Tag: Medicine/Health

The system would prevent one of the surgeons from having to hold the handler for several hoursCredit: UPV The project ...

Study catalogues cancer ‘fingerprints’ in decade-long global effort to map cancer genomes

Global research collaboration publishes detailed catalogue of DNA fingerprints of cancer-causing mutationsCredit: Steven G. Rozen, PhD Singapore, 6 February 2020 ...

A new approach to calm that angry nose

Osaka University-led study shows that semaphorin protein induces allergic reactions and causes formation of nasal polyps in eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitisCredit: ...

Oh my aching back: Do yoga, tai chi or qigong help?

Researchers provide comprehensive review of effects of movement-based mind-body interventions on chronic low back painCredit: Florida Atlantic University It's a ...

Gaps in cure rate appear linked to race and insurance status for common HPV-related cancer

New study in JNCCN points to need for greater efforts to reduce racial disparities in cancer survival and increase access ...

New tool monitors real time mutations in flu

Gold-based tool could help virologists stop replication of virusesCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention A Rutgers-led team has ...

‘Watch-and-Wait’ strategy could safely replace surgery in more than 20% of rectal cancers

Credit: Rafael Falcão/CCU A team of doctors and scientists from the Champalimaud Clinical Centre in Lisbon, Portugal, and the Netherlands ...

Fat-fighting drug discovery

UNM-led scientific team finds that their cancer-fighting compound fights obesity and diabetes, tooCredit: The University of New Mexico Eric Prossnitz, ...

VA’s ‘Healthy Teaching Kitchens’ benefit from holistic approach

The HTK program spanning 40 states helps educate older veterans on improving nutrition for healthy aging, and recent program quality ...

Development of the immune system varies according to age, location and anaemia

A study performed with children from Mozambique and Tanzania indicates that anaemia could reduce vaccine efficacyCredit: ISGlobal Age and geographical ...

Charting immune system development in sub-Saharan African children

Research aims to boost vaccination efficacy in the populations where it matters mostCredit: Image courtesy of Dr Natalia Guimaraes Sampaio ...

New understanding of childhood immune systems may improve vaccine efficacy

Credit: Christian Heuss Children's immune system composition and vaccine responsiveness is determined by a myriad of factors, such as age, ...

Finding genetic cancer risks

EMBL scientists describe how our genetic background influences cancer developmentCredit: Rayne Zaayman-Gallant/EMBL Germline variants are present in every single cell ...

First comprehensive survey of virus DNA found within cancer cells

Credit: Pan-Cancer Analysis of Whole Genomes Researchers from the University of East Anglia have helped to carry out the first ...

Wilderness Medical Society issues important new clinical practice guidelines

Updated guidelines published in Wilderness & Environmental Medicine provide most up-to-date and relevant clinical information to frontline providers in wilderness ...

Autism screening rate soars with use of CHICA system developed by Regenstrief and IU

100% screened for autism when doctors prompted by novel clinical decision support systemCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Universal early screening ...

Study: Higher opioid doses fail to lessen pain

Analysis based on more than 50,000 VA patientsCredit: Jeff Bowen Increasing chronic pain patients' opioid prescription doses does not seem ...

Tumor secreted ANGPTL2 facilitates recruitment of neutrophils to the lung to promote lung pre-metastatic niche formation and targeting ANGPTL2 signaling affects metastatic disease

Oncotarget Volume 11, Issue 5: The authors determined that tumor-derived ANGPTL2 stimulates lung epithelial cells, which is essential for primary ...

New study provides criteria for good infant sleep for the first time

Individual variations large in infant sleepCredit: Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare According to a new study, sleep problems among ...

Nanoparticles produced from burning coal result in damage to mice lungs