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Transgender college students more likely to experience mental health problems than their peers

The largest and most comprehensive mental health survey of college students in the US reveals that students who identify as transgender, gender nonconforming, genderqueer, and nonbinary face enormous mental health disparities relative to their peers.

18 Aug 2019

FDA approves first spinal tether device to treat children with idiopathic scoliosis

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the first spinal tether device intended to be used in children and adolescents to correct the most common form of scoliosis, called idiopathic scoliosis, that has not responded to conservative treatment options, such as external bracing.

18 Aug 2019

UTHealth School of Dentistry offers new 'telementoring' program

Kuwaiti dentist Alaa Al-Saffar, DDS, may be 7,000 miles from the Texas Medical Center but that did not keep her from catching a lecture on mouth ulcers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

18 Aug 2019

Research finds lack of racial diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs

New research published this week in JAMA Oncology has found a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs.

18 Aug 2019

Hospital pharmacist-led approach can reduce antibiotic use

In small, community hospitals that don't have resources for a dedicated staff to oversee the proper use of antibiotics, turning to staff pharmacists showed promise in a model study conducted by Duke Health.

18 Aug 2019

FDA approves new drug to treat patients with myelofibrosis

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Inrebic (fedratinib) capsules to treat adult patients with certain types of myelofibrosis.

18 Aug 2019

Stanford engineers develop stickers to detect physiological signals emanating from the skin

We tend to take our skin's protective function for granted, ignoring its other roles in signaling subtleties like a fluttering heart or a flush of embarrassment.

18 Aug 2019

FDA approves novel device to treat symptoms associated with advanced heart failure

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Barostim Neo System for the improvement of symptoms in patients with advanced heart failure who are not suited for treatment with other heart failure devices, such as cardiac resynchronization therapy.

18 Aug 2019

Guideline recommendations for management of patients with severe TBI continue to evolve

New evidence continues to drive the evolution of guideline recommendations for the medical management of patients with severe traumatic brain injury.

18 Aug 2019

Despite failed promises, stem cell advocates again want taxpayers to pony up billions

Californians voted in 2004 to shell out billions of dollars in taxpayer money to fund cutting-edge stem cell treatments.

16 Aug 2019

Vision Engineering launches world's first digital stereoscopic 3D-view microscope

Vision Engineering, a manufacturer of high quality visual inspection and measurement technologies, launches its latest, innovative flagship product Deep Reality Viewer (DRV-Z1) microscope.

From Vision Engineering Limited 16 Aug 2019

Study shows how plants coordinate their internal circadian clocks

From cyanobacteria to humans, nearly all living things on Earth have an internal circadian clock that regulates their activities on a 24-hour cycle.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

Influenza A virus host range restricted by dysregulated expression of M gene segment

The host range of the influenza A virus is restricted by dysregulated expression of the M viral gene segment, according to a study published August 15 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Anice Lowen and John Steel of Emory University School of Medicine, and colleagues.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

Fruit fly model for studying diseases like gout, kidney stones reveals new drug targets

A new fruit fly model that mimics diseases associated with high uric acid levels, such as gout and kidney stones, has revealed new targets for developing treatments for these diseases.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: Getting the drug to treat it

Louis Morano knew what he needed, and he knew where to get it. He made his way to a mobile medical clinic parked on a corner of Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood, in the geographical heart of the city's overdose crisis. People call it "the bupe bus."

16 Aug 2019

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

The politics of health care are changing. And one of the most controversial parts of the Affordable Care Act — the so-called Cadillac tax — may be about to change with it.

16 Aug 2019

Mallinckrodt publishes results of StrataGraft regenerative tissue Phase 1b study

Mallinckrodt plc, a leading global biopharmaceutical company, today announced publication of results of its Phase 1b clinical trial of StrataGraft, an investigational regenerative tissue, in Burns, the journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

16 Aug 2019

Simple technique to choose the sex of offspring by separating X and Y sperm

A simple, reversible chemical treatment can segregate X-bearing sperm from Y-bearing sperm, allowing dramatic alteration of the normal 50/50 male/female offspring ratio, according to a new study by Masayuki Shimada and colleagues at Hiroshima University, published on August 13 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology. The study was performed in mice, but the technique is likely to be widely applicable to other mammals as well.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

New research reveals the most expensive countries for healthcare

Compared to other high-income countries, Switzerland actually spends the most on out-of-pocket healthcare when compared to the average income, new research shows.

16 Aug 2019

Study finds no substantial gender differences in multitasking performance

Women and men perform equally when required to switch attention between tasks or perform two tasks simultaneously, according to a new study in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Patricia Hirsch of Aachen University in Germany and colleagues.

From PLOS ONE 16 Aug 2019

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Transgender college students more likely to experience mental health problems than their peers

FDA approves first spinal tether device to treat children with idiopathic scoliosis

UTHealth School of Dentistry offers new 'telementoring' program

Research finds lack of racial diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs

Hospital pharmacist-led approach can reduce antibiotic use

FDA approves new drug to treat patients with myelofibrosis

Stanford engineers develop stickers to detect physiological signals emanating from the skin

FDA approves novel device to treat symptoms associated with advanced heart failure

Guideline recommendations for management of patients with severe TBI continue to evolve

Despite failed promises, stem cell advocates again want taxpayers to pony up billions

Vision Engineering launches world's first digital stereoscopic 3D-view microscope

Study shows how plants coordinate their internal circadian clocks

Influenza A virus host range restricted by dysregulated expression of M gene segment

Fruit fly model for studying diseases like gout, kidney stones reveals new drug targets

Among hurdles for those with opioid addictions: Getting the drug to treat it

Health plan’s ‘Cadillac tax’ may finally be running out of gas

Mallinckrodt publishes results of StrataGraft regenerative tissue Phase 1b study

Simple technique to choose the sex of offspring by separating X and Y sperm

New research reveals the most expensive countries for healthcare

Study finds no substantial gender differences in multitasking performance

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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