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May 10, 2018

Older Americans are often at a high risk for obstructive sleep apnea, yet this illness remains vastly underdiagnosed, a new ...

Study paves the way for better treatment of prostate cancer

May 10, 2018

A new study published today has found a way to identify men with locally advanced prostate cancer who are less ...

Shooting the Achilles heel of drug-resistant cancer

May 10, 2018

Cancer cells that develop resistance to drugs, pay a price for this, by simultaneously developing a new vulnerability. If this ...

Breakdown of brain’s visual networks linked to mental illness

Credit: Maxwell Elliott DURHAM, N.C. -- Individual regions of the brain have to team up to get things done. And ...

An AI oncologist to help cancer patients worldwide

Credit: Carlos E. Cardenas, MD Anderson Cancer Center Before performing radiation therapy, radiation oncologists first carefully review medical images of ...

Operating on brain gliomas by detecting the ‘glow’

PHOENIX (May 2, 2018) -Research by Barrow Neurological Institute physicians and University of Washington scientists on novel imaging technology for ...

For stroke victims, brain magnetic stimulation leads to improved walking speed

May 9, 2018 - A technique of magnetic stimulation of the brain can increase walking speed in patients who are ...

Progress in posttraumatic stress disorder –Increased understanding points to new approaches for PTSD prevention and treatment

May 9, 2018 - Recent advances in scientific understanding of how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops and persists may lead ...

Spectrum Health’s Tina Freese Decker named one of top 25 COOs in Healthcare 2018

Credit: Courtesy of Spectrum Health GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The editors of Modern Healthcare have named Tina Freese Decker, Spectrum ...

New biomarker identified for early diagnosis of lung cancer

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, May 8, 2018 - High levels of cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 (CKAP4) have been ...

Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement

Credit: Video edited and produced by Girupakaran Sivalingam, Bill Crowther and Mostafa Nabawy. Sound design by Conor Marsh. Music: The ...

Transitional methods for determining causes of death

Credit: Photo by Margareta G. Kubista Improved tools are now underway for determining the causes of death in settings where ...

LSUHealth NO La tumor registry among 16 funded by NCI seer program

New Orleans, LA - The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health has been ...

Simple post-surgery step reduces bladder cancer recurrence

PORTLAND, OR - Flushing the bladder with a common chemotherapy drug immediately after surgery significantly reduces the chances of bladder ...

MRI ‘glove’ provides new look at hand anatomy

Credit: Nature Biomedical Engineering; Bei Zhang, Martijn Cloos, Daniel Sodickson A new kind of MRI component in the shape of ...

LSUHealthNO LA tumor registry among 16 funded by NCI SEER program

New Orleans, LA - The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health has been ...

Study looks at barriers to getting treatment for substance use disorders

May 8, 2018 - For patients with substance use disorders seen in the emergency department or doctor's office, locating and ...

Blocking the molecular source of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is one of the most challenging and frustrating diseases that pulmonologists face. ...

Study: Alcohol-related cirrhosis patients are sicker, costlier and often female