Tag: Medicine/Health

Pulmonary arterial hypertension occurs when blood vessels in the lungs are blocked or destroyed, which can cause the heart to ...

21st century medical needles for high-tech cancer diagnostics

Modern medicine needs better quality samples than traditional biopsy needles can provide, ultrasonically oscillating needles can improve treatment and reduce ...

New liquid biopsy test to ID lymph node metastasis in early-stage T1 colorectal cancer

This new, blood-based test successfully identifies individuals with lymph node metastasis associated with high-risk T1 colorectal cancer and potentially could ...

Age at the menopause can be assessed using predictive modeling

Sex hormone levels, irregular menstrual cycles, menopausal symptoms, and life habits can be used for predicting the age at menopauseCredit: ...

Biomedical sciences researcher gets $2.3 million grant to study inflammation in infectious diseases

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Dr. Jian-Dong Li, professor and director of the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, ...

Consistent use of food pantries needed to address food insecurity, related health issues

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - April 21, 2021 - Food banks should be used more consistently rather than ...

SARS-CoV-2: Infection induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells

SARS-CoV-2 infection induces antibodies capable of killing infected cells regardless of disease severityCredit: © Virus & Immunity Unit, Institut Pasteur ...

AI-based system could help triage brain MRIs

Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - An artificial intelligence-driven system that automatically combs through brain MRIs ...

No-Cath forecast

Researchers at MUSC use AI software to predict coronary artery plaque composition and significance without the risks of invasive proceduresCredit: ...

Blood pressure and hemorrhagic complication risk after renal transplant biopsy

2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting Scientific Electronic Exhibit found no statistically significant threshold for increased renal transplant biopsy risk based ...

Diagnostic yield of non-contrast pituitary MRI for pediatric pathologies

2021 ARRS Virtual Annual Meeting Scientific Electronic Exhibit found non-contrast pituitary MRI for central precocious puberty, growth hormone deficiency, short ...

The immune link between a leaky blood-brain barrier and schizophrenia

Research from the the School of Veterinary Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine, and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia points to the ...

E-cigarette users in rural Appalachia develop more severe lung injuries

Credit: Zane Lacko/WVU Just as e-cigarette ingredients can vary from one region to another, the health effects of vaping can ...

Hand surgeon performs first surgery with FDA-cleared wrist replacement implant he designed

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery Sixty-nine-year-old Mark Eisen says he waited seven years for a surgery he hopes will change ...

‘Undruggable’ cancer protein becomes druggable, thanks to shrub

Credit: Purdue University photo/Charles Jischke A chemist from Purdue University has found a way to synthesize a compound to fight ...

Penn Nursing Dean Antonia Villarruel to receive The Ohtli Award from Mexico

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (April 20, 2021) - This is the highest honor bestowed by the Mexican Government to individuals ...

‘Information theory’ recruited to help scientists find cancer genes

Field of mathematics devoted to how information is measured, stored and transmitted uncovers possible key gene that spurs common childhood ...

Sexual receptivity and rejection may be orchestrated by the same brain region

Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown - Lima Lab (data); Diogo Matias (design). In many species, including humans and mice, ...

Inhibition of meprin β enzyme linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease analyzed

Findings of researchers at Mainz University could lead to the creation of new drugsCredit: ill./©: Walter Stöcker Researchers at Johannes ...

Astronauts’ mental health risks tested in the Antarctic