Health professionals need support to help children of terminally ill patients
Health professionals require more guidance to prepare and support children when a parent is dying, a new study in the journal Palliative Medicine reports. In...
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Bertarelli Foundation, Harvard Medical School announce collaborative research awards to tackle sensory disorders
The Bertarelli Foundation has awarded collaborative research grants to four teams of scientists representing Harvard Medical School, its affiliated teaching hospitals, and the Institute of...
Ohio University study aims to help military regain full strength
ATHENS, Ohio (Nov. 5, 2018) - A study proposed to better help military personnel fully recovery from knee injuries has been awarded a research grant...
Physicists designed new antenna for supersensitive magnetometers of a new generation
Credit: ITMO University Scientists from ITMO University and Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences proposed a new microwave antenna that creates a...
Researchers show that a high-protein diet does not affect kidney function
Credit: McMaster University A widely held and controversial myth that high-protein diets may cause kidney damage in healthy adults has been debunked by scientists at...
Standing in for a kidney, MXene materials could give dialysis patients the freedom to move
Credit: Drexel University For more than 3 million people around the world, kidney failure is a life-altering diagnosis, if not a life-threatening one. While about...
Phobic anxiety is linked to sexuality issues in women who are breast cancer survivors
A study carried out by a research team made up of researchers from the University of Cordoba, the Maimonides Institute of Biomedical Research (in Spanish...
Sitting is NOT the new smoking, contrary to popular myth
Credit: Creative Commons No, sitting is not the new smoking, despite what countless newspaper articles have peddled in recent years. That's the consensus from an...
Stroke survivors and those at risk urged to focus on yoga and tai chi
Credit: Creative Commons One of Australia's biggest health issues could be checked if more people took up yoga or tai chi and reduced their blood...
Prejudice against women in power is greater than we think
People are more prejudiced against women leaders than the statistics might indicate. This could be because participants in surveys investigating attitudes towards men and women...
A hypocaloric Mediterranean diet and daily exercise maintain weight loss
Credit: (CC BY-SA 2.0) Nowadays, overweight or obese patients, particularly those with metabolic syndrome, are recommended to lose weight by changing their lifestyle. The aim...
PolyU and University of Waterloo sign historic institutional agreement
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The Presidents of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and The University of Waterloo signed a Strategic University Partnership...
Fern plant infusion keeps the doctor away in Medieval Europe
Credit: University of York The remains of a medieval skeleton has shown the first physical evidence that a fern plant could have been used for...
The frontlines of influenza research
On the centennial of the 1918 influenza pandemic, the Human Vaccines Project is bringing together 200 prominent global scientists and thought leaders in a summit...
NICE should change antibiotic guidelines for dental patients — study shows
New research has revealed the impact a change in US guidelines had on the prescribing of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) to prevent a life-threatening heart condition...
