More Americans aware of growing problem of opioid addiction
CHICAGO, April 5, 2018 -- A new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reveals the number of Americans who see opioid...
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National Foundation for Cancer research scientists among the National Academy of Inventors’ class
BETHESDA, MD - In an event this afternoon at the historic Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC, two funded scientists of the National Foundation for Cancer...
Parents struggle to discuss sex with LGBTQ teens
'My challenge is I have no idea what sex is really like for men, especially for gay men' Parents don't know what constitutes safe sexual...
MRI analysis with machine learning predicts impairment after spinal injury, study shows
Leesburg, VA, April 2, 2018 - A test of machine-learning algorithms shows promise for computer-aided prognosis of acute spinal cord injury, according to a study...
Injecting gene cocktail into mouse pancreas leads to humanlike tumors
Credit: Dr. Bruno Doiron/UT Health San Antonio Novel technology developed at UT Health San Antonio gives rise to mouse pancreatic tumors that have the same...
‘Sleeping’ stem cells could aid brain repair
Credit: Andrea Brand/Leo Otsuki Scientists at the Wellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, have identified a new type of stem cell...
Review of Vitamin D Research identifies ethical issues in placebo use
WASHINGTON (April 5, 2018) -- Since World War II, medical ethics in research studies involving human subjects have shifted significantly. Despite this important growth, ethical...
Can we imitate organisms’ abilities to decode water patterns for new technologies?
Credit: Brendan Colvert, Mohamad Alsalman, Eva Kanso The shape of water. Can it tell us about what drives romance? Among fish, it might. Eva Kanso,...
New guidance for safe opioid prescribing for hospitalized patients with acute pain
BOSTON - For hospitalized patients, pain is an all-too-common part of the experience. Even among U.S. patients who have not undergone surgery, more than half...
Organoids created from patients’ bladder cancers could guide treatment
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (April 5, 2018)-Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers have created patient-specific bl..
Findings from breast and gynecological cancer study may have potential for future clinical applicati
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a startling amount of new information about molecular...
New discovery explains why cells with identical genes perform unique jobs
Scientists have made a significant discovery that explains how and why the billions of different cells in our bodies look and act so differently despite...
Risk of type 1 diabetes climbs when one population of T cells falls
Credit: Stephanie M. McPherson BOSTON - (April 5, 2018) - In autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes, some of the immune system's T cells...
Fentanyl overdose survivors require little if any hospital treatment
Most fentanyl overdose survivors, if given the antidote promptly, don't need prolonged hospital treatment, according to a study by University of British Columbia physicians. That...
Chronic illnesses, functional limitations a risk in older adults with heart failure
Heart failure affects more than 6 million people in the U.S.--most of whom are older adults. Roughly half the older adults who have heart failure...
