One simple change cut unnecessary imaging for cancer patients in half
Simply introducing a default physician order -- a "nudge" -- into electronic health records (EHRs) cut the use of unnecessary daily imaging in half during...
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Curtain raiser: ESMO World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer
Barcelona, Spain, July 3-6, 2019 Please find below the most important news that will be announced in connection with the 2019 ESMO World Congress on...
Solar energy could turn the Belt and Road Initiative green
Credit: Zhan Wang The region covered by the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has significant potential to be powered by solar energy, researchers report June...
Disrupted sleep in one’s 50s, 60s raises risk of Alzheimer’s disease
Protein tangles in the aging brain throw sleep rhythms out of sync, likely leading to memory lossCredit: UC Berkeley image by Matthew Walker and Joseph...
Malaria hijacks your genes to invade your liver
At least 100 human genes are pressed into the parasite's service; represent possible drug targets for early stages of infectionCredit: Rene Raphemot, Ph.D., Duke University...
Jerry A. Shields, M.D. receives Howe Medal from American Ophthalmological Society
Distinguished award honors achievement in ophthalmologyCredit: Ralph C. Eagle, Jr., M.D. -- Photographer for the American Ophthalmological Society and Wills Eye Chief of Ophthalmic Pathology...
Protein offers protection against nerve degeneration in ALS model
(Boston)--Increasing the levels of the anti-aging protein hormone Klotho improves the neurological deficits and prolongs life span in an experimental model with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis...
Infant mortality is higher for low-skilled parents
Infants of women with a short-term education are more likely to die within the first year of life. In more than half of cases, the...
Dementia study links gene with damage to brain connections
Insights into how a gene that increases the risk of Alzheimer's disease disrupts brain cells have been revealed by scientists. Brain tissue from people with...
3D printed prosthetic hand can guess how you play rock, paper, scissors
A new 3D-printed prosthetic hand can learn the wearers' movement patterns to help amputee patients perform daily tasks, reports a study published this week in...
Protein scissors for cellular transport
In many ways, a cell is like a city. Proteins or people do daily work to keep the economy going, and items are imported and...
New insights into membrane trafficking regulated by ER fusion protein
Credit: Image by Dr. HU Junjie's group Prof. HU Junjie from the Institute of Biophysics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and his collaborators reported...
Game app provides knowledge of person-centered care
Credit: Photo: Elin Linstrom Claessen Click, swipe, listen to patients and follow the talk among the healthcare staff. Now, another step in the work towards...
Safe, low-cost, modular, self-programming robots
A toolbox for building robots aware of their surroundingsCredit: A. Heddergott / TUM Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots...
Old at heart: Solution to red giants’ age paradox
A group of red giants discovered four years ago seems to be old and young at the same time. Scientists now prove that they are...
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