How common is Hepatitis C infection in each US state?
Bottom Line: Hepatitis C virus infection is a major cause of illness and death in the United States and injection ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Antibiotic overuse is high for common urology procedures
Almost 60 percent of patients were prescribed antibiotics in a way that did not follow AUA guidelines A new study ...
Study looks at ED visits to examine opioid prescribing in pediatric patients
Bottom Line: Opioids for pain management in pediatric patients are sometimes necessary but their use has raised concerns about the effects ...
Statins are more effective for those who follow the Mediterranean diet
A diet based on Mediterranean principles enhances the effect of these drugs in patients who already had a heart attack ...
Predicting enhancers from multiple cell lines and tissues: Different developmental stages
This article by Dr. Jihong Guan et al. is published in Current Bioinformatics, Volume 13, Issue 6, 2018Credit: Bentham Science ...
Study: Increased risk of heart attack, stroke in months leading up to a cancer diagnosis
Risk greatest in people with later-stage cancers and lung and colon cancers (WASHINGTON, December 21, 2018) -- Older adults with ...
Artificial intelligence system learns to diagnose, classify intracranial hemorrhage
Mass.-General-developed system able to 'explain' reasons behind decisions based on CT scan imagesCredit: Hyunkwang Lee, Harvard School of Engineering and ...
A novel mechanism that regulates cellular injury by phagocytes during inflammation
Credit: Kanazawa University Lysosomes are filled with more than 50 different hydrolytic enzymes, which are capable of digesting most cellular ...
Researchers suggest ways to reduce head impacts in youth football
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Dec. 21, 2018 - The high head impact and concussion rates in football are of increasing concern, ...
Simple method rescues stressed liver cells
Isolated human hepatocytes are essential tools in preclinical and clinical liver research, but cell quality is highly variable. Now, researchers ...
The brain's support cells show defective development in Huntington's disease
The neurological disorder Huntington's disease causes behavioural and motor changes, which among other things are a result of dysfunctional maturation ...
North-star perspectives for Actinium-225 production at commercial scale
This article by Dr. James T. Harvey is published in Current Radiopharmaceuticals, Volume 11 , Issue 3 , 2018Credit: Bentham ...
Preparation, characterization and in vitro biological activity of Soyasapogenol B
This article by Dr. Ahmed A. Haroun et al. is published in Current Bioactive Compounds, Volume 14 , Issue 4 ...
Kidney patients are the most complex patients
A study published in JAMA Network Open showed: nephrologists treat the most complex patients. As ERA-EDTA president Professor Carmine Zoccali ...
Columbia professor uses data science to create personalized cancer therapies
Columbia's Andrea Califano has developed a highly-predictive computer platform that can analyze all tumor types and predict which drug or ...
University of Birmingham develops sight-saving treatment for eye infection or trauma
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a novel eye drop that rapidly reduces sight-threatening scarring to the surface ...
College binge drinkers are posting while drunk, 'addicted' to social media
PISCATAWAY, NJ - College students who binge drink are frequently posting on social media while intoxicated and show signs of ...
Flint inspires national nutrition prescription program in US Farm Bill
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Flint nutrition prescription program, where fruits and vegetables are prescribed to young patients by their ...
Elegant trick improves single-cell RNA sequencing
ITHACA, N.Y. - Droplet microfluidics has revolutionized single-cell RNA sequencing, offering a low-cost, high-throughput method for single-cell genomics. However, this ...
Study from Indiana University aims to better understand repetitive head impacts in sports
Credit: Photo provided by Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new study by Indiana University researchers has found that eyeball ...