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UrduMultidisciplinary team explores how new tech impacts healthcare workflow
Author: sarah Jonas
PrEParing family planning clinics in Kenya to prevent new HIV infections
In sub-Saharan Africa, many young women and adolescent girls are at high risk of HIV infection. In a new research paper published in the open access journal PLOS Medicine, Kenneth Mugwanya and co-authors report on a study aiming to investigate…
Vitamin D: How much is too much of a good thing?
UCalgary researchers find taking high doses of Vitamin D may result in a DECREASE in bone density
ERC starting grant for turbulence research: 1.9 million euros in funding for meteorologist
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to Dr Cedrick Ansorge at the University of Cologne’s Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology. His project, Turbulence-Resolving Approaches to the Intermittently Turbulent Atmospheric Boundary Layer (trainABL), will receive a total…
Undercover evolution
Our individuality is encrypted in our DNA, but it is deeper than expected
UA awarded $1.4M grant for program that supports sleep apnea patients
TUCSON, Ariz. – University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson Professor Sairam Parthasarathy, MD, has been awarded nearly $1.4 million for a peer-support program for sleep apnea patients. The funding — from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute — will…
Temple scientists identify promising new target to combat Alzheimer’s disease
(Philadelphia, PA) – Sometimes the more a person tries to fix a seemingly minor problem, the worse things become. Cells are no different, it turns out, though attempting to compensate for what begins as a minor deficiency or dysfunction can…
Poverty as disease trap
Stanford researchers investigate obstacles to disease eradication
Fragmenting ions and radiation sensitizers
A new study using mass spectrometry is helping piece together what happens when DNA that has been sensitized by the oncology drug 5-fluorouracil is subjected to the ionising radiation used in radiotherapy. The anti-cancer drug 5-fluorouracil (5FU) acts as a…
Achieving zero harm from healthcare — new collection comments on 20 years of research
September 3, 2019 (Thousand Oaks, CA) Over the past 20 years, has the U.S. made significant progress to improve preventable medical errors? A new special collection of articles in the American Journal of Medical Quality (AJMQ) , published by SAGE…
New $3.75 million federal grant to train current and create future geriatrics workforce
$7.2 million total funding since 2015 for more providers of age-friendly healthcare
Aiming to improve nutrition with ‘orange corn,’ NutraMaize receives funding
Naturally selected orange corn has abundance of antioxidant carotenoids
Snowfall frequency declining across Northwest, PSU study finds
With warming temperatures, average snowfall frequency is estimated to decline across the Pacific Northwest by 2100 — and at a faster rate if greenhouse emissions are not reduced, according to a new Portland State University study. Researchers in PSU’s Climate…
Aesthetics of skin cancer therapy may vary by treatment type
HERSHEY, Pa. — While there are several effective options for treating non-melanoma skin cancers, some may result in better cosmetic appearance after treatment, according to researchers. In a meta-analysis of 58 studies, a study led by Penn State compared four…
Social network interventions can lead to potential health benefits
Social network interventions can have a significant effect on a range of health behaviors and outcomes both in the short and long term, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Ruth Hunter of Queen’s University…
Study tests performance of electric solid propellant
Electric solid propellants are being explored for use in dual-mode rocket engines because they aren’t susceptible to ignite from a spark or flame and can be turned on and off electrically. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Missouri…
European research grant for Bielefeld mathematician
ERC Starting Grant for highly promising young scientists goes to Dawid Kielak
A new alphabet to write and read quantum messages with very fast particles
The interplay of quantum mechanics and special relativity requires a new alphabet to send reliable q
Colour-change urine test for cancer shows potential in mouse study
A simple and sensitive urine test developed by Imperial and MIT engineers has produced a colour change in urine to signal growing tumours in mice. Tools that detect cancer in its early stages can increase patient survival and quality of…
Patients with cardiac devices do not adhere to driving ban
Paris, France – 3 Sept 2019: Nearly one-third of patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) resume driving despite it being medically contraindicated – a practice that is dangerous for themselves and others, and is illegal in some countries. The…
Diabetes and heart attack is a particularly risky combination
FAST-MI registry presented in a late breaking science session today at ESC Congress 2019 together wi
Unique multi-institute research to harness untapped reservoir of plant genes for bioenergy
Collaboration includes National Renewable Energy Laboratory and University of Missouri
New AI technology for advanced heart attack prediction
Researchers develop a heart ‘fingerprint’ to tailor personalised treatment for people at high risk o
Danish researchers to develop artificial intelligence exposing stock-market fraud
The Department of Engineering at Aarhus University is heading a new project to put an end to stock-e
Overweight kids actually eat less right after stressful events
ANN ARBOR–People often react to stress by binging on sweets or fattening comfort foods, cravings fueled by the appetite-stimulating stress hormone cortisol. But overweight adolescents–considered particularly susceptible to stress eating–actually ate less when exposed to a lab stressor, and the…
Self-monitoring solution in mobile app can help uncontrolled asthma
A study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet shows that a treatment adjustment algorithm based on lung function and symptoms in a mobile phone can be an efficient tool in managing uncontrolled asthma. For fuss-free measuring of lung function, the phone…
Research into Parkinson’s disease: Binding-protein prevents fibril proliferation
Physical biology: Publication in eLife
It is never too late to start statins for clogged leg arteries
Paris, France – 3 Sept 2019: Statins are linked with reduced mortality in patients with peripheral arterial disease, even when started late after diagnosis, reports a study presented today at ESC Congress 2019 together with the World Congress of Cardiology.(1)…
Increased body weight in adolescent boys linked with heart attack before 65
Paris, France – 3 Sept 2019: A study in nearly 1.7 million 18-year-old boys has found that higher body mass index (BMI) is linked with greater risk of a heart attack before 65 years of age. The research is presented…
Fat-Absorbing XX Chromosomes Raise Heart Disease Risk in Women
Research in Mice Raises Potential for New Therapeutic Targets
Extracting clean fuel from sunlight
Securing enough energy to meet human needs is one of the greatest challenges society has ever faced. Previously reliable sources–oil, gas and coal–are degrading air quality, devastating land and ocean and altering the fragile balance of the global climate, through…
Finding an effective way to reduce pressure ulcers
Expensive high-tech air mattresses are only marginally better at preventing pressure sores and ulcers than a specialist foam mattress, according to the results of a major study. Known as an alternating-pressure mattress, the high-tech devices contain air pockets that inflate…
CVD leading cause of death worldwide, but cancer rising cause in rich countries
In high-income countries deaths from cancer have become twice as frequent as those from CVD
Natural ‘breakdown’ of chemicals may guard against lung damage in 9/11 first responders
The presence of chemicals made as the body breaks down fats, proteins, and carbohydrates can predict whether Sept. 11, 2001 first responders exposed to toxic dust at the World Trade Center site subsequently develop lung disease, a new study finds.…
Share your goals — but be careful whom you tell
Tell your aspirations to higher-status people, study suggests
‘Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research – Anti Allergy Agents’, indexed in Scopus
The eBook, ‘Frontiers in Clinical Drug Research – Anti Allergy Agents’, published by Bentham eBooks, has been accepted for inclusion in Scopus. Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature including scientific journals, books and conference proceedings.…
Hardship during the Great Recession linked with lasting mental health declines
People who suffered a financial, housing-related, or job-related hardship as a result of the Great Recession were more likely to show increases in symptoms of depression, anxiety, and problematic drug use, research shows. The research findings , published in Clinical…
WSU study to examine health benefits of outdoor preschools
SEATTLE, Wash. – As preschoolers across the nation head into classroom buildings for the start of the school year, more than 300 Seattle area children enrolled in the Tiny Trees Preschool will get to spend their time learning outside–rain or…
Making more plastics recyclable
Whether multi-layered food packaging, power cable sheathing or a toothbrush: Many plastic products cannot be recycled. This is the case, for example, when products are made of multiple materials that cannot be separated at all or only insufficiently. Only 16…
European funding to learn more about the evolution of the Universe
Dr Florian Beutler from the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation has been awarded a European Research Council grant to help further our understanding of the evolution of the Universe. The funding helps individual scientists and scholars to…
Heart failure care must address patients’ broader health if survival rates are to be improved
Research published in JAMA Cardiology today presents new evidence that might explain why the prognos
Identification of new populations of immune cells in the lungs
Researchers at the University of Liège have significantly improved the understanding of a group of c
The neurobiological mechanisms behind schizophrenia may depend on gender
The neurobiological pathophysiology of schizophrenia differs significantly between males and females, according to a new study. The findings suggest a possible need for more sex-specific treatments for schizophrenia. The study was the first to identify a number of sex-specific genes…
Body’s ageing process accelerated by DNA changes, study suggests
DNA changes throughout a person’s life can significantly increase their susceptibility to heart conditions and other age-related diseases, research suggests. Such alterations – known as somatic mutations – can impact the way blood stem cells work and are associated with…
Breast cancer gene a potential target for childhood liver cancer treatment
Researchers from Osaka University find that a gene normally involved in hormone-induced growth of br
The seeds of Parkinson’s disease: amyloid fibrils that move through the brain
Using X-ray imaging of post mortem brains, researchers from Osaka University find α-synuclein aggreg
Revolutionizing water quality monitoring for our rivers and reef
New, lower-cost help may soon be on the way to help manage one of the biggest threats facing the Great Barrier Reef. That threat is pollution from land making its way downstream by way of the many rivers and streams…
Rice reactor turns greenhouse gas into pure liquid fuel
Lab’s ‘green’ invention reduces carbon dioxide into valuable fuels
The Lancet: Cancer now leading cause of death in high-income countries — while heart disease burden
Two reports from the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiologic (PURE) study published in the Lancet and presented together at the ESC Congress 2019 provide unique information on [1] common disease incidence, hospitalisation and death, and [2] modifiable cardiovascular risk factors,…
Agrivoltaics proves mutually beneficial across food, water, energy nexus
Building resilience in renewable energy and food production is a fundamental challenge in today’s changing world, especially in regions susceptible to heat and drought. Agrivoltaics, the co-locating of agriculture and solar photovoltaic panels, offers a possible solution, with new University…