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One Health approach that targets both humans and animals can reduce costs

Promoting healthcare strategies that target both human and animal populations at the same time can save money, participant time and result in a two-for-one stop for health care services.

25 Nov 2019

New collaboration aims to provide solutions for patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome

Mayo Clinic's Todd and Karen Wanek Family Program for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS) and Children's of Alabama announce their collaboration within a consortium to provide solutions for patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a rare and complex form of congenital heart disease in which the left side of the heart is severely underdeveloped.

25 Nov 2019

Improved optical imaging technique can help identify patients at risk of future heart attacks

Doctors need better ways to detect and monitor heart disease, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries. A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital researchers with support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has developed an improved optical imaging technique that found differences between potentially life-threatening coronary plaques and those posing less imminent danger for patients with coronary artery disease.

25 Nov 2019

Tips and recipes to help you kick-start a healthy holiday season

While the myth that people gain seven to 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and Christmas has been debunked, a recent study suggests that they do gain about a pound per holiday season – and that can add up to carrying an extra 20 pounds into middle age.

25 Nov 2019

New treatment method for periodontal disease could spare patients from many side effects

New biodegradable rods promise to provide better treatment for periodontal disease. Researchers from the Institute of Pharmacy at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg have re-combined an already approved active ingredient and filed for a patent for their invention together with two Fraunhofer Institutes from Halle.

25 Nov 2019

New electrochemical CRISPR biosensor can help improve diagnosis of diseases

The CRISPR/Cas technology can do more than alter genes. A research team at the University of Freiburg is using what are known as gene scissors - which scientists can use to edit genetic material - in order to better diagnose diseases such as cancer.

25 Nov 2019

People with salmonella infection more likely to be hospitalized longer

Salmonella is acting up in Michigan, and it could be a model for what's happening in other states, according to a new Michigan State University study.

25 Nov 2019

Dreams can help us react better to frightening situations

Do bad dreams serve a real purpose? To answer this question, researchers from the University of Geneva and University Hospitals of Geneva, Switzerland, - working in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin (USA) - analyzed the dreams of a number of people and identified which areas of the brain were activated when they experienced fear in their dreams.

25 Nov 2019

Environmental stress weakens women's ability to adapt to climate change

New research led by the University of East Anglia suggests that male migration and poor working conditions for women combine with institutional failure or poverty to hamper women's ability to adapt to climate variability and change in Asia and Africa.

25 Nov 2019

Apoptosis protein API-5 more markedly expressed in chemoresistant triple-negative breast cancer

78 TNBC biopsies from patients with different responses to chemotherapy were analysed for API-5 expression before any treatment.

25 Nov 2019

U of T, ASU scientists develop first direct gene circuit

Scientists at the University of Toronto and Arizona State University have developed the first direct gene circuit to electrode interface by combining cell-free synthetic biology with state-of-the-art nanostructured electrodes.

25 Nov 2019

Research yields potent antimicrobial that works against staph infection

Research led by scientists from McMaster University has yielded a potent antimicrobial that works against the toughest infectious disease strains. The find could be the beginning of developing new therapeutics to combat drug-resistant infections.

25 Nov 2019

Air pollution associated with greater risk of glaucoma

Living in a more polluted area is associated with a greater likelihood of having glaucoma, a debilitating eye condition that can cause blindness, finds a new UCL-led study in the UK.

25 Nov 2019

Novel solution could produce accurate, automated placental diagnostic reports

Placentas can provide critical information about the health of the mother and baby, but only 20 percent of placentas are assessed by pathology exams after delivery in the U.S. The cost, time and expertise required to analyze them are prohibitive.

25 Nov 2019

Researchers discover novel strategy to fight against liver cancer

A study conducted at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology discovered that healthy liver tissue surrounding a tumor activates a defence mechanism that restrains tumor growth.

25 Nov 2019

Secretome of pleural effusions linked to NSCLC and malignant mesothelioma

Cryopreserved cell-free PE fluid from 101 NSCLC patients, 8 mesothelioma and 13 with benign PE was assayed for a panel of 40 cytokines/chemokines using the Luminex system.

25 Nov 2019

New hope for diagnosing, treating Alzheimer's disease

A study led by researchers at Monash University has opened up new hope for diagnosing and treating Alzheimer's disease.

25 Nov 2019

World's first surgical navigation system for fetal surgery developed

The placenta of every expectant mother is located in a different place, its blood vessels are never the same and its connection to the fetus and the umbilical cord also varies from one pregnancy to another.

25 Nov 2019

Researchers assess safety of conditionally immortalized cells for bioartificial kidney application

Here, the research team assessed the safety of conditionally immortalized proximal tubule epithelial cells for bioartificial kidney application, by using in vitro assays and athymic nude rats.

25 Nov 2019

Inhaled cannabis cuts headache and migraine severity by nearly half

Inhaled cannabis reduces self-reported headache severity by 47.3% and migraine severity by 49.6%, according to a recent study led by Carrie Cuttler, a Washington State University assistant professor of psychology.

25 Nov 2019