Experts develop guide for getting more LTC residents immunized
A summit convened by The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) National Adult Vaccination Program (NAVP) has resulted in a roadmap for advancing immunization efforts in...
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AI could predict cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer’s Disease in the next five years
A team of scientists has successfully trained a new artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm to make accurate predictions regarding cognitive decline leading to Alzheimer's disease. Dr....
Gastric banding as effective as metformin in slowing prediabetes, type two diabetes
What People with prediabetes or new-onset type 2 diabetes who had gastric banding, a type of bariatric surgery for weight loss, had similar stabilization of...
Building a public library of bacteria to facilitate drug discovery research
Approximately $1.7 million in new funding from the National Institutes of Health will enable a multidisciplinary team of University of Illinois at Chicago researchers to...
UMass Amherst researchers plan to develop alternative energy source for muscle
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Muscle biophysicist Ned Debold in the kinesiology department at the University of Massachusetts Amherst's School of Public Health and...
Case Western Reserve researchers to examine skin prions in fatal neurodegenerative disease
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Affecting both people and animals, prion diseases are degenerative brain disorders that can debilitate or kill their...
Conflict management improves ICU team knowledge, mindfulness and awareness
The intensive care unit is a stressful place, and conflicts invariably arise. To better understand the relationships between physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists and advanced practitioners,...
Reducing HIV, other STIs among young black women in South Africa
The University of Illinois at Chicago is one of eight universities awarded funding by the National Institutes of Health to prevent and treat sexually transmitted...
UM earns $10M contract to develop universal flu vaccine
Credit: University of Montana MISSOULA - The National Institutes of Health have awarded a $10 million contract to the University of Montana to develop a...
Cracking the (reimbursement) code: Hard work, big changes covering care we need with age
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society For millions of older adults who rely on Medicare, the federal health insurance program for people 65-years-old and older,...
In comments on Medicare fee schedule proposal, AGS calls for putting older people first
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society In a letter sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and described today in an extensive...
New study evaluates efficacy of PET imaging to manage chronic liver diseases
Credit: Salas et al. While liver biopsies are powerful and reliable, they are also invasive, painful, limited and subject to complications. These effects may soon...
Potential treatment could stop knee and spine osteoarthritis, Krembil scientists say
Toronto (October 4, 2018) - Scientists at the Krembil Research Institute have developed a novel therapeutic treatment that has the potential to stop knee and...
Department of Defense grant for clinical trial of stem cell therapy for eye injuries
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have received a four-year, $5.25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense to lead a multi-site...
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