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Researchers develop method for rapidly measuring proteins' unique vibrations

In the cells of every living organism -- humans, birds, bees, roses and even bacteria -- proteins vibrate with microscopic motions that help them perform vital tasks ranging from cell repair to photosynthesis.

5 Mar 2019

Heart attack symptoms must be kept in mind while travelling says study

A new study presented at the Acute Cardiovascular Care 2019 a European Society of Cardiology (ESC) congress at Malaga, Spain, warns that people should not neglect the symptoms of heart attack while travelling and the outcome of such incidences could be good with timely and early management.

4 Mar 2019

Recommending adults to get pneumococcal vaccine at age 50 may be effective guidance

If mitigating racial disparities in those who contract pneumococcal diseases, such as meningitis and pneumonia, is a top public health priority, then recommending that all adults get a pneumococcal vaccine at age 50 would likely be effective guidance, according to a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine analysis published today in the journal Vaccine.

4 Mar 2019

Updated scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in humans

The accurate measurement of blood pressure is essential for the diagnosis and management of hypertension, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, according to an updated American Heart Association scientific statement on blood pressure measurement in humans, published in the American Heart Association journal Hypertension.

4 Mar 2019

Plasma protein may hold potential for making wound-healing tissue scaffolds

Researchers in Germany have employed a plasma protein found in blood to develop a new method for making wound-healing tissue scaffolds.

4 Mar 2019

Nicotine could affect human embryonic development at the single-cell level

Nicotine induces widespread adverse effects on human embryonic development at the level of individual cells, researchers report February 28th in the journal Stem Cell Reports.

4 Mar 2019

Maternal interactions influence infant brain’s ability to detect, respond to angry vocalizations

The same brain network that adults use when they hear angry vocalizations is at work in infants as young as six months old, an effect that is strongest in infants whose mothers spend the most time controlling their behavior, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Chen Zhao of the University of Manchester, UK, and colleagues.

4 Mar 2019

Using TGS technology to make the perfect match even better for stem cell transplant recipients

At Anthony Nolan we save the lives of people with blood cancers and blood disorders that need a stem cell transplant.

4 Mar 2019

New method could help treat reduced exercise capacity caused by heart failure

A group of Hokkaido University scientists and collaborators have developed a method that could be used to treat heart failure patients whose exercise capacity has been impaired.

4 Mar 2019

EMA recognizes the value of EBMT patient registry for novel CAR T-cell therapies

CAR T-cell immunotherapies are advanced therapy medicinal products manufactured from human primary living cells procured by hospitals or blood banks.

4 Mar 2019

Failty evaluation can help determine patient's physical fitness for nonurgent operation

Frailty, a decline in function and resistance to short-term stress that typically occurs in old age, is linked to more complications after an operation among adults of all ages, according to researchers of a large new study published as an "article in press" on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website in advance of print.

2 Mar 2019

Aging and high-fat diet disrupt gut microbiome to cause inflammation in heart failure

Growing older and a high-fat diet enriched with omega 6 fatty acids are major contributors to health risks ranging from diabetes to heart failure. How these two factors regulate the immune response is not well-understood.

1 Mar 2019

Researchers develop blood test to predict spontaneous preterm birth

Pregnancy can be a time of uncertainty for expecting mothers and their clinical care teams. Nearly 10 percent of births are preterm, taking place before 37 weeks gestation. Preterm birth can result from several conditions, including preterm labor, preterm rupture of the placental membrane, or preeclampsia.

1 Mar 2019

Discovery paves the way for simple blood test to detect early stages of NAFLD

One in four people in Western and Asian societies develop a build-up of fat in the liver as a result of an unhealthy diet. This disease - referred to as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) - causes no symptoms initially but can develop into end-stage liver cirrhosis with limited treatment options.

1 Mar 2019

New 'electronic nose' is 95% accurate in identifying deadly disease

Fewer dogs in Brazil may be euthanized unnecessarily after researchers showed that a new test is 95% accurate in identifying the deadly disease Leishmaniasis.

1 Mar 2019

Sleep debt persists despite sleeping in late on weekends

Many people go without sleep for days, and think they can make it up by waking late on the weekend. However, this just makes things worse, according to a new study at the University of Colorado Boulder.

1 Mar 2019

Medicare trims payments to 800 hospitals, citing patient safety incidents

Eight hundred hospitals will be paid less by Medicare this year because of high rates of infections and patient injuries, federal records show.

1 Mar 2019

Lipid-filled particle plays role in immune function and metabolism

Researchers have discovered that fat tissue releases a lipid-filled particle that has a role in immune function and metabolism. The study, in mice, was published online in the journal Science.

1 Mar 2019

Research shows how common fungus gets the flexibility to live in different host environments

The fungus Candida albicans is found in the gastrointestinal tract of about half of healthy adults with little if any effect, yet it also causes an oft-fatal blood infection among patients with compromised immune systems, including those with HIV/AIDS.

1 Mar 2019

Engineer to develop drug-filled hydrogel to repair the damaged heart

After a heart attack, the cells in the heart muscle cannot get enough nutrients and oxygen to survive, so they die. A structural support network in the heart's wall can help those cells regenerate, however, two enzymes that break down the network are naturally increased after a heart attack, leaving the heart in a fight for its life.

28 Feb 2019