Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: UTHSC Memphis, Tenn. (April 21, 2021) - The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases recently awarded ...

Newly developed AI uses combination of ECG and X-ray results to diagnose arrhythmic disorders

Credit: Kobe University Kobe University Hospital's Dr. NISHIMORI Makoto and Project Assistant Professor KIUCHI Kunihiko et al. (of the Division ...

Poor iodine levels in women pose risks to fetal intellectual development in pregnancy

Credit: University of South Australia An increasing number of young women are at increased risk of having children born with ...

Newly-discovered molecule provides dual protection against vascular inflammation

Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School SINGAPORE, 22 April 2021 - A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Duke-NUS Medical School and the ...

Freeze! Executioner protein caught in the act

Credit: WEHI Australia A new molecular 'freeze frame' technique has allowed WEHI researchers to see key steps in how the ...

BioRescue creates four new northern white rhino embryos

Credit: BioRescue/Rio the photographer This is the most successful series of procedures - from oocyte collection in Kenya to in ...

Neuro-researchers find repetitive head impacts can result in functional brain impairments

Brain vital signs concussion study in Bantam and junior A ice-hockey detects significant subconcussive changes in cognitive brain functionCredit: Health ...

From Interferon to Philanthropy: Autobiography of Dr. Jan Vilcek published as audiobook

Vilcek Foundation releases audiobook memoir of Dr. Jan Vilcek, narrated by Daniel K. IsaacCredit: Photo courtesy of the Vilcek Foundation. ...

Membranes unlock potential to vastly increase cell-free vaccine production

Research sets the stage for biotech to generate 1 billion doses in less than a monthCredit: Justin Muir By cracking ...

Emergency EMR created in a week to respond to COVID-19 crisis

Lessons learned can be applied in future health crisesCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- A team from Regenstrief Institute leveraged OpenMRS, ...

Improving survival in pancreatic cancer

Suppressing a gene regulator could reduce pancreatic cancer resistance to vital chemotherapeutic treatment.Credit: Yutaka Kondo Nagoya University researchers and colleagues ...

Children exposed to intimate partner violence twice as likely to have poorer health

Credit: Jonathan Borba A new study has found up to half of all children with language difficulties and mental and ...

Large NIH clinical trial will test polyclonal antibody therapeutic for COVID-19

Credit: NIAID A Phase 2/3 trial to evaluate a new fully-human polyclonal antibody therapeutic targeted to SARS-CoV-2, called SAB-185, has ...

COVID-19 peaks reflect time-dependent social activity, not herd immunity

Scientists developed a model showing that a fragile, temporary state of immunity emerged during the early epidemic but got destroyed ...

Collaborative research could help fine-tune the production of antimalarials, chemo drugs

'We're helping cells figure out how to tolerate chemicals for themselves'Credit: National Cancer Institute Much of common pharmaceutical development today ...

Grant aims to reduce prostate cancer disparities among black men

$250,000 grant funded by Pfizer Global Medical Grants and overseen by the American Cancer Society is Aimed at Reducing Gaps ...

Stem cell therapy promotes recovery from stroke and dementia in mice

Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Science Translational Medicine A one-time injection of an experimental stem cell therapy can repair ...

‘Ice cube tray’ scaffold is next step in returning sight to injured retinas

Credit: Ma Lab MADISON, Wis. -- Tens of millions of people worldwide are affected by diseases like macular degeneration or ...

A “finger phantom” to train treatment of trigger finger using ultrasound guidance

This 3D-printed anatomical finger model is a low-cost ultrasound training tool for procedural guidance in corticosteroid injections.Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. ...

Brushing away oral health disparities in America’s rural children