The AGA Research Foundation awards 45 researchers with over $2.5 million in research funding
The Foundation introduced new awards in the 2021 awards cycle addressing diversity of GI investigators and the need for GI-specific ...
Tag: Internal Medicine
Gold Standard recognition for New Zealand’s Waitematā District Health Board FLS
The Waitematā District Health Board (DHB) Fracture Liaison Service has achieved the highest standard of coordinated post-fracture care, earning a ...
Defective epithelial barriers linked to two billion chronic diseases
Credit: (Image: Cezmi Akdis) Epithelial cells form the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the human body. This ...
ECTS Steven Boonen Clinical Research Award presented to Professor Cyrus Cooper
Credit: IOF The International Osteoporosis Foundation is delighted to announce that the European Calcified Tissue Society (ECTS) has presented the ...
Researchers develop better way to determine safe drug doses for children
New research on organ maturation models could lead to improvements in drug developmentCredit: Image: Matti Ahlgren Determining safe yet effective ...
UAB spinoff to treat chronic respiratory disease announces $3 million seed funding
ResBiotic Inc. will use the money to develop and commercialize groundbreaking probiotic formulations for lung health.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - ...
Examining the one-two punch of malaria drugs
Why the combination medicines both help and hurt each otherCredit: University of Houston When a mosquito begins to nibble on ...
Crohn’s disease patients have specific IgG antibodies to human bacterial flagellins
Knowledge of the specific flagellins that drive the pathogenic immune response in Crohn's disease is a step toward a potential ...
Erythropoietin treatments may increase hip fracture risk in patients with kidney failure
Credit: Dr. Noguchi Erythropoietin (EPO) is a medication used to stimulate the production of new red blood cells, which is ...
A glimmer of hope: New weapon in the fight against liver diseases
Credit: Niigata University Niigata, Japan--Researchers from Niigata University , the University of Tokyo, Osaka University and Tokyo Medical University, Japan ...
AGS recognizes expert and emerging geriatrics leaders at 2021 Virtual Annual Scientific Meeting
Credit: American Geriatrics Society New York (April 30, 2021)--The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) annually recognizes researchers, clinicians, educators, and emerging ...
Care teams differ for Black, white surgical patients in the same hospitals
Could the makeup of medical teams help explain why Black patients are more likely than white patients to die after ...
Epilepsy discovery reveals why some seizures prove deadly
Credit: Courtesy Patel lab New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shed light on the No. ...
UCSF’s Dr. Lindsay Hampson to be honored at #AGS21 for Research on Geriatrics and Urology
Credit: Dr. Lindsay Hampson New York, NY (April 28, 2021)--Advancing care for older people across health specialties, the American Geriatrics ...
Improving the QOL for cats with renal disorders using drugs with minimal adverse reactions
Development of a remedy for renal anemia using erythropoietin derived from catsCredit: Kaneka Many cats develop chronic renal disorders as ...
Cholestenone shows antibiotic properties against H. pylori
Credit: Copyright © 2021, Jun Nakayama, Shinshu University Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori), a gram-negative pathogen that has infected half of ...
Finding clues to nephronophthisis in adults
Credit: Department of Nephrology,TMDU Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) in a pioneering study identify clinical, genetic and ...
Fight or flight response may hinge on protein in skeletal muscular system
University of Cincinnati researchers hope to advance the understanding of skeletal muscular disordersCredit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati Researchers at the ...
For scleroderma, algorithm helps better screen for fatal complication
Pulmonary arterial hypertension occurs when blood vessels in the lungs are blocked or destroyed, which can cause the heart to ...
Blood pressure and hemorrhagic complication risk after renal transplant biopsy
2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting Scientific Electronic Exhibit found no statistically significant threshold for increased renal transplant biopsy risk based ...
