NIH award to fund UArizona research on opioid addiction and relapse in postpartum women
The $2.3 million National Institutes of Health grant enables University of Arizona College of Medicine Tucson's Dr. Alicia Allen to ...
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Researchers awarded $2.7M to study loneliness and Alzheimer’s
Work will tell us how loneliness interacts with brain structure and function in normal aging and pre-symptomatic Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: The ...
New biomarker to prevent graft-versus-host disease in stem cell transplants discovered
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers uncover a new biomarker whose activity can be blocked to prevent graft-versus-host disease following hematopoietic ...
JNCCN: New research finds low bone health testing rates after prostate cancer treatment
Study out of Quebec finds bone mineral density testing for patients with prostate cancer undergoing ADT therapy are not meeting ...
Many Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma patients can skip radiation, collaborative study finds
University of Arizona Cancer Center's Dr. Daniel Persky led a study that found many patients with the most common non-Hodgkin's ...
Emerging field of integrative palliative care highlighted in journal special issue
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY -- An emerging field characterized as "combining the natural synergy between ...
Microneedles for therapeutic gene delivery
Researchers develop a minimally invasive biodegradable microneedle patch as a novel delivery mode for gene therapy applicationsCredit: Khademhosseini Lab (LOS ...
Clashing medications put older adults at risk but many haven’t had a pharmacist check them
Poll shows 29% of adults who take five or more prescription drugs have had a comprehensive medication reviewCredit: University of ...
Harvard Wyss Institute’s nasal swab and toehold switch technologies licensed to Agile Biodetection
The two technologies function at different points of the diagnostic process and could help detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the ...
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researcher receives award to study pediatric brain cancer
Prestigious $300,000 Rally Foundation grant supports exploration of a subgroup of pediatric brain tumors that tend to be particularly deadlyCredit: ...
New osteosarcoma treatment receives rare pediatric disease designation from the FDA
Developed by Innova Therapeutics, IVT-8086 is the first potential new treatment for osteosarcoma in over 30 yearsCredit: Medical University of ...
Caltech researcher unveils sensor that rapidly detects COVID-19 infection
Credit: Caltech One feature of the COVID-19 virus that makes it so difficult to contain is that it can be ...
Black lives also matter in cancer care
It is not biology, but access to health care that is causing Black Non-Hispanic patients with squamous cell cancer of ...
Decreasing treatment delays for head and neck cancer patients in South Carolina
MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers identify obstacles that prevent patients from receiving radiation treatment in a timely mannerCredit: Photo by ...
Novel treatment method
East Carolina University associate professor receives patent for treating Restless Legs SyndromeCredit: Cliff Hollis/East Carolina University An East Carolina University ...
Marketing study investigates impact of Viagra TV ads on birth rates
Credit: UT Dallas Many marketing studies have examined the impact of direct-to-consumer advertising of pharmaceuticals on sales and market shares. ...
Clarigent Health launches Clairity to support mental health risk reduction
Clairity supports clinical decisions and care with AI analysis of patient speech, treatment progress trends, and risk radar across patient ...
Award supports study of collagen regulation in breast cancer health disparities
$3 million grant to Hollings Cancer Center researcher focuses on defining changes in collagen structure that are linked to disparities ...
Insilico Medicine to present at Leveraging Intelligent Tech for Drug Development
Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, September 30, 2020 - Insilico Medicine, a global leader in artificial intelligence for drug discovery and ...
New technologies link treatments to the patients who need them the most
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina and Hollings Cancer Center explore remote methods for conducting smoking cessation clinical ...