Tag: Medicine/Health

Interdisciplinary study identifies neural correlates -- potential for preventing psychic diseases -- publication in Nature NeuroscienceCredit: Gabi Zachmann, KIT Green ...

Dementia and eating disorders: it is a problem of (semantic) memory

New research sheds light on the possible origin of eating disorders in patients suffering from dementiaCredit: Trice Browne on Visual ...

AAIH releases primer to advance understanding within the industry

Technical whitepaper, as well as a high-level overview, seek to define a foundational lexicon and illustrate real-world applications of this ...

Faulty signalling pathway linked to congenital heart condition

Faulty signalling pathway causes the heart to develop unnaturally while in the embryo stage, according to Duke-NUS Medical School researchersCredit: ...

Leading children’s hospitals to use $8.5 million+ grant to advance collaboration in genomics research

Building a genomics 'information commons' will enable more medical centers to share growing volumes of dataCredit: Boston Children's Hospital With ...

Drug treats inflammation associated with genetic heart disease

Credit: Circulation When young athletes experiences sudden cardiac death as they run down the playing field, it's usually due to ...

CNIO researchers obtain the first mice born with hyper-long telomeres

The study shows that it is possible to extend life without any genetic modificationCredit: CNIO A chance finding ten years ...

Artificial pancreas system better controls blood glucose levels than current technology

Study based at UVA and other centers show safety, efficacy benefits for people with type 1 diabetesCredit: Tandem Diabetes Care ...

Preclinical research helps explain why fatty livers are more susceptible to cancer

Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth Fatty liver disease is contributing to an increase in liver cancer and basic scientists at ...

Regenstrief leaders to deliver keynote addresses at data workshop in South America

Credit: Regenstrief Institute Two of Regenstrief Institute's leaders are sharing their expertise in artificial intelligence and data infrastructure at a ...

Blood-collection device makes radiation testing quick and easy

Credit: Photo by Tabbitha Mosier PHOENIX - A University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix research team has developed ...

UMass Amherst scientists developing small device to improve understanding of schizophrenia

NIH-funded study aims to create objective assessment tool and personalized treatment options for patientsCredit: UMass Amherst Two high-tech health researchers ...

Digital breast tomosynthesis increases cancer detection over full-field mammography

American Journal of Roentgenology research comparing digital breast tomosynthesis and full-field digital mammography finds that DBT results in 'significantly increased ...

Rapamycin for longevity — Opinion article

Credit: Mikhail V. Blagosklonny [email protected] The scientist discusses several reasons, including fear of the actual and fictional side effects of ...

Respiratory diseases linked with high blood pressure in lungs

MU researcher examines underlying conditions causing pulmonary hypertensionCredit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - Pulmonary hypertension is a type of ...

Scientists discover skin keeps time independent of the brain

Skin expresses its own photoreceptors using a previously mysterious member of the opsin gene family, neuroposinCredit: Alice Gray Squids, octopuses, ...

New marker for tumor aggression in neurofibromatosis type 1

New molecular insights could mean more accurate prognoses and better selection of therapiesCredit: Acta Neuropathologica Communications Researchers at the Johns ...

New international exercise guidelines for cancer survivors

Credit: Martin Dee/University of British Columbia For the rising number of cancer survivors worldwide, there's growing evidence that exercise is ...

Pioneering cell therapies for non-responders to current immunotherapies

Killer T cells identified in blood that can hone in on mutations uniquely expressed in cancer cells pave the way ...

MSU and Spectrum Health researchers team up to find new treatments for ‘orphan diseases’