Faster, noninvasive method to determine the severity of a heart failure
Methods currently employed to determine the severity of a heart failure are very limited. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology and the Catharina Hospital in...
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Researchers find link between antidepressant use and congenital anomalies or stillbirths
Academics at Swansea University have carried out a dose-response analysis which suggests that pregnant women who take a specific type of antidepressant in early pregnancy...
Cement made from steel production byproduct can lead to a huge CO2 reduction
Credit: TU Eindhoven Steel production generates some hundred million tons of steel slag worldwide each year. This giant mountain of leftovers is largely dumped. Eindhoven...
‘Nudges’ an inexpensive, effective way to increase completion of health promotion programs
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Keeping messages brief and simple can produce gains when trying to encourage patients to complete a...
Obese children should be screened for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease — new NASPGHAN guidelines
December 1, 2016 - A screening test for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)--a serious condition that may have lifelong health consequences--is recommended for all obese...
Test created in Brazil can diagnose 416 viruses from tropical regions
Researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) at Ribeirão Preto in Brazil have developed a platform that analyzes clinical samples from patients to diagnose...
Study to examine involving teens at high risk for HIV in prevention trials
INDIANAPOLIS -- An Indiana University nursing researcher has been awarded $1.1 million to study the ethical complexities of involving adolescents ages 14-17 at high risk...
Study: White deaths exceeded births in one-third of states
(San Antonio & Durham, N.H., Dec. 1, 2016) -- According to new research by Rogelio Sáenz, dean of The University of Texas at San Antonio...
Researchers document large-scale changes in insect species inhabiting streams and rivers
Credit: Ryan Pack, West Virginia Environmental Protection Agency LOGAN, UTAH, USA -- Scientists from Utah State University and the US Environmental Protection Agency discovered that...
UTSA receives $5.29 million grant for brain health research
Charles Wilson, professor and Ewing Halsell Chair in Biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has received an eight-year, grant from the...
How it takes just 6 seconds to hack a credit card
New research reveals the ease with which criminals can hack an account without ANY of the card details Dubbed the Distributed Guessing Attack, the team...
Portions of the brain fall asleep and wake back up all the time, Stanford researchers find
Credit: L.A. Cicero When we are in a deep slumber our brain's activity ebbs and flows in big, obvious waves, like watching a tide of...
Burnes receives GSA’s 2016 Senior Service America Junior Scholar Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Senior Service America, Inc., have named David Burnes, BSc, MSW, PhD, of the University of Toronto as the...
Neuroscientist studies connection between PTSD and alcohol abuse
Credit: Justin Gass As families gather for the holidays this year, many will reminisce, sharing fond memories as they break bread and pass the cranberry...
Szanton receives GSA’s 2016 Senior Service America Senior Scholar Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) and Senior Service America, Inc., have named Sarah Szanton, PhD, ANP, FAAN, of the Johns Hopkins University School of...
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