Tag: Medicine/Health

This strategy can open new avenues to improve the effectiveness of therapies in thousands of patients who are currently being ...

How cardiorespiratory function is related to genetics

Credit: Lancaster University How high altitudes affect people's breathing and its coordination with the heart beat is due to genetic ...

Innovative ways to battle Parkinson’s disease

HZDR researchers are developing a new radiotracer for differential diagnosticsCredit: HZDR / B. Tiedemann An interdisciplinary team from the Institute ...

Celiac disease might be cured by restoring immune tolerance to gliadin

Credit: Tobias Freitag, University of Helsinki Celiac disease affects 0.3-2.4% of people in most countries world-wide, and approx. 2% in ...

Risk of recurrent fractures lowered by new care routines

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Older people's risk of recurrent fractures decreases by 18 percent if the care they receive ...

Metals could be the link to new antibiotics

Credit: Angelo Frei, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, UQ Compounds containing metals could hold the key to the next generation of ...

Otago researchers part of world-first trial to prevent tuberculosis in diabetics

Credit: University of Otago Otago researchers are playing a leadership role in an Euro €4.8 million international project to conduct ...

Bifunctional nanobodies protect against botulinum neurotoxins including Botox

Expanded use and potential misuse of botulinum neurotoxins increases health risksCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. - February 27, ...

New radiopharmaceutical shows promise for improved detection of neuroendocrine tumors

Credit: Images created by T.L. Andersen, Dept. of Nuclear Medicine, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark. The newly developed 55Co-DOTATATE imaging ...

Two neuroplasticity breakthroughs come together for a synergistic impact in brain health

Abilities Neurological Rehabilitation, Surrey Neuroplasticity Clinic and ABI Wellness join forces to offer innovative neuro-rehabilitation program for individuals with chronic ...

Imaging can guide whether liquid biopsy will benefit individual glioblastoma patients

Penn study shows MRI may help identify appropriate liquid biopsy candidatesCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Tracking brain cancer with a ...

Existing drugs may offer a first-line treatment for coronavirus outbreak

Broad-spectrum antiviral agents could be a possible quick response to the potential COVID-19 pandemicCredit: https://drugvirus.info/ The number of people infected ...

New book on tracking, monitoring disease outbreaks, including COVID-19

Credit: Virginia Tech A Virginia Tech statistician has co-authored a timely new book that touches on the recent novel coronavirus ...

NIH announces $1 million prize competition to target global disease diagnostics

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to offer supplementary support for designs that can be developed into products on a rapid ...

Kessler researchers test trunk-strengthening program for hemiplegia post stroke

Rakesh Pilkar, Ph.D., will conduct a pilot study of the AllCore360º device for improving core strength, posture and balance in ...

Revving up immune system may help treat eczema

Boosting natural killer cells in mice improves skin rashCredit: Huy Mach The aggravating skin condition eczema is most commonly treated ...

Sweat sensor detects stress levels; May find use in space exploration

Credit: Caltech If someone asked you right now how stressed you are, what would you say? A little? A lot? ...

Oncotarget: Both BRCA1-wild type and -mutant triple-negative breast cancers show

Oncotarget Volume 11 Issue 8 features Figure 8, 'MLN4924 treatment induces DNA damage by stabilizing CDT1 and accumulates the cells ...

The best preoperative definition of cancer-related malnutrition depends on cancer type

Journal of the American College of Surgeons study authors stress the need for proper recognition and treatment of malnourishment in ...

ATS Foundation Research Program/American Lung Association awards partner grant