SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine publishes first articles
The first articles have published online in a new, SN-branded peer review journal that encompasses all aspects of clinical medicine. SN Comprehensive Clinical Medicine was...
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Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Centers mark 30 years of research
November 7, 2018 - Over the past three decades, the Traumatic Brain Injury Model Systems Center (TBIMSC) program has served as a critical source of...
Prize to UCPH researcher for revolutionary discovery of the brain’s cleaning system
Professor Maiken Nedergaard from the University of Copenhagen is this year's recipient of the prestigious prize Stora Nordiska Pris awarded by the Eric K. Fernström...
Are there geographic disparities in death due to traumatic brain injury for US veterans?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 7, 2018--There are known racial and ethnic disparities in death due to traumatic brain injury...
CWRU/UH researcher part of elite Trans-Atlantic network to study heart disease
Credit: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Transcription factors are proteins that determine whether specific genes are transcribed or not by binding to DNA. In other...
Precision medicine is not enough: Moving towards precision surveillance
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The interval at which an individual undergoes a repeat colonoscopy because of previous pre-cancerous polyps -- a practice known as...
UMN researchers study the impact of insurance coverage on transferred patients
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- November 07, 2018- University of Minnesota Medical School researchers seek to identify the relationship between insurance coverage and the mortality rate of patients...
Young researcher wins PETA International Science Consortium Award
Gaithersburg, Md. -- The PETA International Science Consortium is excited to announce the winner of its second annual Early-Career Scientist Award, which sends a scientist...
Low health literacy associated with early death for cardiovascular patients
Patients hospitalized with a cardiovascular event are more likely to die within one year if they have low health literacy, according to a Vanderbilt University...
Researchers have unlocked secrets about engineered protein receptor, CAR
Credit: Madelin Lum/ USC Viterbi School of Engineering Cancer remains the second-leading cause of death in the United States. This year, an estimated 1.7 million...
Mailed HPV tests can help find women at-risk for cervical cancer, study finds
CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have found that mailing self-collection kits to test for high-risk human papillomavirus infection...
New hope for world’s most endangered mammal
New genetic analysis of white rhino populations suggests it could be possible to rescue the critically endangered northern white rhinoceros from extinction, using the genes...
Clearing up information about corneal dystrophies
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Jayne Weiss, MD, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology at LSU Health...
Nasal delivery of weight-loss hormone eases breathing problems in sleeping mice
Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a hormone best known for helping regulate hunger and body weight might also...
Clinical and environmental factors impact absorption of common sunscreen ingredient
With the growing awareness of ultraviolet (UV) exposure resulting in an increased risk of photoaging and skin cancers, consumers are using higher sun protection factor...
