Tag: Medicine/Health

Disparities of care and limitations of access are the main focus of this special issue on cerebral palsy, published by ...

Aerin Medical announces results of randomized controlled trial supporting VivAer® for treatment of nasal airway obstruction with nasal valve collapse

Treatment with VivAer, a non-invasive, temperature-controlled, radiofrequency (RF) device, resulted in significant symptom relief, superior to sham controlCredit: (C) Aerin ...

COVID-causing coronavirus following predictable mutational footsteps

Similarities in locations, types of mutations could inform responses to future SARS-CoV-2 strainsCredit: Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska-Lincoln New research ...

Blood test can track the evolution of coronavirus infection

A blood test that quantifies the protein ACE2, the cellular protein which allows entry of the virus into cells, as ...

Empathy may drive rats and other mammals to help friends over strangers

A new study identifies the brain regions involved in rats' tendency to help members of their own social group over ...

WVU researcher leads effort to reduce data-transfer error in radiation therapy

The work of Ramon Alfredo Siochi and other members of a task group will help ensure the accuracy of data ...

Preventing lung cancer’s unwelcome return

Credit: Sordella lab/CSHL, 2021 When a doctor gives a patient antibiotics for a bacterial infection, they usually require them to ...

Keeping the world up to date on irritable bowel syndrome research in China

Scientists condense Chinese studies over the past decade on this common gastrointestinal disorder in a review articleCredit: Chinese Medical Journal ...

Electric signals between individual cardiac cells regulate heartbeat

Cells are connected by gap junctions, which are vital for a healthy heart.Credit: André G. Kléber WASHINGTON, July 13, 2021 ...

Scientists discover nanoclusters effective for cancer in the second near-infrared synergy therapy

Credit: WANG Hui As a minimally invasive method for cancer therapy at precise locations, NIR-induced photothermal therapy (PTT) has drawn ...

Project Air View maps ultrafine particles, soot and other substances in Amsterdam air

Credit: Google Maps & Utrecht University Over the past two years, the municipality of Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Google have ...

Clinic boosts transgender young people’s mental health

Credit: Shane A clinic to help transgender young people and their families receive quicker support has boosted mental health, family ...

Revealing the mystery behind the threat of non-alcoholic liver disease

Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München / Anne Loft Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common liver disorder worldwide and is ...

COVID-19 ARDS focus of latest ATS/CSL Behring research grant recipient

Credit: ATS New York, NY - July 13, 2021- The ATS Research Program is pleased to announce that William Zhang, ...

Brain injury lab receives additional federal funding to boost research

UC Riverside postdoc and graduate students are recipients of new awardsCredit: Santhakumar lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Earlier this ...

Selective, toxin-bearing antibodies could help treat liver fibrosis

In mouse models of human disease, immunotoxins targeting the protein mesothelin prevent liver cells from producing collagen, a precursor to ...

Improving transitional care improves outcomes important to patients in the ‘real world’

Special PCORI supplement to Medical Care reports on 'Future Directions in Transitional Care Research'Credit: Gesell et al. (2021), Medical Care, ...

Artificial intelligence could be new blueprint for precision drug discovery

Mathematical approach could transform drug development by searching for disease targets, then predicting if a drug will be successfulCredit: UC ...

MaxDIA — taking proteomics to the next level

A new software improves data-independent acquisition proteomics by providing a computational workflow that permits highly sensitive and accurate data analysisCredit: ...

Progress towards new treatments for tuberculosis