Medica Research Institute finds provider consolidation can lead to higher physician prices
Minneapolis - The Medica Research Institute has published work in the journal Health Economics that analyzes the impact of physician prices as a result of...
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Kenan Charitable Trust awards $1.5 million to UNC Health Affairs schools
Credit: UNC School of Nursing Chapel Hill, N.C. -- July 5, 2017 -- The William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust has awarded the School of...
Marijuana and vulnerability to psychosis
MONTREAL, July 5, 2017 - Going from an occasional user of marijuana to a weekly or daily user increases an adolescent's risk of having recurrent...
Tenofovir alafenamide in chronic hepatitis B: Added benefit not proven, data incomplete
The antiviral drug tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) has been used since 2015 in different combinations for the treatment of HIV and has already been subject to...
Research could give insight into genetic basis of of the human muscle disease, myopathy
Pioneering research using the tropical zebrafish could provide new insights into the genetic basis of myopathy, a type of human muscle disease. An international research...
Multichannel EEG recordings enable precise brain wave measurement of fish
Credit: DGIST A research team led by Professor Sohee Kim at the Robotics Engineering department succeeded in measuring zebrafish's multi-channel electroencephalogram (EEG) on June 12...
Study sheds light on new Lyme disease-causing bacteria
Annapolis, MD; July 5, 2017--A new species of bacteria that causes Lyme disease needs the same amount of time for transmission after a tick bite...
The Drosophila fly brings to light the role of morphogens in limb growth
Credit: Lara Barrio. Researchers working in the Development and Growth Control Lab at IRB Barcelona reveal that the Dpp gene (BMP in humans) plays a...
Training can improve athletes’ stereo vision
(IOS Press) Stereo vision allows individuals to perceive depth differences in their surroundings. Important to pedestrians and drivers, for example, depth perception plays a key...
Mothers with history of herpes can protect their offspring from neurological infection
WASHINGTON, DC - July 5, 2017 - Pregnant women with a previous history of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) infection maintain active antibodies against...
People with tic disorders at increased suicide risk
Philadelphia, PA, July 5, 2017 - People with Tourette's disorder or chronic tic disorder are over four times more likely to die by suicide than...
One-step protein purification achieves high yields, purity and activity
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A novel method to improve the high-yield, high-purity, high-activity purification of complex proteins by 10- to 500-fold has been developed...
CNIC scientists discover an essential mechanism in the immune response
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered that the transcriptional regulator CTCF plays an essential role in...
Gaze direction affects sensitivity to sounds
Listening to something while looking in a different direction can slow down reaction times while the brain works harder to suppress distractions, finds a new...
Ancient fungi could help Canada’s future northern forests
Credit: UBC Okanagan As Canada's vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to climate change, trees are rapidly spreading north. New research from...
