Tag: Medicine/Health

Novel device records, senses and manipulates 'mini-brains'Credit: Northwestern University A team of scientists, led by researchers at Northwestern University, Shirley ...

City of Hope celebrates earning one of nursing’s highest honors

The prestigious Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center highlights City of Hope's world-class nursing team and their superior ...

Importance of crisis standards of care for equitable allocation of scarce medical re

Credit: University of Miami Health System During a public health crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. hospitals need to allocate ...

NIH study of early predictors, mechanisms of food allergy and eczema has begun

Credit: NIAID A study to identify prenatal and early childhood markers of high risk for food allergy and atopic dermatitis, ...

Hospital surge capacity survey before COVID-19 gives insight into pandemic preparedness

Credit: Harris, GH, et al. JAMA Network Open, 2021 PITTSBURGH, March 19, 2021 - A University of Pittsburgh School of ...

First-in-human phase I trial to assess the efficacy and safety of a novel Myc inhibitor

Peptomyc's Omomyc-based therapy against cancer put to the clinical testCredit: VHIO Co-founded back in 2014 by VHIO's Laura Soucek, CEO ...

Endocrine disruptors threatens semen quality

Scientists from UNIGE and IRSET have established a link between poor semen quality in adult men and their mothers' occupational ...

Parkinson’s disease: When molecular guardians need to be protected

Credit: Nicola Roverato, University of Konstanz Parkinson's disease is the second most common, age-related, neurodegenerative disease: In Germany alone, about ...

Vape aerosol and gene expression in human lung tissue compared to cigarette sm

Scientific Digital Communications Editor Arran Frood details the latest research findings at Imperial Brands.Credit: Imperial Brands March 19, 2021, Bristol, ...

New discoveries on deadly fungus – might be a key for treatment

Credit: Jan-Peter Kasper, University of Jena Aspergillus fumigatus kills as many people as malaria and tuberculosis, but is less known. ...

COVID-19 lockdowns and demographically-relevant Google Trends

Credit: Berger et al, PLOS ONE, 2021 (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Google Trends reveal how searches related to family and relationship ...

Binge drinking in adolescence is linked to changes in the cerebellum in young adulthood

Credit: MostPhotos/Oliver Hoffman Binge drinking in adolescence is associated with changes in the volume of the cerebellum in young adulthood, ...

New antibiotic clears multi-drug resistant gonorrhea in mice in single dose

Credit: Dunham Lab, Emory University UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new antibiotic compound clears infection of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea in ...

CU cancer researcher wins two awards to study drug-resistant cancer cells

University of Colorado Boulder researcher Sabrina L. Spencer, PhD., recently won the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award (from the Damon Runyon ...

Maintaining body weight won’t save colorectal cancer survivors

Stable body weight may hide loss of muscle, 40 percent higher risk of premature deathCredit: Pennington Biomedical Research Center Colorectal ...

Study examines fermented milks’ potential benefits for decreasing high blood pressure through modulation of gut microbiota

Potential for the development of tailor-made fermented milks to help reduce hypertension, according to the Journal of Dairy ScienceCredit: Journal ...

Transcendental Meditation effective in reducing PTSD, sleep problems, depression symptoms

Credit: Maharishi International University Research Institute Veterans with PTSD who practiced the Transcendental Meditation technique showed significant reductions in PTSD ...

Novel coronavirus circulated undetected months before first COVID-19 cases in Wuhan, China

Study dates emergence to as early as October 2019; simulations suggest in most cases zoonotic viruses die out naturally before ...

Oncotarget: Quantitative proteome profiling stratifies fibroepithelial lesions of the breast

The present Oncotarget work shed light on a brief mechanistic framework of PTs aggressive nature and present potential biomarkers to ...

Chemical cocktail creates new avenues for generating muscle stem cells