Tag: Health Care

Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT - Spencer Hoover, vice president and executive director of the Henry Ford Cancer Institute, ...

Sherlock Biosciences licenses Wyss technology to create affordable molecular diagnostics

Synthetic biology-based diagnostic platform enables low-cost, highly sensitive detection of nucleic acids in a wide range of settings Harvard University ...

Data sharing by popular health apps is ‘routine’, research finds

Clinicians and consumers warned of privacy risksCredit: University of Sydney, University of Toronto Mobile health apps are a booming market ...

Affordable Care Act delivers significant benefits for women

A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine demonstrates the ACA's positive impact on healthcare affordability and access, ...

As if by magic: TGen develops program that lights up cancer-causing mutations

LumosVar -- a name inspired by Harry Potter -- could help physicians provide genomic-based treatments for their patients PHOENIX, Ariz. ...

Toilet seat that detects congestive heart failure getting ready to begin commercialization

Researchers developed the seats to measure biometrics during 'natural' processesCredit: A. Sue Weisler/RIT With 1 million new cases of congestive ...

Brain health: Seniors chat online to stay sharp

OHSU research tests video chat to prevent cognitive declineCredit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Right now, Gene Gilmer is as sharp as ever ...

WVU researcher finds some Medicaid populations more likely to die by suicide

Credit: WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--A West Virginia University researcher has discovered the suicide rate of some Medicaid-insured youth--including girls and young ...

Antibodies from earlier exposures affect response to new flu strains

'After being vaccinated with a new strain of flu, our immune systems appear to be expanding and boosting antibodies generated ...

Surrey creates innovative lab test to develop easy-to-swallow medicine for children

In an article published by the European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, scientists compared traditional sensory tests and the new in ...

Francoise Mornex is first female recipient of Heine H. Hansen Award [ELCC press release]

ELCC 2019 (European Lung Cancer Congress), 10-13 April, Geneva, SwitzerlandCredit: ©European Society for Medical Oncology Lugano, Switzerland, 20 March 2019 ...

Sleep problems during pregnancy affect glucose, may increase risk of childhood obesity

Study shows that the severity of sleep apnea in pregnant women is related to higher glycemic patterns AURORA, Colo. - ...

Every hour 30 people are diagnosed with tuberculosis (TB) in the European Region

It's time to make TB a disease of the pastCredit: ECDC The latest ECDC-WHO report Tuberculosis surveillance and monitoring in ...

Emotionally attuned managers are better at judging workgroup effectiveness: study

Novel experiment shows an ability to detect others' reactions is critical People who are naturally more attuned to others' emotions ...

Simple blood test could determine preterm birth rate in low-resource countries

Study funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shows blood test and mathematical model can accurately identify preterm babies without ...

Dr. Nir Barzilai to present at the 6th Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum in Basel

Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, March 19, 2019 - Today Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline ...

Sphingotec reveals novel results on bioactive adrenomedullin at the 39th ISICEM

Data from more than 20,000 patients show that bio-ADM® adds value to clinical decision-making at ICUs and EDs because it ...

GARDP and Evotec announce new partnership to discover novel antibiotics

Collaboration explores opportunities to set up antibiotic discovery and development platform and establish a joint pipeline of novel antibiotic assets. ...

Health insurance associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease among aging immigrants

Despite the potential health benefits of being insured, the majority of recent immigrants lack coverage Aging immigrants' risk for cardiovascular ...

TGen and ABL pursue global rollout of advanced TB test