Researchers build a patch to help cardiac muscle beat more strongly…
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute A research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has been awarded a $452,000 National Institutes of Health grant to bioengineer a...
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UMass Amherst research investigating pollutant effects on embryos in three model species
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Environmental health scientist Alicia Timme-Laragy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a $1.9 million grant from the...
Readily available drug cocktail may help prevent sepsis shock and death
Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 – Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income countries where the mortality rate...
Promising results using silver-releasing scaffolds in MRSA infection…
Credit: © 2017 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 4, 2017–Researchers developed a biocompatible scaffold capable of controlled-release of silver ions and...
Does the titanium dioxide in food and nanomaterials affect the gut microbiome?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 3, 2017 — A new study has shown that the titanium dioxide (TiO2) frequently used...
Penn/CHOP study helps inform interventions for global road traffic injury crisis
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) Jan. 30, 2017 – Road traffic injuries are a major cause of disability and are responsible for more than one million...
Neural signature for fibromyalgia may aid diagnosis, treatment
Credit: Image: Cognitive and Affective Control Laboratory / University of Colorado Boulder. University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered a brain signature that identifies fibromyalgia...
ISHLT issues updated candidacy criteria for heart transplantation
New York, NY, January 7, 2016 – To determine patient eligibility for heart transplant, the International Society for Heart Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) maintains a list...
Study: Blood vessels store, secrete key blood-clotting protein
HOUSTON — (Nov. 2, 2015) — Rice University scientists have solved a long-standing mystery about where the body stores and deploys blood-clotting factor VIII, a...
Females seeking a sex partner can tell whether males experienced…
Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY – Sexual preference is influenced by males' adolescent social stress history and social status, according to a research team...
Lyme disease researchers seek consensus as number of cases grows
Credit: Catherine Bouchard Scientists have built a large body of knowledge about Lyme disease over the past 40 years, yet controversies remain and the number...
New study explains why MRSA ‘superbug’ kills influenza patients
Credit: Sun et al., 2016 Researchers have discovered that secondary infection with the Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium (or "superbug") often kills influenza patients beca..
Shortness of breath is an important signal of potential disease
Credit: The University of Gothenburg Shortness of breath is an often overlooked symptom of what may be heart failure or COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)....
Study led by Temple researchers reveals new link between Down syndrome…
(Philadelphia, PA) – Individuals with Down syndrome who survive into adulthood face the additional challenge of early-onset dementia, in which toxic amyloid plaques build up...
Home blood pressure monitors inaccurate 70 percent of the time: Study
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio Seventy per cent of readings from home blood pressure monitors are unacceptably inaccurate, which could cause serious implications for people who rely...
