When Elyse Imamura’s son was an infant, she and her husband, Robert, chose to spread out his vaccinations at a more gradual pace than the […]
More older adults with joint replacements recover at home, not rehab
Older adults and their families often wonder: Where’s the best place to recover after a hip or knee replacement—at home or in a rehabilitation facility? […]
Researchers explore correlation between trust in leaders and combating Ebola
In the lawless eastern provinces of sub-Saharan Africa’s biggest country, an Ebola outbreak that has quietly become history’s second-largest epidemic may wind up turning not […]
No benefit seen with rituximab for chronic fatigue syndrome
(HealthDay)—In patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), B-cell depletion using several infusions of rituximab over 12 months is not associated with clinical improvement, according […]
Achilefu named fellow of medical and biological engineering institute
Samuel Achilefu, PhD, the Michel M. Ter-Pogossian Professor of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, has been named a fellow of […]
Old nuclear fallout study provides pancreatic promise
A Rice University chemist’s research conducted years ago to protect people from radiation poisoning due to nuclear fallout may now offer a glimmer of hope […]
New guidelines push for better controlled experiments with synthetic nucleic acids
Researchers have proposed new guidelines to overcome current problems facing scientists developing synthetic nucleic acids—such as antisense oligonucleotides and double-stranded RNAs—as drugs and research tools. […]
Genome-wide analysis reveals new strategies to target pancreatic cancer
For some cancers, initial treatment with chemotherapy brings positive, but only temporary, results: tumors shrink, but then rebound as the cancer becomes drug-resistant. This pattern […]
Study finds lower death rates for TAVR centers that do more procedures
Hospitals that perform the highest volume of transcatheter-aortic valve replacement (TAVR) procedures have significantly lower mortality rates than centers that do fewer of the minimally […]
Birth control pills may protect against most serious ovarian cancer: study
(HealthDay)—The protection that birth control pills offer against ovarian cancer is strongest with the most aggressive forms of the disease, a new study says. For […]
Artificial intelligence enables recognizing and assessing a violinist’s bow movements
Gestures are extremely important in playing music, in part because they are directly related to the sound and the expressiveness of the musicians. Today, technology […]
Increased risk of substance abuse in people with treatment resistant depression
People suffering from treatment resistant depression are at a higher risk of developing substance use disorders than other patients with depression, reports a study by […]
When your partner has erectile dysfunction
(HealthDay)—Men often have a hard time acknowledging erectile dysfunction, or ED. But it can leave their partner feeling confused or even blaming themselves for something […]
New therapy targets cause of adult-onset muscular dystrophy
People diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy type 1 have difficulty unclenching muscles due to a genetic defect that generates toxic material within their cells. There is […]