Are hot flashes genetic?
Credit: Enrique Rivero/UCLA Most women experience hot flashes and night sweats either before or during menopause, but a significant minority don't have these symptoms. Could...
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Researchers develop spectroscopic ‘science camera’ system for smartphones
Credit: Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The latest versions of most smartphones contain at least two and sometimes three built-in cameras....
New ‘blood biopsies’ with experimental device may improve…
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Feb. 13, 2017) – A team of investigators from Cedars-Sinai and UCLA is using a new blood-analysis technique and tiny experimental...
Specialized physical therapy helps teens with scoliosis get ahead of…
Credit: University of Alberta For teens with scoliosis, a new study shows specialized physical therapy exercises can improve the curve of the spine, muscle endurance...
Prematurity leaves distinctive molecular signature in infants’…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Premature birth, which affects one in 10 U.S. babies, is associated with altered metabolite profiles in the infants'...
UAB to bring proton therapy for advanced cancer treatment to…
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The University of Alabama at Birmingham will partner with Proton International to bring proton therapy, one of the most technically...
Factors affecting the health of older sexual & gender minorities
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 18, 2017–A special issue of LGBT Health includes the latest research, clinical practice innovations, and...
Baffling lab mystery leads to potential new anemia treatment
A bizarre result of a routine lab experiment has led researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine to an unexpected new way to...
T-cells engineered to outsmart tumors induce clinical responses in…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON-(Jan. 16, 2018)-Tumors have come up with ingenious strategies that enable them to evade detection and destruction by the immune...
Expanding role of hospitalist PAs achieves similar clinical outcomes, costs less
Credit: Physicians Inpatient Care Specialists More and more medical centers are relying on hospitalists — hospital-based internal medicine specialists who coordinate the complex care of...
Unique sensory responses to the pediatric HIV medication Kaletra
Credit: Sabina Louise Piece/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 13, 2017) – Bad taste can lead to rejection of life-saving medicines by infants and young children, who...
Pediatric medication poisonings more likely in poor, rural areas
IMAGE: Children younger than 5 who live in economically disadvantaged areas had a greater risk of medication poisoning that resulted in referral to a health...
‘Buying time’ for natural killer cells could enhance…
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research A team of researchers from Australia and France have uncovered new insights into how to prolong...
New guidelines on clinical trial design for patients with brain…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trials of new anti-cancer therapies have often excluded patients whose disease has spread to the brain or central...
SLU surgeons study ‘awake aneurysm surgery’ for better…
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS — In a first time study published in the August edition of the Journal of Neurosurgery, Saint Louis University...
