Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from the Singapore Centre for Environmental Life Sciences Engineering (SCELSE) at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU ...

News about drug delivery

Credit: (Picture: Ann-Christin Pöppler) Nanocapsules and other containers can transport drugs through a patient's body directly to the origin of ...

Machine learning leads to novel way to track tremor severity in Parkinson’s patients

Method incorporates wearable sensors and machine-learning algorithms to allow free body movement in patients' natural environmentsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic ...

Immune ‘control switch’ could prevent brain injury in premature babies

Credit: RMIT University Researchers have discovered an immune control switch that could protect the brains of premature babies, who often ...

Opioid-related gifts from pharma companies linked to physician prescribing by specialty

Credit: Hollander, et al, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2019. PITTSBURGH, Oct. 30, 2019 - Physicians who received gifts from ...

IU School of Medicine researcher awarded NIH grant for cirrhosis clinical trial

Credit: Indiana University School of Medicine An Indiana University School of Medicine researcher has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million ...

Update: House passes EMPOWER for Health Act, supporting care for us all as we age

Global OpenHIE community gathers to connect and learn

Addis Ababa meeting to help low resource environments advance health information exchangeCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The OpenHIE community will ...

Texas A&M Veterinary School helps create first-ever cancer screenings for dogs

A partnership with medical firm Volition will develop new blood tests that can identify early cancer in dogsCredit: Texas A&M ...

Do feminine hygiene products expose women to dangerous volatile organic compounds?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--New research suggests that women's feminine hygiene practices - ...

Intraoral endoscopic thyroidectomy leaves no scar

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--A new study compares two surgical approaches to endoscopic ...

Scientists find possible treatment for muscle contractures in childhood paralysis

In mice, the drug bortezomib preserved muscle growth and prevented loss of elbow and shoulder motion in conditions resembling the ...

Study identifies role of specific gene in hardening of blood vessel walls

Credit: Mr. Haakon Sigurslid and Dr. Rajeev Malhotra BOSTON - Oct. 29 2019 - Arterial wall calcification is the buildup ...

Excellence in gerontological nursing

UTA professors recognized for their leadership, contributions to gerontologyCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington In an effort to train ...

Progressing toward successful gene-based approaches to inherited neurometabolic diseases

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 29, 2019--Researchers are making great strides toward de-veloping gene-based strategies ...

Testing HIV testers

Innovative Penn Nursing study employs a mystery shopper methodology to assess HIV testing services for young men who have sex ...

New insight on how bacteria evolve drug resistance could lead to improved antibiotic therapies

Exploiting a strategy known as collateral sensitivity in bacteria could lead to the development of novel and sustainable treatmentsCredit: Barbosa ...

Breast cancer: AI predicts which pre-malignant breast lesions will progress to advanced cancer

Advances understanding of which 'stage 0' breast cancer patients are most likely to progress to advanced cancer and who may ...

New method identifies aggressive breast cancer

Study by the University of Bonn shows to what extent cancer research can benefit from the results of mouse modelsCredit: ...

Increased depression, suicidal thoughts and stress are reported in patients with chronically itchy skin