Tag: Medicine/Health

Mouse model insight could focus future hearing loss reversal research on early developmentCredit: Oregon Health & Science University New research ...

Global call to action on FH aims to improve diagnosis and treatment

Credit: The FH Foundation The FH Foundation, World Heart Federation, and an international coalition join together to tackle the global ...

Lower risk for malignant melanoma after bariatric surgery

Credit: Photo by University of Gothenburg Bariatric surgery is associated with a distinct reduction in skin-cancer risk, a study shows. ...

Harnessing the microbiome to improve stroke recovery

Short chain fatty acid supplementation improves stroke recovery in miceCredit: Sadler et al., JNeurosci 2019 Supplementing the body's short chain ...

FDA approves UVA-developed artificial pancreas

Device automatically regulates blood glucose for type 1 diabetes patientsCredit: Tandem Diabetes Care The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ...

UNC expert helps treat astronaut’s blood clot during NASA mission

Blood clot expert Stephan Moll, M.D., professor of medicine in the UNC School of Medicine, consulted NASA on how to ...

Closer to identifying leukemic stem cells

Researchers at the Josep Carreras Leukaemia Research Institute have developed an innovative diagnostic assay to identify cells resistant to leukemia ...

Some learning is a whole-brain affair, study shows

Credit: Richard Roth and Richard Huganir Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have successfully used a laser-assisted imaging tool to "see" ...

Health ranks as top concern for veterans immediately after military service

Findings based on survey of nearly 10,000 veteransCredit: USAF Airman 1st Class Ericka Woolever In the months after separating from ...

Delivering TB vaccine intravenously dramatically improves potency, study shows

January 1, 2020

Credit: JoAnne Flynn, Ph.D., Alexander White, Pauline Maiello, and Mario Roederer, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1, 2020 - Worldwide, more people ...

Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine

January 1, 2020

NIAID scientists report results from animal studyCredit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the ...

Mayo clinic researchers test novel injection of gene therapy vectors into the kidney

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 31, 2019--Before gene therapy can be used to treat renal ...

From crab studies, a broader approach to identifying brain cells

Credit: Virginia Garcia WOODS HOLE, Mass. - A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to classify the brain's many cells into ...

How the brain balances pleasure and pain

Credit: Li lab/CSHL, 2019 As our brains take in information about the world and use it to steer our actions, ...

Possible dementia vaccine closer after mice studies

Human trials tipped within two yearsCredit: Flinders University A preventive treatment for dementia may proceed to clinical trials after successful ...

Fewer than half of California pharmacies provide correct drug disposal info

December 30, 2019

Just 11% said their pharmacy offered a drug take-back programCredit: Children's National Hospital The callers pretended to be well-meaning parents ...

Bioelectric stimulation to clear skin lesions

December 30, 2019

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 30, 2019--The delivery of ultrashort pulses of electrical energy represents ...

Novela Neurotech showcases smart neural interface at Creative Destruction Lab