UTA researcher’s book looks at quality-of-life concerns…
Credit: UT Arlington A new book, co-authored by a UTA researcher, empirically shows how badly sprawl affects health and other quality-of-life outcomes. The Costs of...
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Researchers identify cells linked to the development of the…
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System A population of cells in early development may give rise to the ventricular chambers of the heart, but not the...
Scientists find heightened attention to surprise in veterans with PTSD
Credit: Davide Bonazzi Fireworks on nights other than the fourth of July or New Year's Eve might be nothing more than inconsiderate neighbors, but for...
UTHealth study paves the way for Clostridium difficile treatment in…
Credit: Terry Vine HOUSTON – (March 13, 2017) – Frozen and freeze-dried products for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) are nearly as effective as fresh product...
Treatment of pregnant patients with bone and joint injuries complicated, requires team of…
Credit: © American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons ROSEMONT, Ill. (May 1, 2017)–Nearly one in 1,000 pregnant women in the United States suffer bone and joint...
Which research results in mice will help humans with MS? Now there’s a way to tell
Credit: Jessie J. Polanco BUFFALO, N.Y. — People with multiple sclerosis (MS) know all too well the frustration of hearing that success in treating the...
Onion-like layers help this efficient new nanoparticle glow
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new, onion-like nanoparticle could open new frontiers in biomaging, solar energy harvesting and light-based security techniques. The particle's innovation lies in...
Potential diabetes treatment advances
Researchers at MIT’s David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, in collaboration with scientists at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) and several other...
Renal function impairment in patients undergoing elective EVAR vs. elective open repair
Credit: Konstantinos Spanos et al , Bentham Science Publishers Endovascular (EVAR) or open surgical (OSR) repair are current treatment options for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)....
The first crowdfunded study in Japan: Micro X-ray observation of a…
Credit: Masanori Okanishi Not only have scientists from Japan performed the first non-destructive morphological observations on the Fleshy brittle star, Asteronyx loveni, using micro X-ray...
Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide...
Advances to brain-interface technology provide clearer insight into visual system
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University engineers and cognitive neuroscientists have demonstrated that a new high-density EEG can capture the brain's neural activity at...
Contributions to veterans in the US criminal justice system identified
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – Military veterans currently account for 8 percent of the national prison and jail population, according to the Bureau...
Study finds tube placement may not be necessary for treating upper GI…
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina For many of the millions of patients treated annually in hospitals for upper gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding, there is little...
Most doctors ignore one of the most potent ways to improve health, Penn experts say
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Leveraging existing relationships with friends and family may be a more effective way to improve patients' health and encourage new...
