Pioneer in corneal surgery receives cornea society’s highest…
Credit: University Hospitals CLEVELAND: The Cornea Society has awarded Jonathan Lass, MD, the Castroviejo Medal, its highest honor. Dr. Lass, an ophthalmologist at University Hospitals...
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Depression doubles long-term risk of death after heart disease diagnosis, new study…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Depression is the strongest predictor of death in the first decade following a diagnosis of coronary heart disease, according to a...
Self-help books: Stressed readers or stressful reading?
This news release is available in French. Consumers of self-help books are more sensitive to stress and show higher depressive symptomatology, according to a study...
Nurse fellowship immerses PhD students in nursing care while enhancing…
Credit: Madelyne Greene & Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) – April 4, 2017 – Nurses with research doctorates have led important work that has proven vital in...
Ecologists identify potential new sources of Ebola and other…
Credit: From "Undiscovered bat hosts of filoviruses, " by Han et al., originally published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases…. Athens, Ga. – An international team...
McMaster Engineering grads receive James Dyson Award for cancer…
Credit: Provided What started as a final year engineering class project at McMaster University is now an internationally recognized improved solution for the early detection...
C. diff study provides insight into antibiotic resistance and risks for infection
IMAGE: Stuart Johnson, M.D., of Loyola University Health System has participated in more than 350 C. diff research studies. Credit: Loyola University Health System Exposure...
Antibodies may provide ‘silver bullet’ for Ebola viruses
IMAGE: James Crowe, M.D., director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center, watches graduate student Andrew Flyak plate antibody-producing B cells from people in Africa who have...
NIH collaboration helps advance potential Zika treatments
Credit: NCATS Researchers at the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) recently identified compounds that potentially can be used to inhibit Zika virus replication...
Research behind global switch to new polio vaccine strategy released…
A groundbreaking study released today shows that a single injectable dose of inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) along with bivalent oral polio vaccine could protect up...
Two differing medications used during heart procedure are both safe…
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Two differing blood clot prevention medications are just as safe and effective for patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, a...
Successful implantation of heart pump with power cable behind the ear, a Japan first!
Credit: Osaka University In March 2017, the Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University successfully implanted a left ventricular assist device with an internal power cable...
Dietary fat, changes in fat metabolism may promote prostate cancer…
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Prostate tumors tend to be what scientists call "indolent" – so slow-growing and self-contained that many affected...
Boosting Sirt4 gene activity extends healthy lifespan in fruit flies
Credit: Jason Wood, Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new study on the mechanics of aging and longevity finds that fruit flies inhibited from producing...
UMass Amherst research aims to improve health care for those with mental illness
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Diagnostic errors are very common in medicine and often come from failures of "clinical reasoning," some of which may...
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