research published...

Turning off asthma attacks

Working with human immune cells in the laboratory, Johns Hopkins researchers report they have identified a critical cellular "off" switch...

Kidney disease hospitalization and mortality rates continue to decline in the US

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - According to an annual data report from the United States Renal Data System (USRDS), hospitalization and...

Could ambulatory surgical centers help bend the cost curve in US health care?

ROSEMONT, Ill. (December 1, 2016)--U.S. healthcare costs have more than tripled since the 1960s1. Nearly one of every five dollars...

Disabling critical ‘node’ revs up attack when cancer immunotherapies fall short

PHILADELPHIA--An existing drug known as a JAK inhibitor may help patients who don't respond to the so-called checkpoint inhibitor immunotherapy...

Tufts and Johns Hopkins win $25 million NIH award to build new trial innovation center

BOSTON, MA (December 1, 2016) - Investigators at the Institute for Clinical Research and Health Policy Studies (ICRHPS) at Tufts...

Proposed biosimilar drug shows potential as breast cancer treatment

Among women with metastatic breast cancer, treatment with a drug that is biosimilar to the breast cancer drug trastuzumab resulted...

Findings show significant progress against HIV epidemic in Africa; 90-90-90 goals in reach

December 1, 2016 -- NEW YORK -- National surveys in Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Zambia reveal exceptional progress against HIV, with...

Use your words: Written prisoner interactions predict whether they’ll clean up their acts

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The evolution of how prisoners in substance-abuse programs communicate is a good indicator of whether they'll return...

Can DXA be used to predict fracture risk in people with diabetes?

Credit: © International Osteoporosis Foundation Increased risk of fracture has been shown to be one of the complications arising from...

With promising results from emerging therapies, Penn research yields hope for amyloidosis