Tag: Medicine/Health

The findings could pave the way for future research on the cause of exfoliation syndrome and potential curesCredit: Agency for ...

Tackling the persistent and sometimes controversial questions about COVID-19

Professor Winfried Just creates critical discussions around COVID in new bookCredit: World Scientific Ohio University mathematics professor Winfried Just's new ...

The micro-environment of breast cancer in three dimensions

Penn State researchers develop a prototype platform to culture and study tumor growthCredit: Ozbolat Lab/Penn State Cancerous tumors thrive on ...

Chronic attack on the aging nervous system

Credit: Image: Janos Groh / Reprinted by permission from Springer Nature Aging is the biggest risk factor for perturbation of ...

Heart cells cozy up to prevent deadly arrhythmias

Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC researchers show subtle changes regulate heartbeatsCredit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech Blood may seem like a ...

Mobile gaming app enhances HIV care

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Duke University promote better health through gamificationCredit: University of North Carolina at ...

Intestinal polyps in close relatives can increase risk of colorectal cancer

Credit: Alexander Donka. Cancer of the colon and rectum is one of the deadliest forms of cancer, and has in ...

Cancer researchers study cognitive dysfunction after chemo

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH/INDIANAPOLIS, May 4, 2021 - Cancer researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Indiana University ...

Harvard University licenses its nasal swab collection technology to Rhinostics

The combined technologies could reduce labor and time required for COVID-19 diagnostic testing 10-fold, and facilitate future diagnostic testing of ...

New study traces back the progenitor genomes causing COVID-19 and geospatial spread

Many variant strains were shown to be present before the first known cases identified in ChinaCredit: Sudhir Kumar, Temple University ...

Pandemic worsened older adults’ mental health & sleep; others show long-term resilience

Nearly 1 in 3 express reservations about seeking help if they need it, suggesting need for more screening and reducing ...

‘Last resort’ antibiotic pops bacteria like balloons

Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic of 'last resort' kills bacteria.Credit: IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON Scientists have revealed how an antibiotic ...

UTEP study examines movement in children with autism

Credit: UTEP Communications EL PASO, Texas -- For more than a year, researchers at The University of Texas at El ...

Intranasal influenza vaccine enhances immune response and offers broad protection, researchers find

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--An influenza vaccine that is made of nanoparticles and administered through the nose enhances the body's ...

Review outlines approaches to deliver radiation to tumors while sparing healthy tissue

Credit: UNC Health CHAPEL HILL, North Carolina--A comprehensive review by University of North Carolina researchers and colleagues highlights the optimal ...

Researchers wirelessly record human brain activity during normal life activities

NIH BRAIN Initiative-funded study opens the door to correlating deep brain activity and behaviorCredit: Image courtesy of Starr lab, UCSF ...

Stopping bleeding saves lives on the battlefield

Credit: Hybrid Plastics RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- A new medical technology stops traumatic bleeding without requiring wound compression for ...

Towards a treatment for myotonic dystrophy: First 3D model with patient cells

Credit: IBEC Myotonic dystrophy is a hereditary degenerative neuromuscular disease that occurs mainly in adults, affecting about 50,000 people only ...

Tailor-made therapy of multi-resistant tuberculosis

Credit: Research Center Borstel, the Leibniz Lung Center Globally, tuberculosis is the most common bacterial infectious disease leading to death. ...

Landscape study launched to detect liver cancer early in Singapore