New Medicare reimbursement rules provide some relief to safety-net hospitals, shifting the burden of financial penalties toward hospitals serving wealthier patient populations, according to a […]
Rare but important gene target found in many tumor types, suggesting new therapy possible
A consortium of researchers led by Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center investigators have completed the largest analysis of a new gene fusion they believe is […]
Is your inner critic ruining your love life?
(HealthDay)—Many people are plagued by self-criticism, that inner voice that questions every decision and every move. It can keep you from reaching goals and erode […]
Pre-cut melons at Kroger, Walmart, other stores may carry Salmonella
(HealthDay)—Pre-cut, packaged melon distributed by major grocery chains across 16 states have been tied to an outbreak of salmonella illness, the U.S. Food and Drug […]
Move more to live longer
Improving fitness doesn’t require doing activities you don’t like. That’s the main message of research presented today at EuroPrevent 2019. The largest study to date […]
Aldo-keto reductase family 1 member B10 predicts advanced nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
AKR1B10 is a useful serum biomarker for advanced liver fibrosis in Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and combined with serum WFA(+)-M2BP, it can predict hepatocellular carcinoma development, gastroesophageal […]
Investigating police decision-making under stress using EEG in virtual reality scenarios
An investigation into how authorised firearms police officers (AFOs) make decisions in high stress situations is being carried out by researchers from Aston University and […]
Researchers identify trigger and mechanism in type 1 diabetes
Researchers at National Jewish Health have identified an elusive trigger of type 1 diabetes. A protein fragment formed in the pancreas activates the immune system’s […]
The health-care cost of weight bias
At a recent obesity medicine conference, Fatima Cody Stanford was approached by a colleague who said she’d always been standoffish around Stanford and wanted to […]
Scientists compare methods of drug delivery to malignant tumors
A team of biologists from Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Lobachevsky University (Nizhny Novgorod) has analyzed available methods of targeted drug delivery to […]
KW-6002
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr 4, 2019–Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. (TOKYO:4151, President and CEO: Masashi Miyamoto, “Kyowa Kirin”) announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) […]
TGen review links gene with the most common liver cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a long medical name for the most common form of liver cancer, a malignancy whose incidence has nearly doubled over the […]
Superimposition of eye fundus images for longitudinal analysis from large public health databases
We have introduced an efficient method to superimpose eye fundus images from persons with diabetes screened over many years for diabetic retinopathy. The method is […]
A sleep-deprived brain interprets impressions negatively
A sleepless night not only leaves us fatigued and distracted, it also makes us interpret things more negatively and makes us more likely to lose […]