Gun violence research gets $50 million support fund
The RAND Corporation has been selected to help oversee a philanthropic fund that will support high-quality research on issues related to gun violence. The National...
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Researchers create new programmed shape-morphing scaffolds enabling facile 3-D endothelialization
Credit: DU Xuemin Recently, a research team led by Dr. DU Xuemin at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of...
Federal home visiting program can be improved to better meet needs of families
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health The multibillion-dollar MIECHV program was formed as part of the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. It provides funding to...
Handgun purchaser licensing laws linked to fewer firearm homicides in large, urban areas
State laws that require gun purchasers to obtain a license contingent on passing a background check performed by state or local law enforcement are associated...
Bigger human brain prioritizes thinking hub — at a cost
Credit: National Institute of Mental Health Some human brains are nearly twice the size of others - but how might that matter? Researchers at the...
MD Anderson and Amgen to accelerate early-stage treatments for several cancer types
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Amgen today announced two multi-year collaboration agreements aimed at accelerating development of a variety of Amgen's...
For anxiety, a single intervention is not enough
No matter which treatment they get, only 20 percent of young people diagnosed with anxiety will stay well over the long term, UConn Health researchers...
A new understanding of how glucose makes you fat
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 31, 2018 - Glucose is the energy that fuels cells, and the body likes to store glucose for later...
UT Health San Antonio receives $24 million NIH research boost
For the third time in 10 years, UT Health San Antonio has garnered highly competitive National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants to speed the translation...
Experts in infection prevention and control publish two new textbooks
May 31, 2018 (Arlington, VA) - The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) has published two new textbooks on the topics of infection prevention...
Drowsy worms offer new insights into the neuroscience of sleep
Credit: Laboratory of Developmental Genetics at The Rockefeller University A good night of sleep entails about eight hours of blissful immobility--a state of near paralysis...
Screening resident physicians entering training misses many at risk for sleep impairment
Screening resident physicians entering their first year of training to identify those with pre-existing sleep problems does not appear to provide useful data regarding risks...
Symptoms worsen around menses for people with borderline personality disorder
Symptoms associated with borderline personality disorder -- a severe and chronic mood disorder characterized by an inability to manage strong emotions -- tend to worsen...
New guidelines recommend earlier colorectal cancer screening
New guidelines developed by the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommend that screening for colorectal cancer for average-risk adults begin at age 45, five years earlier...
The link between handgrip strength and healthy lungs in older women
As we age, we may become weaker as our muscles tend to lose their mass and strength. This condition of losing muscle mass is called...
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