New guidelines aim to prevent medics from failing to diagnose patients with liver disease
Credit: University of Birmingham New recommendations, led by experts at the University of Birmingham, have been published to improve the ...
Why aren’t more kids with sickle cell disease getting this test?
Credit: Sarah Pack Hematologist and researcher Julie Kanter says as few as 30 percent of children across the country with ...
UTSW scientists discover a new role for RNA in safeguarding human chromosome number
IMAGE: Dr. Joshua Mendell Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Dec. 24, 2015 – Molecular biologists at UT Southwestern ...
How race consciousness influences your likelihood of getting a flu…
Credit: CDC/ Judy Schmidt acquired from Public Health Image Library College Park, Md. – African American adults are less likely ...
Antibiotic effective against drug-resistant bacteria in pediatric skin infections
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial scourge. As its name suggests, ...
Pizza, burgers and the like: A single high-fat meal can damage the metabolism
Credit: © DDZ The global proliferation of overweight and obese people and people with type 2 diabetes is often associated ...
Democrat senators vote for public health policies 4 times more often…
Credit: Courtesy of Drexel University's Dornsife School of Public Health Democrat senators are roughly four times as likely to use ...
Non-invasive imaging predicts cancer malignancy
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) A new study by Osaka University scientists shows that non-labeling multiphoton microscopy (NL-MPM) can be ...
Second contagious form of cancer found in Tasmanian devils
IMAGE: This is a photograph of a Tasmanian Devil with facial tumor. Credit: Gregory Woods, Menzies Institute for Medical Research, ...
TACC key partner in Dell Medical School’s data science initiative for women’s…
Credit: Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin today ...
ARCH Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures and MD Anderson collaborate…
Codiak BioSciences, Inc. announced today the closing of the first portion of a planned $80-plus million Series A and B ...
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative taps Columbia scientists to create atlas of…
Credit: Ira Schieren/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute today received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) ...
First atomic structure from UTSW’s cryo-EM facility
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Oct. 11, 2017 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers today published a 3-D atomic structure ...
Here’s how stress may be making you sick
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. — A Michigan State University researcher is providing new insight into how certain ...
Sleep apnea common in atrial fibrillation patients
(Umea University) A study involving cardiac patients at the University Hospital of Umeå shows that over 80 percent of patients ...
Are hot flashes genetic?
Credit: Enrique Rivero/UCLA Most women experience hot flashes and night sweats either before or during menopause, but a significant minority ...
Researchers develop spectroscopic ‘science camera’ system for smartphones
Credit: Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The latest versions of most smartphones contain at least two ...
New ‘blood biopsies’ with experimental device may improve…
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Feb. 13, 2017) – A team of investigators from Cedars-Sinai and UCLA is using a new ...
Specialized physical therapy helps teens with scoliosis get ahead of…
Credit: University of Alberta For teens with scoliosis, a new study shows specialized physical therapy exercises can improve the curve ...
Prematurity leaves distinctive molecular signature in infants’…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Premature birth, which affects one in 10 U.S. babies, is associated with altered ...
