Blood management program safely reduces transfusions in orthopedic patients
CHICAGO - A patient blood management program designed to limit the amount of transfused blood orthopedic patients undergoing common surgeries such as hip and knee...
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BU researcher receives DoD grant to study TBI, military service in AD
(Boston)--Jesse Mez, MD, MS, assistant professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the United...
Listeria surveillance: New EU-wide study reveals that most outbreaks remain undetected
Credit: Eurosurveillance More than half of the severe listeriosis cases in the European Union belong to clusters, many of which are not being picked up...
The 5th Annual Aging and Drug Discovery Forum at the Basel Life Conference 2018
Monday, August 20th, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence for drug discovery, biomarker development a..
Study finds racial disparities in prescribing opioids for chronic pain
New Haven, Conn.-- Yale researchers have identified racial disparities in the treatment of patients who are prescribed opioids for chronic pain. Black patients who receive...
New inÂformÂaÂtion on brain areas linked to tactÂile sense and metaÂcogÂnitÂive abilÂity
(University of Helsinki) A new doctoral thesis gives information on the neural basis of the sense of touch. According to the results, magnetic stimulation of...
Proposal seeks to improve assessment of drug risks
A drug policy researcher is proposing a suite of changes to overhaul the Multi-Criteria Drug Harm Scale (MCDHS), which informs drug policies across Europe. The...
Gene therapy vectors carrying the telomerase gene do not increase the risk of cancer
Credit: CNIO Negative results and findings in science are perhaps less newsworthy, but they are no less important. Particularly when, as in this case, they...
Nearly 2 in 5 teen drivers text while driving
Cellphone use while driving has been estimated to increase crash risk by 2-9 times and texting while driving may be especially risky because it involves...
Chagas disease, caused by a parasite, has spread outside of Latin America and carries a high risk of heart disease
DALLAS, Aug. 20, 2018 -- Chagas disease, caused by infection with a parasite called Trypanosoma cruzi (T cruzi), causes chronic heart disease in about one...
Nanoparticles in our environment may have more harmful effects than we think
Credit: University of Southern Denmark Researchers warn that a combination of nanoparticles and contaminants may form a cocktail that is harmful to our cells. In...
In teen friendships, misery does love company
Credit: Florida Atlantic University A new study on adolescent friendships offers support for the belief that misery really does love company. Researchers from Florida Atlantic...
Rogue proteins may underlie some ALS and frontotemporal dementia cases, says study
Credit: Aarti Sharma /Columbia University ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis -- is a neurodegenerative disease that attacks motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord,...
Sex in plants requires thrust
Credit: Anja Geitmann In a paper to be published in the September 2018 issue of TECHNOLOGY, the thrust produced by the microscopic organ delivering sperm...
Helping surgical patients taper off opioids safely and successfully
(Monday, August 20, 2018 - Toronto) - A unique pain program is helping complex surgical patients wean off opioids safely and effectively, while offering alternative...
