Developing an automated virtual health coach
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to create an SMS-based...
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Study: Dad’s exercise before conception impacts child’s lifelong health
Credit: John Soares Recent studies have linked development of type 2 diabetes and impaired metabolic health individuals to their parents' poor diet, and there is...
Database funded to help researchers understand bipolar disorder throughout adult lifespan
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Not much is known about how bipolar disorder (BD) affects people throughout their lives. Do women and...
Short-term ADT with RT improves survival over RT alone up to 10 years
The long-term follow up of the NRG Oncology trial RTOG 9408, studying the addition of short-term androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT) to radiotherapy (RT) for men with...
More than just anatomy: sex differences in the lower urinary tract
The biological differences between women and men go beyond basic anatomy. Researchers must consider sex differences down to the cellular level in order to discover...
Immunotherapy improves survival in metastatic or recurrent head and neck cancer
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Immunotherapy with pembrolizumab improves survival in patients with head and neck cancer...
Patients with HPV-positive oropharynx cancer should receive chemoradiation
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 22 October 2018 - Patients with human papilloma virus (HPV)-positive throat cancer should receive chemoradiotherapy rather...
Low-income obesity patients lose weight in new study
DURHAM, N.C. -- With the help of a free phone app, low-income obese patients with signs of cardiovascular risk lost a clinically meaningful amount of...
New technique reveals limb control in flies — and maybe robots
Credit: Pavan Ramdya, EPFL One of the major goals of biology, medicine, and robotics is to understand how limbs are controlled by circuits of neurons...
Aspirin alone a good clot buster after knee surgery
Credit: Michigan Medicine/Manifest When it comes to preventing blood clots after a knee replacement, good old aspirin may be just as effective as newer, more...
Yale-NUS researchers discover drug cocktail that increases lifespan
Credit: Image provided by Dr Jan Gruber. A team of researchers led by Principal Investigator Dr Jan Gruber from Yale-NUS College has discovered a combination...
Journalism study evaluates emotions on the job
Credit: QUT Media A QUT journalism academic says the current freelancer-heavy market for media professionals could be preventing photographers and video journalists who report on...
A topical gel to protect farmers from lethal effects of pesticides
Credit: PK Vemula lab Farmers are exposed to toxic pesticides, through skin contact and inhalation, during the spraying of pesticides. This is a severe health...
Social stigma contributes to poor mental health in the autistic community
Stress related to social stigma may be the reason why autistic people experience more mental health problems than the general population, dispelling past theories that...
New agent against anthrax
A team led by Professor Arne Skerra at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has developed an innovative strategy for preventing the anthrax bacterium from...
