Digital data and AI to improve the lives of people with diabetes
Credit: LIH Until now, medical doctors have used biomarkers to determine the health status of people with diabetes (PWDs). These ...
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Blocking a survival mechanism could tackle melanoma treatment resistance
Credit: the Babraham Institute The effectiveness of current treatments for melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, could be improved ...
Inoculating against the spread of viral misinformation
Study of vaccine-related Facebook ads reveals ongoing challenges to public healthCredit: Kirian Villalta, UMD School of Public Health In a ...
Can ‘smart toilets’ be the next health data wellspring?
Credit: Dasom (Somi) Hwang,Joshua Coon Lab at the UW-Madison Department of Biomolecular Chemistry MADISON -- Wearable, smart technologies are transforming ...
The effects of a mock shelter environment on sleep
Are evacuation shelters too cold in winter?Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. In the Building Environment ...
The environmental cost of cryptocurrency mines
UNM team assesses monetary price of health and air quality impactsCredit: University of New Mexico Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero ...
Listening to music while driving reduces cardiac stress
A study by Brazilian researchers suggests that cardiac overload due to the stress of driving in heavy traffic can be ...
$1.85 million NIH grant to study sepsis
Credit: Virginia Tech One drop of blood contains 5,000 neutrophils, the most abundant type of white blood cell that is ...
Antimicrobial resistance poses significant risk to people, the economy
New CCA expert panel reportCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) In Canada, 26% of infections are resistant to the medicines ...
The thrust of the problem
UC Riverside research sheds new light on earthquake that killed 9,000 peopleCredit: UCR A new understanding of a fault that ...
LSU Health research discovers potential new Rx target for AMD and Alzheimer’s
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director ...
Physicians create guide for identifying, treating vaping lung illness
Clinicians' tool for EVALI treatment published in The Lancet Respiratory MedicineCredit: University of Rochester Medical Center As lung injuries from ...
Best practice treatment guidelines help doctors identify, treat vaping-associated lung injuries
Credit: Intermountain Healthcare As the outbreak of lung injuries and deaths associated with e-cigarettes, or vaping, continues to spread across ...
UMass Amherst study updates impacts of Plainridge Park Casino
Research team points to job creation and economic benefits with no increase in problem gambling, but 'type' of patron may ...
AI for longevity and longevity policy and governance summits at King’s College London
The biogerontology research foundation announces its strategic support of two longevity-themed summits being held at King's College London on Nov. ...
Hospital disinfectants struggling to kill C. diff bacteria colonies
Clorox comes close, but none completely eliminates superbugCredit: University of Houston The deadly and notoriously stubborn superbug, Clostridioides difficile (C. ...
Solution of the high-resolution crystal structure of stress proteins from Staphylococcus
A paper was published by Kazan Federal University in the Journal of Structural BiologyCredit: Kazan Federal University Project leader, Head ...
Mind-body therapies alleviate pain in people prescribed opioids
Credit: University of Utah A new study published Nov. 4, 2019, in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine details the first ...
School-based telehealth program reduces ED visits by pediatric asthma patients
Credit: SCETV, for MUSC Health Center for Telehealth Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report in JAMA ...
New transmission model for Ebola predicted Uganda cases
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- A new risk assessment model for the transmission of Ebola accurately predicted its ...
