Tennessee scientist works to increase crops’ water saving potential
Credit: Ginger Rowsey There is one ingredient that every single crop is absolutely dependent on - water. Producers have implemented irrigation and fine-tuned cultural practices...
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Key workflow interruptions in emergency departments identified
Credit: Amy Parris, MU College of Engineering Interruptions in workflow, such as a phone call while working on another task, or when a colleague stops...
Recent executive actions continue to concern AGS regarding care we all need as we age
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society In response to regulatory actions that took aim last week at essential health benefits for all Americans and support...
Portable device to sniff out trapped humans
The first step after buildings collapse from an earthquake, bombing or other disaster is to rescue people who could be trapped in the rubble. But...
UTSA researcher and team launch diabetes support program
Researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) are taking diabetes education to church. Through the Building a Healthy Temple (BHT) program, they're...
Project ASSERT honored by the American College of Physicians for bringing comprehensive addiction care
Philadelphia, 2017 - Boston Medical Center's (BMC) Project ASSERT has been awarded the American College of Physicians (ACP) Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award from the...
Water dynamics indicate tumor status
How aggressive is a tumor? To measure the tumor status without taking tissue samples, Italian researchers have developed a method based on magnetic resonance imaging...
Having fully stocked cart to treat malignant hyperthermia during labor not cost-beneficial
CHICAGO - Maintaining a stocked cart, with a full supply of the life-saving drug dantrolene, to treat malignant hyperthermia, a rare but potentially fatal adverse...
Standard Bariatrics closes Series A round of financing
Credit: Bruce Crippen for Standard Bariatrics (Cincinnati, OH-- April 18, 2018) Standard Bariatrics, Inc., an innovator of bariatric surgical devices, has raised a Series A...
NIH funds a research consortium to address firearm deaths among US children and teens
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Among children in the United States, firearm-related fatalities are the second leading cause of death. Such preventable injuries...
University of Delaware professor receives $2.3 million grant to study Achilles injuries
Credit: University of Delaware/ Aaron Davis University of Delaware assistant professor Karin Gravare Silbernagel (Physical Therapy) received a five-year, $2.3 million Research Project Grant (R01)...
Ebola media coverage impacted how the public perceived the disease and survivors
Credit: University of Missouri COLUMBIA, Mo. - In 2014, the United States saw fatal cases of Ebola for the first time. The disease had been...
Many European countries are not ready to stop viral hepatitis
Many European countries lack a comprehensive policy to eliminate viral hepatitis as a major public health threat, according to a patient group-based survey implemented in...
A molecular atlas of calcific aortic valve disease
Credit: Elana Aikawa, Brigham and Women's Hospital Calcific aortic valve disease (CAVD) - a disease that leaves the aortic valve stiff and calcified, preventing blood...
Transplanted livers help body defend against organ rejection, Mayo Clinic study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- For decades, transplant experts have observed that liver transplant recipients often need less anti-rejection medication, known as immunosuppressive drugs, than recipients of...
