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May 9, 2018

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

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

May 9, 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

ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- More than one-third of cirrhosis cases are related to alcohol, a seven-year national study of more ...

Ophthalmologists link immunotherapy with a serious eye condition

Credit: University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- New immunotherapy treatments offer a remarkable chance for survival ...

Pioneering new 3D cancer model to speed new treatments

Credit: Courtesy HemoShear Therapeutics A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, working with local biotech company HemoShear ...

Cedars-Sinai awarded $2.6 million to study depression in heart failure patients

LOS ANGELES (May 07, 2018) -- Cedars-Sinai investigators, led by Waguih William IsHak, MD,FAPA, professor of Psychiatry and vice chairman ...

Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies’ brain development?

May 5, 2018

Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-The volume of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and calories consumed by very vulnerable preemies ...

Targeted ‘click-to-release’ chemotherapy gives good results in mice

May 4, 2018

Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are relatively new anti-cancer drugs. They consist of an antibody to which a cell-killing molecule (chemotherapy) ...

Less is more when it comes to developing bigger brains

May 4, 2018

The superior size and complexity of the human brain compared to other mammals may actually originate from fewer initial starting ...

For parents of multiples, elevated rates of mental health symptoms but low rates of treatment