Study finds 2.6 percent mortality rate among children hospitalized for stroke
MAYWOOD, IL - A major international study has found that 2.6 percent of infants and children hospitalized for stroke die in the hospital. Loyola Medicine...
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New study finds plant protein, fiber, nuts lower cholesterol, improve blood pressure
WASHINGTON - A new meta-analysis published in the journal Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases finds that a diet that includes plant protein, fiber, nuts, and plant...
Pitt’s David Vorp named Fellow of the American Heart Association
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (June 4, 2018) ... David A. Vorp, Associate Dean for Research and John A. Swanson Professor of Bioengineering at...
How does alcohol influence the development of Alzheimer’s disease?
Research from the University of Illinois at Chicago has found that some of the genes affected by alcohol and inflammation are also implicated in processes...
ChemMaps lets researchers navigate the chemical universe
Researchers from North Carolina State University have created a new online service - ChemMaps - that allows users to interactively navigate the chemical space of...
Wayne State professor receives NSF CAREER award for vaccine adjuvant research
Credit: Wayne State University College of Engineering DETROIT - Haipeng Liu, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemical engineering at Wayne State University, received a Faculty Early...
Study: Exercise mitigates genetic effects of obesity later in life
Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- If you're up there in age and feel like you can coast as a couch potato, you may...
Findings could lead to treatment of hepatitis B
Credit: University of Delaware/ Kathy F. Atkinson Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at Indiana University, have gained new insights into the...
Proxies who watch advanced care planning video more likely to withhold feeding tubes
BOSTON - Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered that nursing home residents with advanced dementia...
Does stabilizing female hormones help lower suicide risk?
A three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health will help researchers determine whether the stabilization of ovarian hormones estradiol and progesterone can...
SensTek licenses pH sensor developed by UTA faculty member
Credit: UTA California startup SensTek has licensed pH sensor technology linked to two issued patents developed by University of Texas at Arlington electrical engineering professor...
Increased follow-up does not benefit colorectal cancer patients
Logically, it would seem that more follow-up testing of cancer patients must be better than less - but this is not the case for patients...
Non-pharmacologic approaches improve outcomes for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome
BOSTON--A quality improvement (QI) initiative at Boston Medical Center that focused on using non-pharmacologic approaches to care for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) yielded...
A change in bacteria’s genetic code holds promise of longer-lasting drugs
AUSTIN, Texas -- By altering the genetic code in bacteria, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated a method to make therapeutic...
Unlocking the genome
A team led by Prof. Stein Aerts (VIB-KU Leuven) uncovers how access to relevant DNA regions is orchestrated in epithelial cells. These findings shed new...
