Tag: Medicine/Health

Study suggests that only a fifth of shoppers have knowledge of their intraocular pressure, with high pressure a major risk ...

Black silicon can help detect explosives

Credit: FEFU press office Scientists from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ...

Can obesity limit antiarrhythmic drug effectiveness?

Some AFib medications are less effective in obese patientsCredit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is the most ...

Material for safer football helmets may reduce head injuries

Credit: HRL Laboratories, LLC. Scientists at the University of California Santa Barbara, HRL Laboratories LLC, and the U.S. Army Research ...

Scientists develop first implantable magnet resonance detector

A new miniature NMR implant measures neuronal activityCredit: whitehoune - stock.adobe.com, MPI f. Biological Cybernetics, University of Stuttgart. Compositing: Martin ...

The molecule that can AUTAC bad proteins

Credit: Tohoku University Tohoku University researchers have developed a strategy that could help cells get rid of disease-related debris. Further ...

Discovery by Hebrew University scientists could revolutionize chemotherapy

New technique targets cancer cells and leaves healthy ones alone; patients would receive less chemo and fewer side effectsCredit: Hadas ...

Screening tech advances early detection of Parkinson’s disease

Pioneering technology can spot Parkinson's when there are no obvious symptomsCredit: RMIT University Screening technology to catch Parkinson's disease in ...

New winter mountaineering project for Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger

A Eurac research study on acclimatisation and de-acclimatisation will take place in the terraXcube center for the simulation of extreme ...

Patient’s place of residence matters when choosing cost-effective anticoagulation therapy

Credit: Mikko Pyykönen Appropriately selected anticoagulation therapy can help to reduce the medical costs of patients suffering from atrial fibrillation. ...

Helper protein worsens diabetic eye disease

Blocking second protein could lead to better treatmentCredit: Akrit Sodhi In a recent study using mice, lab-grown human retinal cells ...

Researchers create ‘smart’ surfaces to help blood-vessel grafts knit better, more safely

Credit: Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, Nov. 27, 2019 - Researchers at McMaster University have created a new coating ...

Artificial intelligence-based algorithm for intensive care of traumatic brain injury

Credit: Rahul Raj, University of Helsinki Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a significant global cause of mortality and morbidity with ...

Mental practice may improve golfers’ putting performance

Science backs-up Arnold Palmer's golf theoryCredit: Photo by Alan Place Researchers from Lero, the Science Foundation Ireland Research Centre for ...

Drug-resistant staph can spread easily in household environments

Research reinforces need for frequent hand washingCredit: Washington University School of Medicine Once rare, the superbug methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) ...

Discovering hidden plant medicines on your doorstep

Credit: Earlham Institute (EI) EI is part of the global effort to sequence the DNA all of the known species ...

Kessler Foundation receives NIH sub-award to test new treatment for hand paralysis

Stroke rehabilitation researchers test new electrical stimulation therapy for improving for hand function after stroke, as part of multi-site study ...

Startup developing AI for TB detection; secures federal business innovation grant

Diascopic LLC secures NIH SBIR grant to bring to market their diagnostic platform that incorporates artificial intelligence for digital TB ...

Three Penn faculty named 2019 AAAS Fellows

Carolyn Gibson, Sampath Kannan, and Ellen Puré are among a cohort of 443 distinguished scientists recognized with the honor from ...

Space travel can make the gut leaky