Rutgers-led team awarded $29 million NIH grant
The grant will advance moving research discoveries into clinical practice and improve healthcare in New Jersey A team led by ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Marshall University joins clinical trial for late-stage fatty liver disease
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A clinical trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of an investigational drug for late-stage liver disease is ...
Forgetting uses more brain power than remembering
AUSTIN, Texas -- Choosing to forget something might take more mental effort than trying to remember it, researchers at The ...
Announcing the ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2019
ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2019 highlights glomerulonephritis and integrated end-stage kidney disease Brussels, February 14, 2019 - The upcoming ...
ACP hosts nation’s largest annual gathering of internal medicine doctors
Internal Medicine Meeting 2019 in Philadelphia marks ACP's 100th annual scientific meeting Internal medicine physicians, subspecialists, medical students, and allied ...
Sepsis a leading cause of death in US hospitals but many deaths may not be preventable
Sepsis is a major contributor to disability, death and health care costs in the United States and worldwide. A growing ...
Guidelines on the use of genetic testing in psychiatry
International Society Issues StatementCredit: ISPG An expert committee of psychiatrists and geneticists has issued revised guidelines for the use of ...
New ‘tracers’ improve diagnosis of cancer and may be useful for treatment
Credit: Giesel FL, Kratochwil C, Lindner T, et al. Researchers have identified two new nuclear medicine tracers that make it ...
Too lazy to brush and floss? Research team will motivate you with online counseling
UB researchers receive grant to develop online intervention to improve oral health in dental patients BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Brush your ...
Binge drinking in adolescence may increase risk for anxiety later in life
A growing body of evidence supports the idea that alcohol exposure early in life has lasting effects on the brain ...
Imaging technique finds differences between radiation-sensitive and resistant tumors
Pilot clinical trials begunCredit: University of Arkansas Researchers have started pilot clinical studies in head and neck cancer patients to ...
Gender-based salary gap persists among academic emergency medicine physicians
Credit: Kirsty Challen, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, United Kingdom Although overall salaries for emergency physicians have increased over the past four ...
BU’s Catherine Costello receives Lifetime Achievement in Proteomics Award
(Boston)--Catherine Costello, PhD, the William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), has received the 2019 ...
BU researcher named 2019 William B. Kannel, MD, Memorial Lecturer
(Boston)--Vasan Ramachandran, MD, FACC, the Jay and Louise Coffman Professor in Vascular Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), ...
2.5 million for project tackling sexual health in the over-45s
Project links 11 organizations across the South East of England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands A European project involving academics ...
Kids’ concussion recovery like snakes and ladders game
Updated guidelines for recoveryCredit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (March 11, 2019) - New guidelines that reduce the amount of rest ...
Researchers say education a major barrier to following heart healthy diet
College education and knowledge of Mediterranean diet correlate to higher dietary adherence CHICAGO--March 11, 2019--People with a college education are ...
ACC combines NCDR, accreditation into one quality-focused meeting
ACC Quality Summit examines role of registries, quality campaigns and accreditation in quality and performance improvement efforts The American College ...
Brain stimulation improves depression symptoms, restores brain waves in clinical study
UNC School of Medicine researchers, led by Flavio Frohlich, Ph.D., are the first to use transcranial alternating current brain stimulation ...
To slow malaria, cure mosquitoes with drug-treated bed nets
Credit: Emily Lund, Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health. For decades, one of the strongest weapons against malaria ...
