NUS researchers pilot ‘Home-but-not Alone’ app to help new…
Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by Assistant Professor Shefaly Shorey from the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the National...
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Unexpected activity of 2 enzymes helps explain why liver cancer drugs…
Credit: Gen-Sheng Feng, UC San Diego Health Some cancers are caused by loss of enzymes that should keep cell growth in check. On the flip...
USU professor named fellow of American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering
Credit: USU/Matt Jensen LOGAN, UTAH — Utah State University Professor of Biological Engineering Dr. Ron Sims was elected this week to the College of Fellows...
Study led by MIT Portugal faculty and alumni finds how to increase the…
Credit: Sezin Aray A team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, led by Dr. Lino Ferreira, MIT Portugal Program...
Researchers reverse high blood pressure in offspring of hypertensive…
Credit: University of Iowa Mothers contribute a lot of defining traits to their offspring, from eye color to toe length. But pregnant mothers with health...
Short intervention boosts safe-sex skills in teen girls
Credit: Matt Shipman A recent study from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds that a 45-minute online...
Heat and irradiation: New approach for more selectively fighting…
Credit: Fraunhofer MEVIS Researchers wish to treat tumors more effectively in the future by combining radiation therapy and focused ultrasound. The joint project SONO-RAY began...
City-wide effort boosts NYC’s colorectal cancer screening rates and eliminates racial disparities in screening
A concerted effort to increase colorectal cancer screening rates led to a dramatic increase in NYC screening colonoscopy rates among average-risk men and women and...
Controversial ‘liberation therapy’ fails to treat multiple…
Credit: University of British Columbia Opening up narrowed veins from the brain and spinal cord is not effective in treating multiple sclerosis (MS), according to...
School of Medicine expert receives 2 innovation grants in pursuit of…
Jonathan Karn, PhD, an HIV/AIDS expert from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has received two Innovation research grants out of seven allocated in...
‘Jumping genes’ may set the stage for brain cell death in Alzheimer’s,…
Credit: Photo by Duke Photo. DURHAM, N.C. — The latest round of failed drug trials for Alzheimer's has researchers questioning the reigning approach to battling...
Scientists discover blood sample detection method for multiple…
Credit: University of Huddersfield A METHOD for quickly detecting signs of multiple sclerosis has been developed by a University of Huddersfield research team. The discovery,...
Study finds that people are attracted to outward signs of health, not actual health
Credit: Yong Zhi Foo Findings published in the journal Behavioral Ecology reveal that skin with yellow and red pigments is perceived as more attractive in...
A method to measure diagnostic errors could be key to preventing disability and death from misdiagnosis
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In an effort to reduce patient misdiagnoses and associated poor patient outcomes from lack of prompt treatment, a Johns Hopkins Armstrong...
Genetic testing can help determine safest dose of blood thinner
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that genetic testing can help determine the safest dose of the blood thinner warfarin, with fewer...