LSUhealthNO research to improve resilience to disasters in Louisiana
New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and mental health outcomes in six...
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Internal medicine physicians pleased with proposed rule to improve medicare payments
The American College of Physicians (ACP) today noted they are pleased with the 2018 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule released last week by the Centers...
Pre-pregnancy obesity increases risk for neurocognitive problems in premature babies
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 18, 2017 - A new study has found that children born extremely premature to women who are overweight or obese before...
How CD44s gives brain cancer a survival advantage
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Understanding the mechanisms that give cancer cells the ability to survive and grow opens the possibility of developing improved treatments...
Why do BRCA1 mutations cause predominantly breast and ovarian cancer?
Credit: UT Health San Antonio The human body holds many mysteries, and function of the BRCA1 gene is among them. Women who inherit a faulty...
LSUhealthNO research to improve resilience to disasters in LA
New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health will receive $2.5 million to improve resilience and mental health outcomes in six...
What patients value about access to their visit notes
Credit: Jay Dobek BOSTON - A majority of U.S. health care organizations have adopted electronic health record (EHR) systems and are increasingly offering patients access...
Collaborative Pediatric Care Network to improve patient health and value in Colorado
Credit: Pediatric Care Network Founded in 2016 and launched in January 2017, the Pediatric Care Network, a collaboration among community pediatric providers, specialists at the...
Rising to the top
Here's a challenge: Build a pump that can deliver a drug to you automatically when you're sick. Now make it smaller than a penny. And...
New gel coatings may lead to better catheters and condoms
Catheters, intravenous lines, and other types of surgical tubing are a medical necessity for managing a wide range of diseases. But a patient's experience with...
Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?
For three years, Tara Djokic, a Ph.D. student at the University of New South Wales Sydney, scoured the forbidding landscape of the Pilbara region of...
At the cellular level, a child’s loss of a father is associated with increased stress
The absence of a father -- due to incarceration, death, separation or divorce -- has adverse physical and behavioral consequences for a growing child. But...
Sequencing reveals how Porphyra thrives in a tough environment
Credit: Photo courtesy of Susan Brawley Orono, Me-- Sequencing of the nuclear genome of Porphyra umbilicalis -- laver or Atlantic nori -- has revealed insights...
RIT wins Department of Energy award to improve wiring for advanced electric equipment
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are working with corporate and government partners to develop more efficient, durable and cost-effective carbon nanotube technology in electronic...
CU Boulder, Rutgers to study impacts of nuclear war
Credit: University of Colorado Scientists and students led by the University of Colorado Boulder and Rutgers University are calculating the environmental and human impacts of...
