Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: POSTECH Alzheimer's disease - also called dementia - where memory and cognitive functions gradually decline due to deformation and ...

UVA develops new tools to battle cancer, advance genomics research

Credit: Courtesy Zang lab at UVA University of Virginia School of Medicine scientists have developed important new resources that will ...

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Global cardiovascular organizations release joint opinion on achieving the ‘tobacco endgame’

Credit: 4C/FPO Tobacco use continues to be a primary contributor to the global burden of disease, causing an estimated 12% ...

Resetting the biological clock by flipping a switch

Credit: Issey Takahashi The biological clock is present in almost all cells of an organism. As more and more evidence ...

Even among the insured, cost may delay follow up care for cancer survivors

Credit: Augusta University Even among a large group of cancer survivors who were mostly insured, college educated and had annual ...

National Foundation for Cancer Research announces 2021 Salisbury Award Competition Winners

The program is designed to catalyze and advance promising cancer research innovations onto a path of commercialization and patient impactCredit: ...

Prism adaptation treatment improves rehabilitation outcomes in people with spatial neglect

Performing daily sessions of prism adaptation therapy during rehabilitation results in higher functional and cognitive independence scores for stroke survivorsCredit: ...

Non-hallucinogenic psychedelic analog reverses effects of stress in mouse study

Free of toxic and hallucinogenic side effects, ibogaine-inspired tabernanthalog shows promise as a potential treatment for the detrimental effects of ...

For men, low testosterone means high risk of severe COVID-19

New clues on why more men than women develop severe diseaseCredit: SARA MOSER Throughout the pandemic, doctors have seen evidence ...

New study shows how to boost muscle regeneration and rebuild tissue

Salk research reveals clues about molecular changes underlying muscle loss tied to agingCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 25, 2021) One ...

New wiki on salivary proteins may transform diagnostic testing and personalized medicine

Database curates info on inner workings of saliva, an attractive tool for noninvasive diagnostics and precision medicineCredit: National Institute of ...

SARS-CoV-2: Estimating infectiousness

Science publishes new study on viral loadCredit: © Charité | Victor Corman What started as the preliminary analysis of routine ...

SARS-CoV-2 RNA discovery unlocks new potential treatments

Credit: Molecular Cell An international and multidisciplinary team led by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Glasgow, and ...

CWRU-led research to determine which diabetic people can donate corneas for transplant

With five-year, $6.4M grant from National Eye Institute of NIHCredit: Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--About a third of the corneal ...

China makes remarkable gains in maternal and child survival rates

Credit: Rui Xu China has made remarkable gains in reducing the number of women who die during childbirth and boosting ...

Can TV shows help teens navigate bullying, depression and other mental health issues?

Yes, says a UCLA report, but only when they approach topics in a credible, supportive wayCredit: UCLA Center for Scholars ...

Pain monitoring helps assess the effectiveness of opioid-sparing approaches during surgery

Credit: Medasense A new study has shown that effective opioid-sparing anaesthesia with dexmedetomidine can be guided with NOL pain monitoring ...

Superoxide produced in the cochlea of inner ears causes acquired hearing loss

-Breakthrough discovery will pave the way for the development of the world's first pharmacological interventions against hearing loss-Credit: Takehiko Ueyama ...

New AI technology protects privacy