Outreach interventions improve colorectal cancer screening
Outreach and notification to patients and physicians improved colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among patients who were not up-to-date or nonadherent with CRC screening, according to...
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How to implement Advance Care Planning for patients
Credit: Lancaster University Emeritus Professor Sheila Payne from the International Observatory on End of Life Care at Lancaster University helped conduct the study commissioned by...
MIRO trial: 3-year outcomes favor laparoscopic surgery for esophageal cancer
LUGANO-MADRID, 05 September, 2017 - Patients requiring surgery for oesophageal cancer fare better after undergoing a hybrid minimally invasive oesophagectomy (HMIO) compared to an open...
Recurrence of prostate cancer could be reduced thanks to exciting new discovery
Ground breaking research could reduce the recurrence of prostate cancer in males, a new study in the journal Nature Communications reports. During this in depth...
Zika virus could be used to treat brain cancer patients, study suggests
Credit: Zhu et al., 2017 Recent outbreaks of Zika virus have revealed that the virus causes brain defects in unborn children. But in a study...
Team finds way to measure key cell regulator’s activity
Credit: UT Health San Antonio UT Health San Antonio researchers and co-authors in New York state on Monday (Sept. 4) reported an innovative approach that...
Research dog helps scientists save endangered carnivores
Credit: Photo: Courtesy of Karen DeMatteo Scat-sniffing research dogs are helping scientists map out a plan to save reclusive jaguars, pumas, bush dogs and other...
The protein TAZ sends ‘mixed signals’ to stem cells
Credit: Image by Xingliang Zhou/Ying Lab, USC Stem Cell Just as beauty exists in the eye of the beholder, a signal depends upon the interpretation...
New book on disaster risk governance in India
Credit: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) While Dr. Indrajit Pal serves in Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, in AIT's Department of Development and Sustainability, co-editor...
New strategy for vaccinating pregnant mothers against malaria holds promise for protecting infants
Washington, DC - September 5, 2017 - A mother and infant in Malawi have the same repertoire of antibodies to Plasmodium falciparum, the malaria parasite....
Heparin stimulates food intake and body weight gain in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine and South China Agricultural University Heparin is a medication widely used to prevent blood clotting; it is named after and...
New book on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine from CSHLPress
Credit: Joseph P. Vacanti Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, available...
NYIT biologist receives NIH support for bone-healing research
Credit: NYIT NYIT (New York Institute of Technology) has been awarded $442,000 to pursue research into a gene critical in the formation and healing of...
Longer, stronger summers in the Gulf of Maine
Credit: University of Maine Summer is coming to the Gulf of Maine, longer and warmer than ever -- as much as two months longer. That's...
Researchers develop Lassa fever treatment effective eight days after infection
GALVESTON, Texas - A collaborative team of scientists, led by a group at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, have successfully protected nonhuman...
