Coronary angioplasties classified as inappropriate reduced since guidelines published
(The JAMA Network Journals) Nihar R. Desai, M.D., M.P.H., of the Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn., and colleagues...
Combination therapy reduces occurrence, number of migraines following cardiac procedure
(The JAMA Network Journals) Josep Rodes-Cabau, M.D., of Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, and colleagues randomly assigned 171 patients with...
St. Jude and TSRI scientists help launch Human Dark Proteome Initiative
(Scripps Research Institute) Group will focus on advancing research on intrinsically disordered proteins to better understand catastrophic diseases.
EJAF and EGPAF launch new project to fight adolescent HIV in Africa
(Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation) The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation and the Elton John AIDS Foundation today launched a...
UT Southwestern geneticist receives Breakthrough Prize
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) UT Southwestern Medical Center geneticist Dr. Helen H. Hobbs is the 2016 recipient of the prestigious...
First precision medicine trial in cancer prevention identifies molecular-based chemoprevention strategy
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) A team of scientists, led by researchers at The University of Texas...
Concussions in kids are detectable by blood test
(MediaSource) Researchers at Orlando Health have developed a blood test that can detect even the most subtle signs of a...
The ‘Speck’-ter haunting New York tomato fields
(Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research) BTI Professor Greg Martin has discovered a gene region in a wild tomato species...
Vanderbilt engineers open source medical capsule robot technology
(Vanderbilt University) A team of engineers at Vanderbilt University who have pioneered the technology of designing robot capsules small enough...
Study: Negative body image, not depression, increases adolescent obesity risk
(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether...
NYU Abu Dhabi’s genome sequencing project sheds light on origin of the date palm
(New York University) NYU Abu Dhabi researchers have developed a map of genetic changes across the genome of date palms....
First-of-its-kind study of puberty timing in men
(Edelman) In the largest genomic analysis of puberty timing in men, new research conducted by scientists at the University of...
Watching cement dry could help dental fillings last longer
(Queen Mary, University of London) Scientists led by Queen Mary University of London and Aberystwyth University have revealed 'sweet points'...
Dr. Jackson T. Wright Jr. honored for reducing heart disease among African Americans
(Case Western Reserve University) Dr. Jackson T. Wright Jr., received the American Heart Association's 2015 Clinical Research Prize Sunday for...
Research is lacking on marijuana’s effects in patients with rheumatic diseases
(Wiley) Although there are anecdotal reports indicating that cannabinoids, especially marijuana (or herbal cannabis), may be of therapeutic benefit for...
Increased meat consumption, especially when cooked at high temperatures, linked to elevated kidney cancer risk
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Diets high in meat may lead to an increased risk of developing...
Self-weighing may be a hazardous behavior among young women
(Elsevier Health Sciences) Self-weighing can be a useful tool to help adults control their weight, but for adolescents and young...
Meat — and how it’s cooked — may impact kidney cancer risk
(Wiley) A new study indicates that a meat-rich diet may increase the risk of developing kidney cancer through mechanisms related...
Berkeley mathematician, neutrino physicists awarded Breakthrough prizes
UC Berkeley mathematician Ian Agol and a team of neutrino physicists led by UC Berkeley and Berkeley Lab physicist Kam-Biu...
Ancient brains turn paleontology on its head
(University of Arizona) When UA researcher Nicholas Strausfeld co-authored a 2012 paper in Nature describing an ancient, fossilized brain, it...