Tag: Health Care

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

October 5, 2020

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

October 5, 2020

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

October 2, 2020

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