Recent upsurge of A(H7N9) cases in China, updated ECDC rapid risk…
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control A steep increase of human cases of avian influenza A(H7N9) has been reported since the beginning of...
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JAD’s Alzheimer Funding Analyzer now includes Alzheimer’s…
Credit: ©ÜberResearch, 2016 The Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD) is pleased to announce that its Alzheimer's Funding Analyzer (AFA) now includes all Alzheimer's Association (AA)...
Concurrent chemotherapy, proton therapy improves survival in patients with advanced lung…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON – For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the specialized radiation treatment, proton therapy,...
Scientists discover how epithelial cells maintain constant cell…
Credit: Swapna Gudipaty SALT LAKE CITY – Research published today in Nature from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah shows...
UNIST startup receives KRW 1 billion investment from KIBO
Credit: AZA Studio SeoYeon Lee p>RecensMedical Inc., a UNIST-based startup company, has been selected as the first investment enterprise of U-TECH Valley by the Korea...
Ophthalmology’s data science initiative yields important clinical post-surgery…
Data science continues to gain ground as an immensely powerful tool for medicine, accelerating physicians' ability to identify new strategies to improve patient care. This...
UAB researchers awarded $11.5 million to study asymptomatic congenital…
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease recently awarded the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Pediatrics contracts totaling $11.5...
Real or virtual: Dartmouth scientists ask — can we tell the difference?
HANOVER, N.H. – A Dartmouth College-led study shows that people find it increasingly difficult to distinguish between computer-generated images and real photos, but that a...
New patent paves way for breast cancer prevention
George Mason University researchers have patented a new breast cancer treatment that uses a common malaria drug to stop cancer in its beginning stages. Chloroquine,...
$1.7M grant to UNC School of Medicine to fund program streamlining…
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – Sept. 29, 2017 – UNC School of Medicine cardiologist Anil Gehi, MD, will use a $1.7...
Physicians analyze food trends and publish dietary prescription for optimal heart health
Credit: Freeman, A.M. et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017;69(9):1172-87. WASHINGTON — Nutrition researcher Neal Barnard, M.D., F.A.C.C., president and founder of the nonprofit Physicians...
Regenstrief study to determine whether health information exchange improves emergency care
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Are patients less likely to be hospitalized if emergency departments have access to their complete medical record via health information...
Scientists discover an unexpected influence on dividing stem…
Credit: Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University/Science When most cells divide, they simply make more of themselves. But stem cells,...
Second cause of hidden hearing loss identified
Credit: Michigan Medicine Patients who complain they can't hear their friends at a noisy restaurant, but pass a hearing test in their doctor's office, may...
Comparing chemical and surgical castration for prostate cancer
Surgical castration to remove the testicles (orchiectomy) of men with metastatic prostate cancer was associated with lower risks for adverse effects compared with men who...
