Doctors can now predict the severity of your disease by measuring…
Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System. An international team of researchers has found a way to diagnose disease and predict patient outcomes simply by...
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Immune suppressor cells identified for advanced prostate cancer
Immune suppressor cells called MDSCs (myeloid-derived suppressor cells) may be important in developing treatments for advanced prostate cancer, according to a study at The University...
Unemployment triggers increase in child neglect, according to new research
The number of reported cases of child neglect in the United States of America increased as a result of the spike in unemployment following the...
Wyss Center announces collaboration with CorTec
Credit: Wyss Center www.wysscenter.ch Geneva, Switzerland / Freiburg, Germany – The Wyss Center, a non-profit neurotechnology translation organization, has signed a partnership agreement with German...
Advocacy and community health care models complement research and…
Credit: International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Vienna, Austria–December 4, 2016–Global lung cancer researchers and patient advocates today emphasized that new models of...
Breast cancer patients on opioids less likely to stick to vital…
Credit: University of Virginia Health System A new study has found a troubling lack of adherence to a potentially lifesaving treatment regimen among breast cancer...
Oxygen can wake up dormant bacteria for antibiotic attacks
Credit: Miquel Pons, University of Barcelona Bacterial resistance does not come just through adaptation to antibiotics, sometimes the bacteria simply go to sleep. An international...
Youth uniquely vulnerable to sleep disruption from screens
Credit: Monique LeBourgois With their brains, sleep patterns, and eyes still developing, children and adolescents are particularly vulnerable to the sleep-disrupting effects of screen time,...
Hold the salt: Gut reaction may impair the brains of mice
Credit: Image courtesy of Iadecola lab, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, N.Y. We are often warned of the dangers of high levels of salt in...
Using DNA strands to design new polymer materials
Credit: The Sleiman Lab/McGIll University McGill University researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands – a technique that could lead to new materials...
Spreading rumors on Twitter and mistaking retweets for truth
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 22, 2017–A new study of the believability of information received via Twitter and the intention...
New online pharmacy research journal uses open-access publishing to increase dissemination
Credit: University of Huddersfield THE latest global research in pharmacy – from lab-based discoveries to an analysis of the health benefits of honey and other...
Where are the new therapies for heart disease?
Credit: Center for Integration of Science and Industry Despite dramatic reductions in the death rate from cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, it...
Progesterone may be key to preventing recurrent miscarriage
Credit: Harvey J. Kliman, M.D., Yale School of Medicine For women who suffer multiple pregnancy losses in the first four to six weeks of gestation,...
Enzyme that digests vitamin A also may regulate testosterone levels
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — An enzyme that converts the dietary carotenoid beta carotene into vitamin A in the body may...
