Medicine/Health

Process paves a road to safe, ethical, and fast drug manufacturingCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- Envisioning an animal-free drug supply, scientists have -- for the first time -- reprogrammed a common bacterium…

Greenhouse gas emissions associated with national dietary guidelines advocating a healthy diet vary greatly between countries, with US guidelines having the largest carbon footprint and India having the smallest, according to a study…

70% of spending on 'partial orphan' drugs -- those approved to treat both rare and common diseases -- goes toward treatment of common diseases For more than 30 years, the U.S. government has encouraged drug companies to develop new…

Credit: Copyright 2021 AANS Charlottesville, VA (March 2, 2021). Researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania conducted a prospective cohort study utilizing their technique of delayed…

A new paper in Oxford Open Materials Science, published by Oxford University Press, presents low cost modifications to existing N95 masks that prolongs their effectiveness and improves their reusability post disinfectants. The COVID-19…

Credit: Sherry Harbin/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - New technology from Purdue University innovators may help improve tissue restoration outcomes for people with breast cancer and other diseases or traumatic injuries.…

Peer Reviewed Experimental Animals Consumption of a high fat diet may be activating a response in the heart that is causing destructive growth and lead to greater risk of heart attacks, according to new research. In a paper…

The winners of the 2020 Protein Science Best Paper awards are Yu-Ting Huang from National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan, and Samuel Junod and Joseph Kelich from Temple University, USA The winners of the 2020 Protein Science Best Paper…

UTMB studied rats to focus on frustration-related behavior GALVESTON, Texas -A team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) focused on drug addiction research have pioneered a new way to study frustration as a…

State-by-state differences point to opportunities for improvement Youth enrollment in Medicaid managed care across all states increased from 65 percent in 2000 to 94 percent in 2017. Across the country, receipt of preventive care for…

Study of nearly 7,000 elementary school students demonstrates success of school-based model and its potential to reduce health disparities and save federal dollarsCredit: ©Sorel: Courtesy of NYU Photo Bureau A school-based cavity…

Keck Medicine of USC study notes more dramatic increases among younger adults, ethnic minorities, those with younger children and/or large families and those with higher incomesCredit: Photo courtesy of the American Association for the…

Supported with three-year, $2.75M grant from Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation CLEVELAND--African American men in Cuyahoga County have a 60% increased risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer and an 80% increased risk of dying from…

Screening for predictive factors of drug resistance and tailored therapies can improve outcomes in patients with refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma White blood cells or lymphocytes are the soldiers of our immune system that…

Three studies - one each in Science, Science Translational Medicine, and Science Immunology - reveal the promise of newly engineered bispecific antibodies, including by demonstrating their power against previously inaccessible tumor cell…

Philadelphia, Pa. -- More than one out of every 10 seniors (10.5%) enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan, also known as a Medicare managed care option, and living in a rural area, switched to traditional Medicare during 2010-2016. The…

UTA cancer expert explores making personalized treatments effective for multiple patientsCredit: Randy Gentry/UTA In a new commentary for the journal Science, an associate vice president for research at The University of Texas at…

But researchers say tocilizumab, a monoclonal antibody treatment, may reduce ventilator use and shorten hospital staysCredit: Photo courtesy of Roche In a study published online February 25, 2021 in The New England Journal of Medicine,…

March 1, 2021 - Benign bone tumors may be present in nearly 20 percent of healthy children, based on a review of historical radiographs in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio in…

Antibodies that convert glucagon-producing cells into insulin-producing ones cure mouse models of the diseaseCredit: UT Southwestern Medical Center Blocking cell receptors for glucagon, the counter-hormone to insulin, cured mouse…