$4 million grant funds Brain Safety Lab focused on brain health of…
INDIANAPOLIS — Brain health is critical to successful aging. A new four-year $4 million grant from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to the...
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Mindful yoga can reduce risky behaviors in troubled youth, says UC research
Credit: Aziz Acharki/Upsplash For some young people, dealing with life stressors like exposure to violence and family disruption often means turning to negative, risky behaviors...
About 1 in 5 adolescent victims of sexual harassment on social media…
IMAGE: Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking is an authoritative peer-reviewed journal published monthly online with Open Access options and in print that explores the psychological...
Duke Endowment grant to help UNC Lineberger roll out lay patient navigation program in…
Credit: UNC The Duke Endowment of Charlotte, N.C., has awarded a three-year, $600,000 grant to UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center to establish a multi-institutional lay...
HKBU Chinese medicine scholars develop HKBU Chinese medicine scholars…
Credit: HKBU Chinese Medicine scholars at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have succeeded in developing a novel targeted delivery system for CRISPR/Cas9 to achieve therapeutic...
New clinical trial using water to treat polycystic kidney disease
Credit: Westmead Medical Research Foundation A cheap, safe and effective treatment to polycystic kidney disease may soon be available, thanks to a new national clinical...
Data analysis finds lower risk of infection with LASIK than with…
Credit: University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, Tenn. – Which causes fewer eye infections – contact lens wear or LASIK surgery? While traditionally contacts...
Face value
Scientists have long deemed the ability to recognize faces innate for people and other primates — something our brains just know how to do immediately...
Special issue of Journal of Nursing Scholarship confronts climate…
Credit: NOAA Satellites A special issue of the Journal of Nursing Scholarship explores climate change, global health, and the role of nursing in addressing environmental...
Calcium in arteries influences heart attack risk
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – August 8, 2017 – Patients without calcium buildup in the coronary arteries had significantly lower risk of future heart attack...
New book examines health challenges for the rapidly urbanizing planet
Toronto – By the year 2100, eight out of ten people in the world will reside in cities – a major change in demographics compared...
Glowing cancer tool illuminates benign, but dangerous, brain tumors…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – An experimental imaging tool that uses a targeted fluorescent dye successfully lit up the benign brain tumors of patients during...
New study: Estimated burden of healthcare-associated infections
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Robert Koch Institute, and the Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and...
Two gifts totaling $150 million add up to bright future for research at Children’s…
Credit: Children's Mercy / BSA Lifestructures Kansas City, Mo. – Jan. 11, 2018 – Two of Kansas City's iconic families today transformed the future of...
World’s first super-microsurgery operation with ‘robot…
Credit: Microsure MAASTRICHT, Oct. 2, 2017 – Plastic surgeons at Maastricht University Medical Center have used a robotic device to surgically treat lymphedema in a...
