OPTIMISTIC study: Advance care planning in nursing homes challenging…
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The goal of advance care planning is to ensure that the health care an individual receives...
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Pediatric physician-scientists struggle for funding
Credit: Matt Miller/Washington University For young physician-scientists, obtaining research funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) can be a springboard to significant contributions to...
Study advances potential test to sort out precancerous pancreatic…
In a "look-back" analysis of data stored on 130 patients with pancreatic cysts, scientists at Johns Hopkins have used gene-based tests and a fixed set...
Kids’ hands may be a source of significant nicotine exposure
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI – Children may carry significant levels of nicotine on their hands just by coming into contact with items or surfaces contaminated...
Infant MRIs show autism linked to increased cerebrospinal fluid
Credit: Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC – A national research network led by UNC School of Medicine's Joseph Piven, MD,...
The accidental discovery of LSD (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 11, 2017 — Bicycle Day on April 19 honors not the two-wheeled mode of transportation, but the colorful...
Novel small antibody fragment: A valuable tool in crystallography
Credit: Osaka University Osaka – Antibodies are a powerful weapon system in defending our body against invaders such as bacteria and viruses. Each antibody consists...
First photoactive drug for pain treatments
Credit: UB A team of the Institute of Neurosciences of the University of Barcelona has participated in the design of the first light-activated drug -the...
Study finds recipes with hand-washing, temperature reminders improve…
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Kansas State University researchers have discovered the secret ingredient to improving kitchen food safety: include hand-washing reminders and...
New way to detect human-animal diseases tested in lemurs
IMAGE: A diademed sifaka lemur perches on a tree trunk with her infant in Andasibe-Mantadia National Park, Madagascar. Researchers are using RNA sequencing to identify...
NIST study suggests frailty makes elderly more likely to die in home fires
Credit: US Fire Administration A new study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows scientifically for the first time that an individual's...
Study shows effectiveness of switching antiretroviral therapy for HIV-infected children
November 4, 2015 — A study led by Louise Kuhn, PhD, professor of Epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, evaluated whether HIV-infected...
Researchers map molecular interaction that prevents aggressive breast…
Credit: : Colaluca et al., 2018 Researchers in Italy have discovered how specific versions of a protein called Numb protect the key tumor suppressor p53...
3-D packaging of DNA regulates cell identity
Credit: Artwork by Kate Isenberg (www.kateisenberg.com) PHILADELPHIA –The fundamental mechanisms governing how cells form an identity such as becoming a muscle cell or a nerve...
June Martin, RN, of Newport Hospital, receives national Press Ganey…
Credit: Press Ganey NEWPORT, R.I. – June Martin, RN, a 40-year veteran of the Newport Hospital nursing staff, is the recipient of the Press Ganey...
