Training the next generation of One Health professionals
Credit: Mary Straub/UC Davis Since 2002, an increasing number of institutions and universities have been developing educational programs related to a One Health approach. There...
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Insilico to present the advances in AI and Blockchain for Healthcare at the AI in Healthcare Summit
Monday, June 4, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence for drug discovery, biomarker development...
New cardiac pump device more effective, less costly than standard pump
In a presentation at the annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology, and in a simultaneous publication in Circulation,...
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...
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...
