Drug matched to patients according to tumour gene testing shows signs of being effective
Dublin, Ireland: Treatment with capivasertib, a drug designed to work against a particular gene mutation found in some tumours, shows ...
BfR and BVL simulate food crisis in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The workshop is being jointly organised by the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR), the Federal Office of Consumer ...
When boy fish build castles to impress girls, boy genes get ‘turned on’ and ‘tuned in’
Credit: Stanford University / York, Fernald Call it instinct, but something compels some animals to behave in certain ways, perhaps ...
If your diet fails, try again; your heart will thank you
Credit: Purdue University photo/John Underwood During the holiday season, it can be difficult for even the most determined of us ...
Georgetown University Medical Center selects Nora Volkow for Highest Honor
Credit: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) WASHINGTON (November 13, 2018) -- Georgetown University Medical Center (GUMC) will present Nora ...
Pain can be a self-fulfilling prophecy
Credit: CU Boulder Expect a shot to hurt and it probably will, even if the needle poke isn't really so ...
AFAR 2018 Scientific Awards of Distinction
Boston, MA - The American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR), a national non-profit organization whose mission is to support and ...
Affordable health care means better access to diabetes prevention, management
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million Americans are either living with diabetes or ...
How can hospitals keep doctors positively engaged with their work?
November 13, 2018 - Individual and work-related factors may be helpful in promoting positive engagement with work among hospital physicians, ...
NIH scientists illuminate causes of hepatitis b virus-associated acute liver failure
Credit: NIAID WHAT: National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators found that hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated acute liver failure ...
Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles
Credit: HZDR/Sahneweiss/istockphoto.com/Thomas-Soellner/Molekuul A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University ..
Study examines opioid use among Massachusetts adolescents, trends in opioid prescriptions
Opioid-related overdoses and deaths remain a major public health concern in Massachusetts, yet adolescents who experience opioid-related nonfatal overdose (NFOD) ...
Weightlifting is good for your heart and it doesn’t take much
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk ...
UMass Amherst team works with Alaska native villages for suicide prevention
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - As the nights grow longer and winter settles in across the north, a team ...
Infectious diseases experts convene to explore lifesaving antibiotic research methods
BALTIMORE (November 13, 2018) - Healthcare professionals nationwide are gathering this week to discuss how to improve programs to better ...
Blocking ‘secondary cataracts’
Credit: Photo by Evan Krape Today's cataract surgery is often described as a marvel of modern medicine, a one-hour outpatient ...
Combination gene therapy more effective in cartilage preservation in osteoarthritis
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 13, 2018--A combinatorial gene therapy approach- one designed to inhibit ...
Arts research transforms Finnish society
Could we improve children's learning and wellbeing at school by increasing access to arts activities? Do elderly people living in ...
Brain changes found in self-injuring teen girls
Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The brains of teenage girls who engage in serious forms of self-harm, ...
BU faculty honored with achievement awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
(Boston)--The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) honored two members of the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty with awards ...
