Researchers can now predict properties of disordered polymers
Credit: The Grainger College of Engineering Thanks to a team of researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and ...
Month: June 2019
Countries’ essential medicines lists vary greatly from one another & WHO’s model list
Published in the World Health Organization Bulletin, the research analyzes 137 countries that use essential medicines lists to inform government ...
Despite safety standard, laundry packet exposures increase in older children, adults
Researchers say current safety standard isn't doing enough to protect our most vulnerable populations A new study conducted by researchers ...
Bid to beat superbugs boosted by immune defence discovery
The fight against superbugs could be helped by the discovery of a potential therapy based on the body's natural immune ...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, June 3, 2019
Credit: Carlos Jones/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy Nuclear--Tiny test fuels For the first time, Oak Ridge National ...
Fathers aid development of larger brains
Credit: Judith Burkart The bigger the brain in relation to body size, the more intelligent a living organism is. This ...
A treasure map to understanding the epigenetic causes of disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine More than 15 years after scientists first mapped the human genome, most diseases still cannot ...
Only one in five doctors aware of patient feedback about their care online, survey reveals
Around one in five doctors are aware of patient feedback about themselves on review and ratings websites, according to a ...
No increase in deaths from cardiac arrests at the weekend
People admitted to NHS hospitals with a cardiac arrest over the weekend do not face a higher risk of dying ...
Industry uses non-profit organisation to campaign against public health policies
A new study shows how a non-profit research organisation has been deployed by its backers from major food and beverage ...
Coffee not as bad for heart and circulatory system as previously thought
Coffee does not stiffen your arteries Drinking coffee might keep us up at night, but new research has given us ...
Law backs doctors who prescribe opioids to the dying
Some doctors fear litigation and professional ruin if they are seen to have overprescribed opioids to terminally ill patients, according ...
Chest cavity fire during emergency cardiac surgery
At this year's Euroanaesthesia Congress (the annual meeting of the European Society of Anaesthesiology) in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June), doctors ...
Blood transfusion during liver cancer surgery linked with higher risk of cancer recurrence and death
Receiving a blood transfusion during curative surgery for the most common type of liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma) is associated with ...
Using facial recognition technology to continuously monitor patient safety in the ICU
A team of Japanese scientists has used facial recognition technology to develop an automated system that can predict when patients ...
High body fat (but not BMI itself) linked to four-fold increase in mortality risk after heart bypass surgery
New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Vienna, Austria (1-3 June) shows that mortality in patients who had ...
Enzalutamide improves survival for men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute After 3 years, 80% of men with metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer who received enzalutamide along with ...
App helps improve pain control and reduce opiate use after surgery
Patients who underwent total knee replacement and used a smartphone app (PainCoach) at home after surgery consistently reduced opiate painkiller ...
Virtual reality improves tolerance of anaesthesia procedures and reduces need for intravenous sedation by at least 50%
Giving patients virtual reality sessions before and during locoregional anaesthesia for orthopaedic procedures substantially reduces pain and the need for ...
NRG oncology trial of metformin for non-small cell lung cancer
NRG oncology trial shows tolerability of metformin for non-small cell lung cancer, no improvement in survival outcomes between treatments Initial ...
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Multiple sclerosis more prevalent in Black Americans than previously thought
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UTHSC researchers’ work on human pangenome aids understanding of common chromosomal abnormality
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Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer
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American Indian and Alaska native men less likely to receive prostate cancer screening
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Whales not to be counted on as ‘climate savers’: study
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University of Sydney launches innovative research fellowship scheme to tackle global challenges