Results from the PLATINUM DIVERSITY study presented at TCT 2016
WASHINGTON - November 1, 2016 - A dedicated stent study conducted exclusively in women and minority patients evaluated clinical outcomes ...
NIST unveils forensic technique to measure mechanical properties of evidence
Credit: Delrio/NIST You may have seen it on CSI: The star examines hair from a crime scene and concludes its ...
Tufts water diplomat awarded global prize for developing early warning system for cholera
Credit: Tufts University Shafiqul Islam, Sc.D., of Tufts University School of Engineering, has been awarded the 7th Prince Sultan Bin ...
Does your mind jump around, stay on task or get stuck?
During downtime, some of us daydream while others might focus on a to-do list, or get stuck in a negative ...
Results of ReACT Trial presented at TCT & published in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions
WASHINGTON - November 1, 2016 - A randomized evaluation of routine follow-up coronary angiography after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) found ...
Anesthesia sedation practices for patients in the pediatric congenital cardiac cath lab
WASHINGTON--The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA) and the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society ...
New study explains factors that influence the timing of infectious disease outbreaks
Credit: UGA The delay between the time when a disease outbreak becomes possible and when it actually happens depends chiefly ...
ZSL honors WCS’s Dr. John Robinson with its Lifetime Achievement Award
Credit: O. Landgrand London, November 1, 2016 -- The ZSL (Zoological Society of London) Awards Committee has presented the ZSL ...
State’s 3 largest public research institutions to increase collaboration
The state's three largest public research institutions have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, which expresses the intent of the parties ...
PET imaging visualizes hard-to-diagnose cardiac amyloidosis
Credit: W. Phillip Law/Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Reston, Virginia - Researchers at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, have demonstrated ...
Hospital for Special Surgery survey defines need for health outreach programs
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), which has an Outpatient Center in Stamford, plans to increase ...
Two antibiotics fight bacteria differently than thought
Credit: Alexander Mankin, UIC Two widely prescribed antibiotics -- chloramphenicol and linezolid -- may fight bacteria in a different way ...
NSF supports completion of The Jefferson Project at Lake George Sensor Network
Credit: IBM Troy, N.Y. -- With support from the National Science Foundation, The Jefferson Project at Lake George is poised ...
TSRI scientists develop new toolkit for exploring protein biology
Credit: Biomedical Graphics LA JOLLA, CA - November 1, 2016 - Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have developed ...
Database captures most extensive urban tree sizes, growth rates across United States
Credit: U.S. Forest Service Albany, Calif. - Sometimes in the cramped environs of U.S. cities every inch counts, especially if ...
New drug combination has potential to significantly improve chemotherapy success
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - University of Georgia researchers have found a way to enhance chemotherapy's cancer-killing powers, bringing science ...
Researchers identify new drug target for gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and Mayo Clinic provide the ...
There’s money in your wearable fitness tracker
Your wearable fitness tracker is great at counting the number of steps you took today, but it could also provide ...
Cosmic connection
We humans may be more aligned with the universe than we realize. According to research published in the journal Physical ...
Study highlights diversity of arthropods found in US homes — From swabs of dust
Credit: Anne A. Madden, with the assistance from Robert Mcgugan at the University of Colorado, Boulder Nanomaterials Characterization Facility. False-coloring ...
