ASTRO releases updated radiation oncology safety guide
'Safety is No Accident: A Framework for Quality Radiation Oncology and Care' provides guidance for patient safety and quality improvement at radiation therapy centers ARLINGTON,...
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Drexel Report: Low-income and minority youth with autism face worse outcomes than peers
'The 2018 National Autism Indicators Report: High School Students on the Autism Spectrum' highlights the challenges facing minority youth and those from low-income households with...
Tiny ‘blinkers’ enable simultaneous imaging of multiple biomolecules
Credit: American Chemical Society In everyday life, blinking lights can send signals -- for example, that a car is going to turn. Now, researchers have...
Physicists reverse time using quantum computer
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology teamed up with colleagues from the U.S. and Switzerland and returned the...
New method to assess platelet health could help ER doctors
Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington Emergency room doctors often have only a few minutes to determine which patients are in need of a blood transfusion....
Virtual time-lapse photos can capture ultrafast phenomena
Credit: © 2019 Jamani Caillet Many phenomena occurring in nature and industry happen very quickly: a tear running through a piece of fabric, a rubber...
Could internet activity provide accurate in plant and animal conservation?
Study conducted by Ben-Gurion University, University of Oxford and University of BirminghamCredit: PLOS BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...March 13, 2019 -An international team of researchers from Ben-Gurion University...
Scientists delineate pathway that helps us make antibodies
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 13, 2019) - Our bodies are continuously concocting specific antibodies to thwart invaders like a...
Cardiorespiratory fitness of farmed Atlantic salmon unaffected by virus
The respiratory systems of Atlantic salmon function normally even when carrying large loads of piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), new UBC research has found. "We didn't find...
What do gardens bring to urban ecosystems?
Credit: Jennifer Nicklay "A healthy community requires healthy soil." This idea spurred a consortium of researchers, farmers, and community garden practitioners to dive into the...
Secrets of early life revealed from less than half a teaspoon of blood
Pioneering technology could pave the way for improved newborn vaccines A global team of scientists have mapped the developmental pathway of a newborn's life for...
Most deaths in children aged 5 to 14 in India, China, Brazil, Mexico are preventable
Deaths due to communicable diseases, transport injuries, drowning and childhood cancers are common for children in all four countries March 12, 2019 - Most deaths...
The world's adolescents — large unmet needs and growing inequalities
Today's adolescents make up the largest generation in history, but they encounter greater health challenges than 25 years ago Today's adolescents make up the largest...
Health inequality threatening more adolescents worldwide than ever before
US stands out for poor adolescent health compared with other high-income countries A detailed global study of the health and well being of the world's...
Study suggests hip replacement patients can skip hip precautions
Low-risk patients undergoing a total hip replacement with a posterior approach can skip the standard hip precautions currently recommended for post-surgical recovery, according to a...
