Hedgehog signaling proteins keep cancer stem cells alive
Credit: Dr. Joseph Regan / Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin Colon cancer is the third most common cancer and fourth most common cause of death worldwide....
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Postoperative wound monitoring app can reduce readmissions and improve patient care
Credit: Journal of the American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (Jan. 19, 2017): A new smartphone app called WoundCare is successfully enabling patients to remotely send...
Many rape victims experience involuntary paralysis that prevents them…
Active resistance is often considered to be the “normal” reaction during rape, but a new study found that most victims may experience a state of...
Hazardous chemicals discovered in flavored e-cigarette vapor
Credit: DRI RENO – Building on more than 30 years of air quality research in some of the most polluted urban environments on Earth, a...
CHLA receives $1.3 million from NIH for undergraduate research training program
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Emil Bogenmann, PhD, EdD, at The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, received a five-year renewal grant of...
Few heart attack survivors get recommended physical activity
NEW YORK, NY (Mar. 1, 2017) — Only 16 percent of heart attack survivors get the recommended amount of physical activity in the weeks after...
Team establishes first diagnostic criteria for idiopathic multicentric…
Credit: David Fajgenbaum, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – More than six decades after Castleman disease (CD) was first described, a...
Research elucidates hormone ghrelin’s role in blood glucose regulation
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – May 9, 2017 – UT Southwestern research investigating the blood glucose-regulatory actions of the hormone ghrelin may have implications for...
Alpha blockers more effective for large kidney stones
Credit: University of Michigan Health System Nearly one in 11 Americans will have a kidney stone in their lifetime, causing pain, sometimes missed work and,...
Bright light therapy improves sleep in people treated for cancer
Credit: Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine, American Academy of Sleep Medicine. DARIEN, IL – January 16, 2018 – Results of a randomized controlled trial suggest...
Insufficient evidence for the use of omega 3 supplements in treating depression
New research out today concludes that there is insufficient evidence for the use of taking an Omega 3 fatty acid supplement in treating major depressive...
What sex is safe for heart patients: A new approach using the KiTOMI model
Philadelphia, PA, November 5, 2015 – Changes in sexual satisfaction and decreases in sexual activity are often reported by heart patients. Both patients and partners...
A new role for an old protein in breast cancer
Credit: University of Kent Scientists led by Dr Chris Toseland of the University's School of Biosciences studied a protein called Myosin VI, a molecular motor...
Simple new test could improve diagnosis of tuberculosis in developing…
Credit: Carolyn R. Bertozzi PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 22, 2016 — In developing nations, the current test to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) is error-prone, complicated and time-consuming. Furthermore,...
Ringing in ears keeps brain more at attention, less at rest, study finds
Credit: Photo by Joyce Seay-Knoblauch CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, has eluded medical treatment and scientific understanding. A...
