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Treating leg ulcers within two weeks by closing faulty veins improves healing by 12 per cent compared to standard treatment, according to new findings. The...

Researchers use smart phone to make a faster infection detector

Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone that works nearly as well...

Availability of orphan medicines varies between European countries

Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen There are differences in the availability of orphan medicines between different European countries, a new study from the University of...

State-of-the-art reviews in osteoimmunology

Osteoimmunology, which deals with the crosstalk and shared mechanisms of the skeletal and immune systems, provides important insights into both systems. A special issue of...

ATS Foundation and ResMed announce two-year research grant in sleep-disordered breathing

(New York, NY) - April 24, 2018 - The ATS Foundation is pleased to announce its new ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Sleep-disordered Breathing and...

Managing chronic pain with light

Credit: Dhandapani et al., Nature Communications. Imagine that the movement of a single hair on your arm causes severe pain. For patients with neuropathic pain...

Removing the enablers: Reducing number of tumor-supporting cells to fight neuroblastoma

Credit: Valeria Solari, MD, MRCS; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles provide...

Fifth Annual Science Day at NIH

In recognition of National Minority Health Month in April, the National Institutes of Health is hosting its fifth annual Science Day. The event is held...

Doctors prescribe opioids at high rates to those at increased overdose risk

The number of first-time prescriptions for opioid drugs has not risen since about 2010, according to UCLA researchers. However, patients taking a class of drug...

Prolonged acetaminophen use during pregnancy linked to increased ASD and ADHD risk

A study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on the possible relationship between prolonged use of acetaminophen (paracetamol) during pregnancy and the...

Sense of control and meaning helps protect women from anxiety

People who feel in control of their lives and who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to have anxiety disorders even when...

Upswings in older-age cognitive ability may not be universal

A growing body of evidence indicates that rates of dementia may be declining, in part because older adults' cognitive abilities, such as learning and memory...

Glowing contact lens could prevent a leading cause of blindness

Credit: Caltech Hundreds of millions of people suffer from diabetes worldwide, putting them at risk for a creeping blindness, or diabetic retinopathy, that comes with...

UNC scientists create better laboratory tools to study cancer’s spread

CHAPEL HILL - Cancer that has spread, or metastasized, from its original site to other tissues and organs in the body is a leading cause...

Hippo pathway found essential to orchestrate the development of the heart