New peer-reviewed journal PHAGE: Therapy, Applications, and Research announced
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 15, 2019 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Light physical activity associated with reduced risk of heart disease in older women
Bottom Line: An observational study of nearly 5,900 older women (ages 50 to 79) that used data from accelerometers to measure light ...
Disclosure of religious identity, health care practices on Catholic hospital websites
Bottom Line: Some patients seek care at Catholic hospitals but others may not because aspects of reproductive and end-of-life care can ...
Light physical activity linked to lower risk of heart disease in older women
Light physical activity such as gardening, strolling through a park, and folding clothes might be enough to significantly lower the ...
Opioid prescribing across United States
Bottom Line: National and state trends for opioid prescriptions filled at U.S. retail pharmacies are estimated from 2006 through 2017 in this ...
Russian scientists have determined indicators of stress development in the human body
Scientists at Lobachevsky University diagnosed the stress response of the human body from the condition of the erythrocyte membrane and ...
New proof that narcolepsy is an autoimmune disease
Credit: University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered autoreactive cells ...
SibFU researchers develop a biosensor enhanced with gold nanoparticles for express diagnostics of stress and toxicological pollution
A group of researchers is in the process of developing a highly sensitive biosensor designed to detect toxic substances using ...
AI and MRIs at birth can predict cognitive development at age 2, UNC study finds
Finding by UNC researchers may help identify children at risk shortly after birth, making early intervention possibleCredit: UNC School of ...
How to catch ovarian cancer earlier
Researchers use proteomics to develop diagnostic tool from liquid biopsy Fewer than half of ovarian cancer patients survive until five ...
With single gene insertion, blind mice regain sight
Opsins make 'blind' cells light-sensitive; potential human treatment within three yearsCredit: John Flannery, UC Berkeley It was surprisingly simple. University ...
Enzyme USP15 may have potential role in future treatment of various cancers
A team at the GW Cancer Center found that the deubiquitinating enzyme USP15 is a potential biomarker for treatments of ...
Cardiovascular screenings uncover diabetes, high cholesterol in middle schoolers
CINCINNATI -- A pilot study of 45 middle school kids shows that more than a third of those screened had ...
CRF research to be presented at ACC.19
New York, NY - March 14, 2019 - Research from the Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the CRF Clinical Trials Center ...
Trump administration’s 2020 Budget Request ‘deeply troubling’ for older Americans, AGS
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society Trillions of dollars in cuts to everything from the nation's largest insurer to programs ...
‘Home’ is where success — or failure — rests: Personal context directly affects CPAP use
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - CPAP, short for continuous positive airway pressure, is the most commonly used therapy for obstructive ...
C-Path, FNIH announce clinical development user’s guide for kidney safety biomarkers
TUCSON, Ariz., March 14, 2019 -- The Critical Path Institute's (C-Path) Predictive Safety Testing Consortium (PSTC) today announced availability of ...
BU: Central American kidney disease epidemic linked to occupational heat exposure
Chronic kidney disease, common in agricultural workers in El Salvador and Nicaragua, was also found in 12 percent of sample ...
Vaccine study confirms sensitivity of cholera test
Credit: Conor Ashleigh, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, (CC BY 2.0, 2012) Recently, the sensitivity of fecal microbiological cultures ...
What makes a cell turn cancerous?
CHLA researcher receives $1.6M grant to study cellular and genetic changes that underlie retinoblastomaCredit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Retinoblastoma is ...
