Illinois researcher awarded $100,000 Potamkin Prize for dementia research
LOS ANGELES - The American Academy of Neurology and the American Brain Foundation are awarding an Illinois researcher the 2018 Potamkin Prize for Research in...
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Missouri researcher wins $50,000 Sheila Essey Award: An award for ALS research
LOS ANGELES - The American Academy of Neurology, The ALS Association and the American Brain Foundation are awarding the 2018 Sheila Essey Award to Timothy...
ACP calls for reducing physician burdens in red tape relief initiative roundtable
Washington, DC (March 15, 2018) --Excessive administrative tasks are a diversion of physicians' time and focus away from patient care, the American College of Physicians...
Reducing collateral damage
Healthier fish stocks. Higher catches. Profits from fishing. Is there a way to achieve these holy grails of commercial fisheries without harming endangered species that...
The Protein Society announces 2018 award recipients
Credit: The Protein Society CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the winners of the...
The Protein Society’s Best Paper Award
Credit: Brian Matthews, Editor Protein Science Warmest congratulations to Minfei Su and Chang-Ting Lin , the recipients of the Protein Society's Year 2017 "Best Paper"...
Dr. A.M. Barrett receives NIH funding to study hand function poststroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. March 15, 2018. A.M. Barrett, MD, of Kessler Foundation has received a five-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) sub-award...
Virtual coaches, fitness trackers help patients stay fit after cardiac rehab
Credit: Shawn Rocco/Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - Heart patients who participate in cardiac rehab programs typically do well during enrollment but tend to revert to...
Artificial sweetener Splenda could intensify symptoms in those with Crohn’s disease
Credit: CWRU School of Medicine In a study that has implications for humans with inflammatory diseases, researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine...
AAOS approves diagnostic criteria for management of DDH in infants up to six months of age
ROSEMONT, Ill. (March 15, 2018)--The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors approved new Appropriate Use Criteria (AUC) for Management of Developmental Dysplasia...
H7N9 influenza vaccine clinical trials begin
Two new clinical trials testing an experimental vaccine to prevent influenza caused by an H7N9 influenza virus are now enrolling volunteers at sites across the...
UNC researcher awarded $2.5 million to study stress of poverty on children
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Cathi Propper, Ph.D., an associate research professor, has been awarded a $2.5 million National Institute of Child Health...
Core elements identified for successful transitions in care for older adults with dementia
Credit: Penn Nurisng PHILADELPHIA (March 15, 2018) - For older adults with multiple chronic conditions and complex care requirements, transitioning between levels of care and...
Five major new biodiversity assessments to be launched as 750 world experts and policymakers meet
Medellin, Colombia -- Beginning with an official opening ceremony to be addressed by the President of Colombia on Saturday, leading experts from around the world...
The complex journey of red bloods cells through microvascular networks
Credit: Rutgers University If you think of the human body, microvascular networks comprised of the smallest blood vessels are a central part of the body's...
