Polymer professor awarded $200,000 for research in protecting first responders
Credit: The University of Akron AKRON, OH - Sept. 12, 2018 - It happens every day -- paramedics and police ...
Research teams find widespread inflammation in the brains of fibromyalgia patients
Credit: Marco Loggia, PhD, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers ...
Sensation on the way to becoming a University of Excellence
Credit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn The University of Bonn received with great euphoria the commission's decision to fund six ...
Narrowing sexual health equity gap for Puerto Rican adolescents
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 27, 2018) - Persistent and significant health disparities related to sexual health, including a higher ...
Unusual case of father-to-son HIV transmission reported
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2018--Diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in the 4-year old child ...
High-pressure oxygen therapy may be beneficial in treating sudden hearing loss
Bottom Line: The addition of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (where patients receive pure oxygen in a pressurized chamber) to standard medical ...
Skin is a battlefield for mutations
Normal skin contains a patchwork of mutated cells, yet very few go on to eventually form cancer and scientists have ...
Vaccine, anti-PD1 drug show promise against incurable HPV-related cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A tumor-specific vaccine combined with an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrank tumors in one ...
Combination antibody therapy results in long-term viral suppression in HIV infection
A new generation of broadly neutralising antibodies provides a novel approach to treating HIV infection. The research group of Prof ...
Physical exercise improves the elimination of toxic proteins from muscles
A study published in Scientific Reports by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, in partnership with ...
Genetic analyses hone risk prediction for coronary disease
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (September 27, 2018) - Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading killer of people with ...
Vatican-Based White Paper Presents Expert Consensus on Advancing Global Palliative Care
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2018--A new white paper, developed by the Vatican-based Pontifical ...
HPV vaccination can play critical role in global prevention of cervical and genital cancers
September 27, 2018 - In low-resource countries without well-developed screening programs, expanding access to human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination is ...
Non-small cell lung cancer patients see improved survival with durvalumab
TAMPA, Fla. -- Non-small cell lung cancer patients survive longer when their treatment includes durvalumab following platinum-based chemoradiotherapy, according to ...
3D models of breast cancer tumors introduce stromal cells as new drug therapy targets
Hossein Tavana, Ph.D., an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Akron (UA), has received a single-PI grant ...
Postnatal depression could be linked to fewer daylight hours during late pregnancy
Women in late pregnancy during darker months of the year may have a greater risk of developing postpartum depression once ...
Second round of business-led Prosperity Partnerships that link research with industry launched
Seven new Prosperity Partnerships projects that will build links between the UK's research base and leading industry partners such as ...
Antimicrobial resistance of uropathogenic Escherichia coli from elderly patients
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is a common cause of morbidity and mortality in older adults. Escherichia coli is one of ...
Medical-records study links dementia-related brain changes to hospital stays for critical illness
Researchers at Johns Hopkins report that a novel analysis of more than a thousand patients adds to evidence that hospitalization, ...
Henry Ford Hospital patient is first in the US to receive angina device
Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Cardiologists at Henry Ford Hospital performed the first implantation in the United States ...
