AI and radar technologies could help diabetics manage their disease
People with diabetes could be able to monitor their blood sugar without drawing blood using a system now being developed ...
The beauty of crab blood parasites: Winner of 2018 Research as Art awards announced
Credit: Swansea University Seventeen stunning images, and the fascinating stories behind them - such as analysing owls' daily diet, a ...
For dialysis patients with AFib, a newer blood thinner may provide a safer option
People with irregular heartbeat due to a condition called atrial fibrillation, are often prescribed blood thinners to reduce the risk ...
CIRM awards City of Hope $3.7 million to develop a glioblastoma clinical trial
DUARTE, Calif. -- The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) board has awarded City of Hope $3.7 million to develop ...
New testing finds synergistic combination leads to toxicity in nanomaterials
EUGENE, Ore. - June 29, 2018 - A new study finds reason for caution - a clear emergence of toxicity ...
Atlantic Health System enrolling patients in pancreatic cancer clinical trials
Credit: Atlantic Health System Atlantic Health System is now enrolling patients in four pancreatic cancer clinical trials. Angela Alistar, MD, ...
The odds of living to 110-plus level out — once you hit 105
Want to be a supercentenarian? The chances of reaching the ripe old age of 110 are within reach - if ...
CAR-T immunotherapies may have a new player
Credit: NIAID Emerging CAR-T immunotherapies leverage modified versions of patient's T-cells to target and kill cancer cells. In a new ...
URI drug study produces ‘promising therapy’ for alcohol abuse
KINGSTON, JUNE 28, 2018 -- Alcohol abuse is among the leading causes of preventable death in the United States, killing ...
Perceptions on Zika
In a summer outbreak that posed significant risks to pregnant women and their fetuses, 29 people in Miami-Dade County were ...
Study provides promise in search for simple, early test for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Hui-Chen Lu, Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Researchers at Indiana University have found early evidence that tiny snippets of ...
Computational models provide novel genetic insights into atherosclerosis
Researchers have identified a new gene-activation pathway caused by lipids associated with coronary artery disease, a finding that could help ...
Smoking associated with delayed shinbone healing
In adults, tibia (shinbone) fractures are usually fixed through the surgical implantation of a slender metal rod called an intramedullary ...
Obesity + aging linked to Alzheimer’s markers in the brain
Rockville, Md. (June 28, 2018)--A new study suggests that when a high-fat, high-sugar diet that leads to obesity is paired ...
Rapid Zika detection test uses smartphone technology
Boston, MA -- The Zika virus, which continues to cause microcephaly and other neurological complications in infants whose mothers were ...
Men and women have different genetic risk factors for developing brain cancer
Glioma is the most common type of primary malignant brain tumor in the United States; glioblastoma being the most common ...
Conquer Chiari Research Center open house
The University of Akron's Conquer Chiari Research Center (CCRC) will hold an open house on Saturday, July 21, at the ...
Strategic classroom intervention can make big difference for autism students
Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Special training for teachers may mean big results for students with autism spectrum ...
Children’s Hospital Colorado joins cystic fibrosis triple combination therapy trials
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (June 28, 2018) - Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) has announced that its Mike ...
SNMMI 65th Annual Meeting sets the stage for a revolution in precision medicine
RESTON, VA - More than 5,000 physicians, technologists, scientists and exhibitors gathered for the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular ...
