Researchers can now predict properties of disordered polymers
Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering Thanks to a team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the University of Massachusetts Amherst,...
NEWS INDEX
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 3, 2019
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Nuclear--Tiny test fuels For the first time, Oak Ridge National Laboratory has completed testing of...
Bid to beat superbugs boosted by immune defence discovery
The fight against superbugs could be helped by the discovery of a potential therapy based on the body's natural immune defences. Scientists have found that...
Fathers aid development of larger brains
Credit: Judith Burkart The bigger the brain in relation to body size, the more intelligent a living organism is. This means that mammalian species with...
A treasure map to understanding the epigenetic causes of disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine More than 15 years after scientists first mapped the human genome, most diseases still cannot be predicted based on one's...
Only one in five doctors aware of patient feedback about their care online, survey reveals
Around one in five doctors are aware of patient feedback about themselves on review and ratings websites, according to a new survey of health professionals...
No increase in deaths from cardiac arrests at the weekend
People admitted to NHS hospitals with a cardiac arrest over the weekend do not face a higher risk of dying compared to those admitted during...
Industry uses non-profit organisation to campaign against public health policies
A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage corporations to push industry-favourable positions...
Coffee not as bad for heart and circulatory system as previously thought
Coffee does not stiffen your arteries Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us a reason to sleep easy...
Law backs doctors who prescribe opioids to the dying
Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according to a University of Queensland...
Chest cavity fire during emergency cardiac surgery
At this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology) in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June), doctors present the unique case of...
Blood transfusion during liver cancer surgery linked with higher risk of cancer recurrence and death
Receiving a blood transfusion during curative surgery for the most common type of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) is associated with a much higher risk of...
Using facial recognition technology to continuously monitor patient safety in the ICU
A team of Japanese scientists has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict when patients in the intensive care unit...
High body fat (but not BMI itself) linked to four-fold increase in mortality risk after heart bypass surgery
New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June) shows that mortality in patients who had undergone heart bypass surgery was...
Enzalutamide improves survival for men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute After 3 years, 80% of men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who received enzalutamide along with testosterone suppression were alive compared...
