C-sections by trained health officers a safe alternative
Task sharing in Sierra Leone -- teaching emergency surgery to health officers -- can help improve healthcare in a country with few doctorsCredit: Magnus Endal,...
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Sea Grant & ASLO bring helping hands to Puerto Rico
Annual scientific meeting features community service projects SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Scientists from 52 countries will be providing hands-on help in Puerto Rico to...
Virus promoting love and kindness created for Valentine's day
Credit: University City Science Center PHILADELPHIA--What if love and kindness could spread like a virus? As part of the University City Science Center's BioArt Residency,...
UMN study provides new insight into use of cell replacement therapies to treat muscular dystrophies
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- February 13, 2019 - The University of Minnesota Medical School continues its legacy of advancing cell replacement therapies with a scientific breakthrough that...
16 longevity scientists have a Valentine's day message for the world
Announcing the Academy for Health and Lifespan Research BOSTON, FEBRUARY 13 - A group of leading scientists devoted to research on the mechanisms of biological...
Women more likely to have poorer outcomes following aortic surgery
The study, published in February 2019's sex-themed issue of Circulation, found if you're a woman, you're twice as likely to experience a stroke or death...
CWRU receives $1.3M to develop decision-making tool for treating intimate partner violence
Project will identify most promising interventions and help providers tailor treatmentsCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine's...
Lopez named to UT System Academy of Distinguished Teachers
Teaching excellence at UTACredit: UTArlington Ramon Lopez, a professor of physics at The University of Texas at Arlington, has been named to the UT System...
Half-Earth preservation with Natura 2000
In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists have called for the protection...
Machine learning detects importance of land stewardship in conservation policy
Credit: Pushpendra Rana, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - At the southern tip of the Himalayas, farmers in the Kangra region of India's Himachal Pradesh...
Increased depression and suicidal behavior risk for young cannabis users
New international study reveals percentage of young cannabis users are gambling with risk of depression or suicidal behavior Montreal, February 13, 2019 -Adolescent cannabis use...
Researchers develop reversible antiplatelet therapy to fight clotting, cancer metastasis
Preclinical study of deactivated platelets describes promising new approach to treating diseasesCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University WASHINGTON (Feb. 13, 2019)--A new reversible, drug-free antiplatelet...
MRI and computer modeling reveals how wrist bones move
Credit: Brent Foster and Abhijit Chaudhari, UC Davis We use our wrists constantly, but how do they work? In a just-published Journal of Biomechanics article,...
Link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer ignored by women most at risk
Credit: Flinders University Middle aged women in Australia aren't getting the message about the proven link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer, at a time...
Verbal autopsies capture more accurate burden of disease in Uganda
Model is likely cost-effective and greatly increases reporting of vital statisticsCredit: Doreen Nabukalu, M.P.H. Chapel Hill, NC - Training community health workers to perform verbal...
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