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Failure to ensure environmental management of pharmaceuticals can lead to adverse outcomes

Poor sanitation leads to untreated wastewater entering river systems in many countries where industrialisation and urbanisation is not supported by appropriate infrastructure.

3 Dec 2019

New spatial index measures connections between poverty and poor accessibility in Brazil

Researchers from the School of Engineering in Trinity College Dublin have developed a new spatial index that measures the connections between poverty and poor accessibility.

3 Dec 2019

New findings regarding maintenance and functioning of the endosome

On a daily basis, multitudes of molecules enter each cell in our body. These can be nutrients or signal molecules or pathogenic microorganisms. An organelle in the cell directs these molecules to other stations for further processing.

3 Dec 2019

Study reveals three effective treatments to stop epilepsy seizures

There are effective treatments to stop life-threatening epilepsy seizures when the initial treatment has failed, a sweeping new study reveals.

3 Dec 2019

Study: Complementary health approach is recommended by over half of U.S. office-based physicians

A new study has shown that more than half (53.1%) of office-based physicians in the U.S., across specialty areas, recommended at least one complementary health approach (CHA) to their patients during the previous 12 months, with female physicians (63.2%) more likely to recommend a CHA than male physicians (49.3%).

3 Dec 2019

New model for late-onset sepsis explores potential treatments for neonatal infection

Extremely premature infants are at risk for life-threatening infections that spread into their bodies from the intestine. Infections after the first three days of life are called late-onset sepsis, or LOS.

3 Dec 2019

Global biodiversity could be in a worse state than previously thought, warns study

Biodiversity across the globe could be in a worse state than previously thought as current biodiversity assessments fail to take into account the long-lasting impact of abrupt land changes, a new study has warned.

3 Dec 2019

Scientists are developing a new diagnostic tool for different types of breast cancers

Scientists are developing a new way to identify the unique chemical 'fingerprints' for different types of breast cancers.

2 Dec 2019

Tweets and online searches provide a faster way to track alcohol use

Collecting rigorous public health data through large survey-based studies is a slow, expensive process.

2 Dec 2019

Low-cost intervention can increase self-esteem of young cancer survivors

Young cancer survivors face unique medical and psychosocial challenges that can hinder their ability to move on mentally and socially, even years after their final treatment.

2 Dec 2019

Researchers identify key protein required for therapeutic resistance in aggressive breast cancer

Researchers at the Lady Davis Institute have identified a key protein that is required for resistance to chemotherapy in the most aggressive form of breast cancer. This holds the promise of opening the door to new therapies for overcoming drug resistance.

2 Dec 2019

Strategies for improving drug delivery to treat brain tumors

Despite improvements in drug delivery mechanisms, treating brain tumors has remained challenging.

2 Dec 2019

UC San Diego Health joins national initiative to improve care for seniors

According to the National Council of Aging, approximately 92 percent of seniors have at least one chronic disease and 77 percent have at least two.

2 Dec 2019

Daughters of women with PCOS five times more likely to develop the syndrome in adulthood

Daughters of women with polycystic ovarian syndrome are five times more likely to be diagnosed with PCOS as adults, and the generational transmission is driven by high androgen levels during pregnancy, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report.

2 Dec 2019

Hyperfine joins with Penn Medicine to assess new device for imaging hydrocephalus patients

Hyperfine Research Inc. has joined with Penn Medicine in a clinical research study of the world's first portable, low-cost magnetic resonance imaging system. This collaboration will examine the efficacy of the Hyperfine device in the care of patients with hydrocephalus.

2 Dec 2019

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Failure to ensure environmental management of pharmaceuticals can lead to adverse outcomes

New spatial index measures connections between poverty and poor accessibility in Brazil

New findings regarding maintenance and functioning of the endosome

Study reveals three effective treatments to stop epilepsy seizures

Study: Complementary health approach is recommended by over half of U.S. office-based physicians

New model for late-onset sepsis explores potential treatments for neonatal infection

Global biodiversity could be in a worse state than previously thought, warns study

Scientists are developing a new diagnostic tool for different types of breast cancers

Tweets and online searches provide a faster way to track alcohol use

Low-cost intervention can increase self-esteem of young cancer survivors

Researchers identify key protein required for therapeutic resistance in aggressive breast cancer

Strategies for improving drug delivery to treat brain tumors

UC San Diego Health joins national initiative to improve care for seniors

Daughters of women with PCOS five times more likely to develop the syndrome in adulthood

Hyperfine joins with Penn Medicine to assess new device for imaging hydrocephalus patients

Blood proteins could help provide a comprehensive 'liquid health check' in future

Study suggests two new approaches against bone metastases from prostate cancer

Infant and toddler food pouches have lower nutritional value than foods sold in other packaging

Study reveals clue to preventing addiction relapse

Many people with risk factors do not develop early signs of heart disease, studies show

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

Advancing Motor Neuron Disease Diagnosis with Non-Invasive Ultrasound and AI

How agentic AI is reshaping laboratory workflows

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