Tag: Health Care

Event will highlight progress toward building largest, most diverse health research program of its kind What: The All of Us ...

Sensor-based technologies are promising to support independent living for older women

Study reveals active older women prefer wearable sensors over smart home sensors to measure personal activity data collection A study ...

Research suggests strategy for more equitable Medicare reimbursement

Credit: SLU submitted photo Those who were enrolled in both Medicare and Medicaid were sicker, had more cognitive impairments and ...

AmorChem | Champions of the 2019 KNOCK OUT!

GlycoNet researchers Drs. Alexey V. Pshezhetsky and Christopher Cairo awarded half a million dollars to advance research on inhibitors to ...

Plenary addresses importance of 2020 US Census and challenge of the young child undercount

Participants will understand why it matters that 5% of children under the age of 5 were missed in the 2010 ...

Insilico to present at the FT US Pharma and Biotech Summit

Credit: Insilico Monday, April 29, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the ...

Fondren Foundation commits $15 million to Houston Methodist to pioneer treatments

Contribution to provide essential support for digestive and immunologic disordersCredit: Houston Methodist The Fondren Foundation has made a $15 million ...

Large genome-wide association study is first to focus on both child and adult asthma

April 26, 2019

Most significant genes at key loci are specific to childhood onset of asthma Asthma, a common respiratory disease that causes ...

A spoonful of peppermint helps the meal go down

April 26, 2019

A pilot study at the Medical University of South has found that peppermint oil improved symptoms, including difficulty swallowing and ...

WINTHER trial results

Comprehensive tumor profiling promises new therapeutic options for patients with advanced cancer The WINTHER trial***, NCT01856296, led by investigators from ...

New in the Hastings Center Report: Federal right-to-try, the gamification of science, & more

Credit: On the cover: Somebody Wants to Know, by Ludovic Laffineur, soft pastel on paper, 120 x 85 cm. Courtesy ...

Gonorrhoea cases on the rise across Europe

It is the second most notified sexually transmitted infection in the EU/EEACredit: ECDC Following a decline in notification rates in ...

Prior authorization obstacles unnecessarily delay patient access to cancer treatments, survey finds

Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., April 25, 2019 -- Restrictive prior authorization practices cause unnecessary delays ...

Higher out-of-pocket costs threaten universal health coverage in ‘missing middle’ nations