Neurology AI and MRIs at birth can predict cognitive development at age 2, UNC study finds By Staff Reports 19 hours ago Researchers at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine used MRI brain scans and
Heart Health Calcium in Arteries is Shown to Increase Patients’ Imminent or Long-Term Risk of a Heart Attack, Researchers Find By Staff Reports 19 hours ago About six million people come into an emergency department every year with chest pain, but
age-related decline Alzheimers and Dementia Having Great-Grandparents, Cousins with Alzheimer’s Linked to Higher Risk By Staff Reports 1 day ago Having a parent with Alzheimer’s disease has been known to raise a person’s risk of
Biotechnology Experimental Blood Test Accurately Spots Fibromyalgia By Staff Reports 2 days ago For the first time, researchers have evidence that fibromyalgia can be reliably detected in blood
Infectious Diseases Scientists discover how Proteins interact along Metabolic Pathway By Staff Reports 2 days ago Life can depend upon the interaction of two proteins that come together along a metabolic
Personal Health & Wellness How a Positive Work Environment Leads to Feelings of Inclusion Among Employees By Staff Reports 2 days ago Fostering an inclusive work environment can lead to higher satisfaction, innovation, trust and retention among
Cardiology Heart Health Researchers Find Eight New Unique Gene Mutations in Patients with Hereditable Heart Muscle Disease By Staff Reports 2 days ago In a new study from the Intermountain Healthcare Heart Institute in Salt Lake City, researchers
Cardiology Diabetes Found: The Missing Ingredient to Grow Blood Vessels By Staff Reports 2 days ago Researchers at the School of Medicine have discovered an ingredient vital for proper blood vessel formation that
Arthritis Ultrasound stimulation of spleen could lead to new treatments for inflammatory arthritis By Staff Reports 5 days ago Researchers at the University of Minnesota, in collaboration with researchers at Medtronic, have shown that
Genetic Disorders Gene Behind Long-Recognized Mitochondrial Disease Has Highly Varied Effects By Staff Reports 5 days ago For more than two decades, mutations in a gene located in the DNA of mitochondria
drug development Dramatic Shifts in First-time Opioid Prescriptions Bring Hope, Concern By Staff Reports 5 days ago A national call for restraint in opioid prescribing has yielded dramatic progress in clinician prescribing
Nutrition Green tea cuts obesity, health risks in mice By Staff Reports 6 days ago Green tea cut obesity and a number of inflammatory biomarkers linked with poor health in
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cancer Blood Diseases Cured With Bone Marrow Transplant By Staff Reports 6 days ago Doubling the low amount of total body radiation delivered to patients undergoing bone marrow transplants
cancer Pharmaceuticals Decoy Damaged DNA Discovers New Gene Repair Protein By Staff Reports 6 days ago Researchers used a synthetic DNA structure to mimic an intermediate of homologous recombination, the most
Neurology Scientists Find First Evidence for Necessary Role of the Human Hippocampus in Planning By Staff Reports 6 days ago A team of scientists reports finding the first evidence that the human hippocampus is necessary
Cardiology Heart Health Pharmaceuticals New studies are showing that aspirin may not be as beneficial at preventing primary cardiovascular disease as we once thought, and comes at the price of a significant risk of bleeding By Staff Reports 6 days ago The American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association will soon release new guidelines
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Alzheimers and Dementia Neurology Dementia looks different in brains of Hispanics By Staff Reports 7 days ago A major new study from the UC Davis Alzheimer’s Center has uncovered dramatic differences in the brains
Surgery Research Points to Ways to Reduce Opioid Use Following Common Orthopedic Surgeries By Staff Reports 7 days ago New research presented at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) 2019 Annual Meetingreports on the