Blood test for specific metabolites could reveal blocked arteries
Researchers hope to develop test that could detect early changes in blood flow to heart DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke ...
60+ health care groups urge CMS to maintain coverage for medically necessary cancer testing
Overly broad interpretation of national coverage determination for next generation sequencing restricts Medicare beneficiary access to vital testing and adversely ...
Insilico Medicine to present at the 2nd Annual Drug Discovery Virtual Conference by LabRoots
Credit: Insilico Medicine Friday, February 1, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
Scientists discover potential way to treat and prevent cancer in children (neuroblastoma)
Children's Cancer Institute, Australia: Research findings published in Science Translational Medicine journal The MYCN oncogene has long been known to ...
Magnetic teeth hold promise for materials and energy
A mollusk with teeth that can grind down rock may hold the key to making next generation abrasion-resistant materials and ...
Palm oil not the only driver of forest loss in Indonesia
Wildfire and mining join plantations as threat to forests; conservation policies and practices should reflect thisCredit: (Credits: 1) CNES/Airbus; 2) ...
No sweat? That's an issue for home-schooled children
Rice University study suggests many fall short of exercise goals despite organized activitiesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Parents who home-school their ...
Microbes help make the coffee
Washington, DC - February 1, 2019 - When it comes to processing coffee beans, longer fermentation times can result in ...
Enzyme warps space to break the cell's speed limit
VIEW: Enzyme Warps Space to Break the Cell's Speed Limit Johns Hopkins researchers have found that rhomboid enzymes, which are ...
Access to human big data to accelerate research and improve patient care
Registered researchers will have rapid access to an "unprecedented scale" of clinical research data through the new Common Infrastructure for ...
OU researcher developing new approach for early intervention of lupus
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma researcher, Si Wu, and collaborators from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and ...
Site of care may affect patients' access to palliative treatment
Regardless of race or ethnicity, patients were 33 percent less likely to receive any palliative care for metastatic cancer at ...
The future of minority health and health disparities research is here
Credit: NIMHD Health disparities have persisted, despite extensive research and a decades-long mandate to eliminate them. Thus, the National Institute ...
nTIDE January 2019 Jobs Report: Job numbers hold steady for Americans with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire release nTIDE Report -- Monthly Update -- with a focus on representing disability ...
Fiber composition in rice coproducts revealed in Illinois study
URBANA, Ill. - Rice coproducts in pig diets add fat and fiber, but too much fiber can decrease energy absorption ...
ATS publishes new clinical guideline on home oxygen for children
Credit: ATS Feb. 1, 2019--The American Thoracic Society has developed a new clinical practice guideline for home oxygen therapy for ...
KIT National Center for Efficacy Evaluation of Respiratory Disease one step further toward healthy respiratory organs
Credit: KIT NCER The Korea Institute of Toxicology (KIT·Chief Dr. Song, Chang-woo) National Center for Efficacy Evaluation of Respiratory Disease ...
How shaving cream works (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2019 -- Whether you rock sideburns or baby-smooth legs, all shavers share ...
Study predicts worsening of overdose crisis, limits of focusing on prescription opioids
A study from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Technology Assessment projects that the opioid overdose epidemic ...
Butterflies thrive in grasslands surrounded by forest
Credit: Karl-Olof Bergman For pollinating butterflies, it is more important to be close to forests than to agricultural fields, according ...
