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Centralized medical records repository can perform data analysis and visualization

More than a decade ago, electronic medical records were all the rage, promising to transform health care and help guide clinical decisions and public health response.

19 Aug 2020

Researchers design new X-ray classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis

Researchers have designed a new X-ray classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis that can more precisely define which parts of the spine need correction, an achievement that could enhance treatment, communication, and analysis of spinal deformities affecting older patients, according to a study published in Spine Deformity in August.

19 Aug 2020

Teleconference event to share strategies with entrepreneurs to develop new products, technologies

Entrepreneurs developing new medical devices and technologies for use in health care settings will learn how to get their innovations noticed during a free teleconference with industry leaders.

19 Aug 2020

Research shows how smell loss linked to Covid-19 differs from the common cold

New research from a European group of smell disorder experts, including Prof Philpott at the University of East Anglia, shows how smell loss associated with Covid-19 infection differs from what you typically might experience with a bad cold or flu.

18 Aug 2020

Manipulating cancer cell metabolism may help combat DIPGs and other brain tumors

Every year, 150 to 300 children in the United States are diagnosed with diffuse intrinsic pontine gliomas (DIPGs), aggressive and lethal tumors that grow deep inside the brain, for which there are no cures.

18 Aug 2020

New scientific method approved for measuring procyanidins and flavanols in cocoa and chocolate products

AOAC INTERNATIONAL today announced the approval of a new scientific method for measuring flavanols and procyanidins in cocoa powders, cocoa liquors, chocolates and cocoa extracts.

18 Aug 2020

Researchers identify shared molecular roots between lipid dysfunction and autism

Researchers at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northwestern University have identified a subtype of autism arising from a cluster of genes that regulate cholesterol metabolism and brain development.

18 Aug 2020

Researchers solve a long-held mystery of X chromosome inactivation

Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have solved a mystery that has long puzzled scientists: How do the bodies of female humans and all other mammals decide which of the two X chromosomes it carries in each cell should be active and which one should be silent?

18 Aug 2020

Researchers may have discovered the key to treating inflammatory diseases

A Rutgers-led team may have found the key to treating inflammatory diseases like asthma, allergies, chronic fibrosis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

17 Aug 2020

Researchers receive funding to develop a model for delivering palliative care in nursing homes

Research scientists from Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine and University of Maryland are working to develop a model for delivering palliative care to people living in nursing homes to improve their quality of life.

17 Aug 2020

With COVID vaccine trial, rural Oregon clinic steps onto world stage

From the outside, it appears to be just another suburban allergy clinic, a tidy, tan brick-and-cinder-block building set back from a busy highway and across the road from an auto parts store.

17 Aug 2020

Women investigators can attract more women patients in heart failure clinical trials

While about a quarter of physicians and researchers working in advanced heart failure (HF) and transplant cardiology are women, representation of women leading HF research remains limited, according to new research led by Penn Medicine.

17 Aug 2020

Understanding the relationship between movement and vision

To get a better look at the world around them, animals constantly are in motion. Primates and people use complex eye movements to focus their vision (as humans do when reading, for instance); birds, insects, and rodents do the same by moving their heads, and can even estimate distances that way.

15 Aug 2020

Frequently used serology test may not detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, shows study

Two different types of detectable antibody responses in SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) tell very different stories and may indicate ways to enhance public health efforts against the disease, according to researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.

15 Aug 2020

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Centralized medical records repository can perform data analysis and visualization

Researchers design new X-ray classification system for adult idiopathic scoliosis

Teleconference event to share strategies with entrepreneurs to develop new products, technologies

Research shows how smell loss linked to Covid-19 differs from the common cold

Manipulating cancer cell metabolism may help combat DIPGs and other brain tumors

New scientific method approved for measuring procyanidins and flavanols in cocoa and chocolate products

Researchers identify shared molecular roots between lipid dysfunction and autism

Researchers solve a long-held mystery of X chromosome inactivation

Researchers may have discovered the key to treating inflammatory diseases

Researchers receive funding to develop a model for delivering palliative care in nursing homes

With COVID vaccine trial, rural Oregon clinic steps onto world stage

Women investigators can attract more women patients in heart failure clinical trials

Understanding the relationship between movement and vision

Frequently used serology test may not detect SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, shows study

Social connection found to be the strongest protective factor for depression

BMI change between young adulthood and midlife linked to risk of early death

‘Is this when I drop dead?’ Two doctors report from the COVID front lines

Study calls for targeted interventions to help people with lower levels of health insurance literacy

Search engines can spread false information on vaccines, shows study

Study finds increase in support for telehealth and mobile health monitoring since COVID

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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