Illinois researchers develop method to cancel noise without ear-blocking headphones
Credit: Sheng Shen Disruptive noise is almost everywhere, from people talking in the office corridor to road construction down the street to the neighbor's lawn...
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UTA bioengineer to develop hydrogel to repair heart tissue after heart attacks
Credit: UTA A UTA bioengineering professor has won a new $460,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a biodegradable and bioactive hydrogel...
Why polluted air may be a threat to your kidneys
Credit: Michigan Medicine There is good evidence that polluted air increases the risk of respiratory problems such as asthma -- as well as organ inflammation,...
Uninsured major cardiac-related hospitalizations declined in first year after ACA
New Brunswick, NJ - States that expanded eligibility for their Medicaid program in 2014 when the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was implemented, saw fewer uninsured...
New nusinersen drug delivery method identified for spinal muscular atrophy patients
STRASBURG, PA- A new report has identified an alternative method to deliver nusinersen to patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) using a subcutaneous intrathecal catheter...
Researchers stop cell suicide that worsens sepsis, arthritis
Researchers from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have discovered a way to stop immune cell death associated with multiple diseases, including sepsis, inflammatory...
Decline in uninsured hospitalizations for cardiovascular events after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with a decline in the proportion of uninsured hospitalizations for major cardiovascular events...
Scientists have developed an effective marker for cancer diagnosis and therapy
Credit: © NUST MISIS A research group consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS, the Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum München, the University of Duisburg-Essen,...
Sweeter dreams in a peaceful mind
It has long been assumed that the content of dreams can tell us something about the person's well-being. However, so far dream researchers have mostly...
LeClair receives MAG’s Physician’s Award for Community Service
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 24, 2018) - Dr. Bruce LeClair, Ollie O. McGahee Jr. M.D. Endowed Chair in Family...
INRS takes aim at the dreaded tropical disease leishmaniasis
Leishmania is a microorganism that enters the human body via a sandfly bite. Instead of fleeing the white blood cells deployed by the immune system...
MSU scientists closer to solving arthritic condition in teens
Credit: Kurt Stepnitz, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A new Michigan State University study has found that a malfunctioning gene associated with a...
Risk adjusting for race and poverty bolsters rankings of some hospitals
Credit: Kirsty Challen, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom DES PLAINES, IL -- Sociodemographic risk adjustment of emergency care-sensitive mortality improves ap..
Smoked Out: Researchers develop a new wildfire smoke emissions model
Chemical engineering researchers from Brigham Young University have developed an advanced model that can help predict pollution caused by wildfire smoke. The research, sponsored by...
Chronic malnutrition in children: A new gut microbial signature
Credit: © Institut Pasteur in Bangui/JM Zokoué Chronic malnutrition, usually associated with an inflammation of the small intestine, affects one in every four children under...
