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Videos This invention, a new type of crutch, came about due to an injury ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

News "We are using this model to teach students," says UConn Health interventional radiologist Dr. Charan Singh ... Contributed Author: Kim Krieger - UConn Communications

The "cat lady" may be more than just a stereotype. After investigating roughly 30 people who collected nearly 1,400 animals total in southern Brazil, researchers now suggest that such men and women are afflicted with wha...

Product Announcement Stafford Split Hub Clamps are available in one- and two-piece clamp-style designs machined from a variety of materials ... Contributed Author: Stafford Manufacturing Corp.

News VTT is currently developing a solution where a protein attached to a 3-D-printed adhesive bandage can help to promote the growth of skin cells around a wound ... Contributed Author: Phys.org

News To control how shape-shifting occurs in different parts of the target hydrogel, the researchers took a cue from the computer industry ... Contributed Author: Phil Sneiderman

News The newly-approved app delivers behavioral therapy that's designed to "increase abstinence from substance abuse and increase [participation] in outpatient therapy programs ... Contributed Author: HealthDay News Topi...

Medical researchers have found artificial intelligence as a valuable ally in the early detection of Alzheimer's disease. An algorithm developed by a team from the University of Bari proved that AI can be a powerful weapo...

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) A new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill finds beta blockers are not needed after a heart attack if heart-attack survivors are taking ACE inhibitors a...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) Everybody wants a healthy life for their baby. Black babies are more likely to be born prematurely, which puts them at risk for death and developmental problems. In fact, a ...

(Lancaster University) A UN Witchcraft and Human Rights Expert Workshop will take place at UN headquarters in Geneva on September 21 and 22 with a multi-agency approach.

(Wiley) Transradial catheterization -- when a clinician inserts a long thin tube through the radial artery in the arm -- is commonly used to diagnose and treat certain heart conditions.

(Trinity College Dublin) The engine used by cancer-killing 'Natural Killer' cells is turned on by a protein called Srebp, which can be blocked by certain sterols like cholesterol. Tumor cells can produce oxysterols and c...

(University of Gothenburg) Eight children born -- and the first robot-assisted operation performed. These are some of the results of 18 years of research at Sahlgrenska Academy on uterus transplants. In Gothenburg, the e...

(Weizmann Institute of Science) How some genes lost the ability to make proteins -- and gained regulatory powers.

(University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) ) Researchers at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) have discovered a way to slow viral replication in the gastrointestinal tract of peo...

(University of Missouri-Columbia) In the US, therapeutic horseback riding offers equine-assisted therapy to diverse populations who have anxiety disorders. Veterans diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder often are...

(Lund University) Hospitals should design premises and adapt their infection control routines to a society that no longer has effective antibiotics, and that is vulnerable to fast-spreading global pandemics. This is argu...

(Umea University) Bacteria release membrane-derived vesicles (MVs), which are small particles that can transport virulence factors to neighbouring bacteria or to the cells of a mammalian host. This special MV-based syste...

(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Looking at cell metabolism instead of histology, EPFL scientists have identified new biomarkers that could help more accurately classify the two main subtypes of hepatoblastom...

(Salk Institute) Salk researchers discover how oxygen-deprived tumors survive body's immune response.

(University of Iowa Health Care) University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic have received a five-year, $12.4 million grant renewal from the National Cancer Institute to continue the Specialized...