Determinations of air flow behaviors in the human upper airway by visualizing flowing air directly
Credit: ©Science China Press The determination of airflow characteristics in the human upper airway is crucial in investigating obstructive sleep ...
Genes key to identifying drug resistant parasites in Brazil
Researchers at the University of York have identified genes in a parasite that could help clinicians predict drug treatment outcomes ...
Siberian paleontologists discovered the oldest macro-skeleton remains
Credit: Anton Kolesnikov The oldest skeleton remains known to fossil chronicle of the Earth belonged to the microorganisms that lived ...
Diagnostic advance: gas-sensing capsule set to hit market by 2022
Credit: Atmo Biosciences An electronic capsule that measures gases in the gut to revolutionise the diagnosis of gut disorders could ...
Where did broadleaved evergreen trees survive during the last glacial period in Japan?
Credit: ©2018 Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute, Osaka University, and Gifu Academy of Forest Science and Culture Japanese researchers ...
Invasive plants can boost blue carbon storage
Credit: Gary Peresta/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center When invasive species enter the picture, things are rarely black and white. A new ...
Dog intelligence ‘not exceptional’
People who think dogs are exceptionally intelligent are barking up the wrong tree, new research shows. Scientists reviewed evidence that ...
Mayo researchers develop new genetics-based prognostic tool for myelodysplastic syndrome
ROCHESTER, Minn. - Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed a new genetics-based prognostic tool for myelodysplastic syndrome. Their findings are ...
Immune system’s balancing act keeps bowel disease in check
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Australian researchers have uncovered clues in the immune system that reveal how the balance ...
Hypertension expected to rise globally, with significant impact in South Asia
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, 1 October 2018 - Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular and kidney diseases and over 1.5 ...
$1.3 million grant to LSUHealthNO to increase certified sexual assault nurse examiners
New Orleans, LA - A team led by Jessica Landry, DNP, FNP-BC, Program Coordinator, BSN-DNP Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner ...
BMC to lead education program for maternity providers in Massachusetts on contraception counseling
BOSTON--Researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC) have received a $3.2M grant to educate hospital providers statewide on how best to ...
Don’t treat e-cigarettes like cigarettes
CHICAGO --- "Cigarette" might appear in the term "e-cigarette" but that is as far as their similarities extend, reports a ...
TRIPODS+X meets Machine Learning+X
(Lehigh University) Lehigh University has racked up another win with the innovative TRIPODS+X program of the National Science Foundation (NSF.) ...
Facebook ‘viable method’ for implementing critical care ultrasound curriculum
SAN ANTONIO, TX (October 1, 2018)-Critical care ultrasound (CCUS) is an important skill for all critical care physicians to understand. ...
New integrated, outpatient program created to combat mental illness, homelessness
To help break the cycle of mental illness, addiction and homelessness, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ...
Study: Improvement in glycemic parameters by adding dapagliflozin to metformin in T2D
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 1, 2018--Researchers used continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) to assess the ...
Garrison Institute on Aging to host regional healthy aging & dementia research symposium
The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (TTUHSC) Garrison Institute on Aging will host the Regional Healthy Aging And Dementia ...
Providers often fail to consider ehrlichia when treating tick-borne infections
Credit: Morag MacLachlan Chapel Hill, NC - When a patient presents with signs and symptoms suspicious for a tick-borne illness, ...
Checked off ‘the talk’ with your teen? Not so fast: Once isn’t enough
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU Photo Patting yourself on the back for gritting through "the talk" with your kid? Not so fast: ...
