Tag: Medicine/Health

Finding could have important implications for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer'sCredit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Improper removal of faulty ...

Coronavirus and MS reporting database announced by CMSC & National MS Society

Credit: CMSC & National MS Society The Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) and the National Multiple Sclerosis Society have ...

St. Jude experimental anti-malarial drug shows promise in first clinical trial

Malaria is a leading killer of children worldwide, and new drugs are needed; new research reports encouraging early clinical results ...

AGS COVID-19 policy brief offers roadmap for care of older adults in nursing homes

WVU-led team unveil study to predict the outbreak of COVID-19 in healthcare professionals

Credit: West Virginia University (Editor's note: A media tool kit with photos, videos and additional resources is available in the ...

When antireflux surgery is needed to treat GERD after endoscopy

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 8, 2020--Researchers report a growing awareness of gastroesophageal reflux problems ...

Risk factors for carrying pneumonia-causing bacteria revealed

Credit: Don Mammoser New research has uncovered the risk factors for Fijians carrying a pneumonia-causing bacteria. The collaborative study, led ...

UCF scientists seek novel material to kill COVID-19

Researchers say nanoparticle film would 'catch' and kill virus, better protect healthcare providersCredit: UCF College of Medicine Masks that protect ...

Therapy dogs may help lower emergency clinicians’ stress

Credit: Dr. Kline New research published in Academic Emergency Medicine indicates that for physicians and nurses working evening shifts in ...

The link between virus spillover, wildlife extinction and the environment

The same processes that threaten wildlife increase our risk of spilloverCredit: Christine K. Johnson, UC Davis As COVID-19 spreads across ...

It’s now or never: Visual events have 100 milliseconds to hit brain target or go unnoticed

NIH mouse study reveals key details about visual processingCredit: Image credit: Lupeng Wang, Ph.D. and Charles Gerfen, Ph.D. Researchers at ...

Stanford researchers show how forest loss leads to spread of disease

Credit: Laura Bloomfield Viruses that jump from animals to people, like the one responsible for COVID-19, will likely become more ...

54.8% of COVID-19 cases imported to Brazil by March 5 came from Italy

In contrast with China and other countries where the disease spread slowly, in Brazil more than 300 people started the ...

3D printing, biology research make the journey back to Earth aboard SpaceX’s Dragon

On April 7, Dragon is scheduled to undock from station, bringing samples, hardware and data from completed investigations back to ...

TU Graz supplies hospitals with 3D-printed medical shields

Evaluating embryo quality with ultrasensitive protein detection

Evaluating embryos by detecting secreted proteins using microfluidic droplets and multicolor fluorescenceCredit: Zeng Yong WASHINGTON, April 7, 2020 -- Infertility ...

Artificial intelligence enables COVID-19 lung imaging analysis at UC San Diego Health

With support from Amazon Web Services, health care providers are using AI in a clinical research study aimed at speeding ...

Researchers suggest a special diet against asthma

Study by the University of Bonn proves success of a so-called ketogenic dietCredit: © Dr. Fotios Karagiannis/Uni Bonn Can a ...

Successful online management of COVID-19 infection

Credit: May Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 6, 2020--A team of researchers in Wuhan, China have developed ...

Ancient Australian plant may help in production of COVID-19 vaccine