Tag: Medicine/Health

UD engineer uses mechanical resistance to detect damage to red blood cellsCredit: Graphic courtesy of Tyler Van Buren According to ...

$5 million supports research into neglected tropical diseases

Grants fund studies of parasitic infections affecting millions worldwideCredit: Matt Miller Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...

Nebraska researcher develops contact tracing technology

Smartphone app can anonymously notify those potentially exposedCredit: Courtesy University of Nebraska-Lincoln How does society establish a new normal during ...

Study identifies the mechanism by which eating fish reduces risk of cardiovascular disease

A diet rich in fish or omega 3 modulates the concentration of lipids that are passed on to cells by ...

Some patients with bladder cancer ‘can’t wait’ for treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic

Writing in Bladder Cancer, researchers outline recommendations for treatment as surgical proceduresCredit: Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC Amsterdam, May 21, ...

Russian scientists improved the way of treatment of phenylketonuria

The inherited disease of phenylketonuria is expressed in the inability of the body to absorb certain amino acids, mainly phenylalanineCredit: ...

Environmental contaminants alter gut microbiome, health

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The microbes that inhabit our bodies are influenced by what we ...

Scientists find evidence of link between diesel exhaust, risk of Parkinson’s

UCLA study uncovers how air pollution can lead to damage to brain cellsCredit: UCLA Health A new UCLA study in ...

New model shows how cells that cause liver cancer are created

Scientists show in-vivo and in-vitro how liver cancer stem cells are born, solving a central scientific mystery in this fieldCredit: ...

First month of data shows children at low risk of COVID-19 infection, no hospitalizations

Credit: ESB Professional In the first 30 days since seeing their first patient, the number of children testing positive to ...

Cell-culture based test systems for anticancer drug screening

A new paper by Kazan Federal University appeared in Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.Credit: Kazan Federal University As we know, ...

New device quickly detects lithium ions in blood of bipolar disorder patients

Credit: Komatsu T. et al., ACS Sensors, April 23, 2020 A group of Hokkaido University researchers has developed a paper-based ...

Airway Therapeutics, Celonic Group partner to produce AT-100 as candidate for coronavirus

AT-100 production expected to begin in JuneCredit: Airway Therapeutics CINCINNATI, OH & BASEL, Switzerland (May 20, 2020) - Airway Therapeutics, ...

Before COVID-19 100+ experts identified top threats & opportunities for global health

New US Pharmacopeia and MIT Center for Collective Intelligence report examines outlook for the future of medical breakthroughsCredit: U.S. Pharmacopeia ...

Overcoming challenges of individuals with autism during the COVID-19 pandemic

University of Miami Health System researchers publish commentary in Lancet PsychiatryCredit: University of Miami Health System The COVID-19 pandemic is ...

IVI to strengthen COVID-19 surveillance in sub-Saharan Africa with support from Sweden

IVI will leverage its network of infectious disease surveillance sites to conduct epidemiological studies of COVID-19 in Madagascar and Burkina ...

Tip of the iceberg: Existing racial inequalities in death from COVID-19 will soar

Credit: Florida Atlantic University As is the case with most fatal diseases, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is already taking a disproportionate ...

Potentially treatable genetic mutations revealed in subset of prostate cancer patients

Next-generation gene sequencing finds mutations in patients resistant to PSMA-targeting therapyCredit: Images created by C Kratochwil and CP Heussel et ...

Primary care physicians experience more burnout and anxiety than other health professions

New George Mason University study examines rates of anxiety, frustration, and other behaviors connected to burnout among health care professionals ...

Drug combination could eliminate side effects of once-popular diabetes treatment