The ‘secret sauce’ for high-performing NICUs
Credit: Children's National Health System Leaders of neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) across the nation share the same play books as they strive to provide...
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New scholarly focus needed to help solve global food crisis, U-M experts say
ANN ARBOR--The global food system is unsustainable and urgently needs an overhaul. Yet current approaches to finding solutions through applied academic research are too narrow...
Researchers find connection between viruses and inflammatory bowel disease
AURORA, Colo. (July 23, 2018) - A study led by a researcher at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus reveals a key connection between...
Virtual reality may help students experience life with dementia first hand
Chicago, July 23, 2018 - Virtual reality technology gives high school students greater insight into what it's like to be Alfred -- a 74-year-old African...
Novel intervention for anxiety symptoms among people with Bipolar Disorder
Credit: Lancaster University Psychologists at Lancaster University have devised a novel psychological intervention to address Anxiety in Bipolar Disorder (AIBD). Anxiety is common in Bipolar...
Enzyme lays the foundations for allergic immune response
Credit: RUB, Marquard While in search of the causes of allergies and asthma, a chance discovery has yielded new clues: researchers led by Dr Marcus...
How cannabis and cannabis-based drugs harm your brain
Credit: Lancaster University Long-term use of either cannabis or cannabis-based drugs impairs memory say researchers. The study has implications for both recreational users and people...
Eight new mouse models for Alzheimer’s disease available to researchers
Credit: Courtesy of The Jackson Laboratory The MODEL-AD Center, an ambitious project to develop and distribute precise mouse models of late-onset Alzheimer's disease (AD), has...
Pregnancy and reproductive history may impact dementia risk
Chicago, July 23, 2018 - Research reported at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 in Chicago highlighted sex differences associated with dementia and Alzheimer's..
New research in patient care, transformative imaging technology highlight SNIS 15th Annual Meeting
San Francisco--The most innovative studies in neurointerventional care, cutting-edge sessions on artificial intelligence, and content-rich discussions on best practices and future directions in neuroe..
FIND and DNDi support Malaysian MOH to simplify and decentralize HCV screening & treatment
Initiative in Malaysia to enhance country's public health approach to hepatitis C Decentralized screening for hepatitis C virus (HCV) using pre-qualified rapid diagnostic tests will...
Exhaled e-vapor particles evaporate in seconds — new study
Credit: Fontem Ventures Amsterdam, July 23rd 2018 - A new peer-reviewed study published in the prestigious journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research shows that exhaled e-vapour...
UTSA researcher receives $1.9 million HHS grant to develop anti-fungal vaccine
(SAN ANTONIO, July 23, 2018) -- Chiung-Yu Hung, assistant professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received a five-year,...
Mandate patient access to primary care medical records
Canada's provincial governments should mandate patient access to their electronic medical records, argue authors of a commentary in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) "e believe...
Curing breast cancer but at what cost? Patients report heavy financial toll
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- As treatment for early stage breast cancer becomes less extensive and more precise, a new concern is...
