Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: University of Saskatchewan Using a relevant animal model (pigs), University of Saskatchewan researchers have shown that mild Zika virus ...

Dr. Shravani Mikkilineni earns top honors in Ophthalmology Times® Research Scholar Program

Credit: Henry Ford Health System DETROIT – Shravani Mikkilineni, M.D., MBA, resident physician in Henry Ford Health System’s Department of ...

Weissbuch Gastroenterologie 2020/2021

Credit: DG After cardiovascular illnesses, non-malignant diseases of the digestive tract are the most common illnesses affecting Germans, resulting in ...

15,000 Spaniards may unknowingly have hypophosphatasia bone disease

In adults, hypophosphatasia causes recurrent fractures and chronic pain. In the child population this disease can be much more serious ...

EurekAlert! fellowship spotlights early-career science journalists from Latin America, other emerging regions

Credit: Courtesy photos provided by the winners Five early-career science journalists from emerging regions will attend the 2020 AAAS Annual ...

Relevant social stimuli may reduce interest in drugs

Researchers of the UMA propose social support as a key tool in the treatment of drug addictionCredit: University of Malaga ...

Turning data into action: Regenstrief scientists engage in national informatics discussion

Credit: AMIA INDIANAPOLIS -- Regenstrief Institute has been on the cutting edge of informatics for 50 years. Institute research scientists ...

NTU scientists discover new way to promote insulin production in pre-diabetes phase

Credit: NTU Singapore Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) scientists have discovered that a type of immune cell known as ...

New cell therapy improves memory and stops seizures following TBI

Transplanting new inhibitory neurons may repair damaged brain circuitsCredit: UCI School of Medicine Irvine, Calif. - November 14, 2019 - ...

Many patients with iNPH develop Alzheimer’s disease, too

Credit: University of Eastern Finland Up to one in five patients treated for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus, iNPH, also develop ...

Life experience critical for managing Type 2 diabetes

Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A team of researchers at Carnegie Mellon University found that age plays a critical role in ...

Is opioid treatment available to those who need it most?

Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - The U.S. opioid epidemic is still raging - it's particularly pronounced in ...

Parity law improved medicaid acceptance at substance use disorder treatment centers

UMass Amherst researchers studied impact of policy on vulnerable populationsCredit: UMass Amherst A 2008 federal parity law succeeded in expanding ...

Digital data and AI to improve the lives of people with diabetes

Credit: LIH Until now, medical doctors have used biomarkers to determine the health status of people with diabetes (PWDs). These ...

TACC key collaborator in new NIH grant to explore chronic pain and opioid reliance

New 'meta-portal' to provide researchers with access to analytics tools and data sets for private, public dataCredit: Jorge Salazar, TACC ...

FDA accepts submission for selumetinib as treatment for neurofibromatosis

Would become first approved drug for genetic disorder affecting millionsCredit: Children's Tumor Foundation AstraZeneca and MSD (Merck) announced today that ...

Breakthrough in malaria research

Credit: Institut für Zellbiologie, Universität Bern Despite great efforts in medicine and science, more than 400,000 people worldwide are still ...

A step closer to cancer precision medicine

Credit: University of Helsinki Researchers from the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute for Molecular Medicine (FIMM) at the University ...

Architecture of a bacterial power plant decrypted

Credit: Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum / University of Würzburg Both humans and many other creatures need oxygen for survival. In the conversion of ...

FEFU scientists obtained new compounds with potential antitumor effect from sea sponge