Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: Università degli Studi di Milano MoveCare European project has entered its testing phase. MoveCare is part of the Horizon ...

Professor Fatima Cardoso wins Advanced Breast Cancer Award

Credit: Champalimaud Clinical Centre, Lisbon, Portugal The European School of Oncology (ESO), together with the Advanced Breast Cancer Global Alliance, ...

Scientists invent animal-free testing of lethal neurotoxins

Credit: Scientistchic Animal testing will no longer be required to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins, thanks to University of ...

First structure of human cotransporter protein family member solved

Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Oct. 28, 2019 - In work that could someday improve treatments for epilepsy, UT Southwestern scientists ...

WSU study identifies potential new target for treatment of gout

Research team discovers alternate pathway by which MSU crystals trigger inflammationCredit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences ...

Scientists discover the implication of a new protein involved in liver cancer

The finding has a clear clinical relevance, since it will facilitate patient selection to offer a more specific therapyCredit: IDIBELL ...

Which came first: Brain size or drinking propensity?

New research challenges traditional idea about relationship between alcohol use and brain sizeCredit: Washington University For years, researchers have observed ...

EMPOWER for health act highlights rare, important bipartisan priority: Care as we age

Financial incentives plus information decrease patient preference for diagnostic testing

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- Providing financial incentives to ...

Study finds inflammatory protein can protect against spread of herpes virus

Credit: Photo by Tabbitha Mosier PHOENIX - Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix have discovered ...

Looking at the way we walk can help predict cognitive decline

Gait disorders, particularly slowing gait, should be considered a marker of future cognitive decline say scientists in this special supplement ...

DOD funds NEOMED research to see if exercise proves to be neuroprotective

Nearly $1 million award supports study that may help change the pathology of Parkinson's disease and inform activities for those ...

Study underscores changes in brain structure, function in long-duration space missions

Credit: Sarah Pack A new study demonstrates for the first time that changes in cognitive performance correlate with changes in ...

Scientists are developing a way to counter ulcerative colitis

KBFU center for clinical research scientists have participated in the international VARSITY clinical researchCredit: Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University Scientists ...

New findings could improve diagnosis, treatment of depression

Scientists find potential biomarker for major symptom of depression: lack of motivationCredit: Image courtesy of Stephan Lammel, UC Berkeley Researchers ...

3D-printed device finds ‘needle in a haystack’ cancer cells by removing the hay

Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech Finding a handful of cancer cells hiding among billions of blood cells in a patient ...

NIH grants UVA researchers $2.7 million to develop precision treatment for deadly heart plaque

Engineering and medicine team up to develop new diagnostic toolCredit: (Photo/Tom Cogill) The National Institutes of Health has awarded a ...

Can watching movies detect autism?

Ben-Gurion University researchers indicate that tracking gaze patterns is measurable, reliable and offers great clinical potentialCredit: BEN-GURION U. NEW YORK...October ...

Wanda Group, UPMC to develop and co-manage network of international hospitals in China

Credit: UPMC Wanda Group, one of the largest conglomerates in China, and UPMC, a leading, U.S.-based academic medical center, today ...

Attacking metastatic breast cancer with sound