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The World Health Organization has received reports of an attack on medical facilities in eastern Syria that has destroyed the only vaccines cold room in al-Mayadeen district, Deir Ezzor Governorate.

News With the app, those with lupus have a tool to help track medications, symptoms, and appointments ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

News The MAXFRAME System's 3D planning software creates accurate patient treatment plans using advanced algorithms, which eliminates the need for manual measurements ... Contributed Author: DePuy Synthes Topics: Surgical

News The 3-in-1 SB Knives™ enable mucosal incision, submucosal dissection, and hemostasis, for controlled cutting ... Contributed Author: Olympus Medical Systems Group Topics: Surgical

News Soldiers are more likely to open up about post-traumatic stress when interviewed by a virtual interviewer ... Contributed Author: Frontiers Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The new fiber is sensitive and flexible enough that it can detect joint movements, unlike currently used fiber sensors ... Contributed Author: The Optical Society Topics: Wearables

(University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing) Nurse bioethicists are a small but special subset of the nursing profession and bioethics community, focusing on the moral complexities that arise in clinical care, research...

(University of Edinburgh) People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of weight they carry, research suggests. A major study led by the University of Edinburgh has also fo...

(Yale University) By the time multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed in children, it may be difficult to prevent the disabilities and relapses that come with the disease. In a new Yale School of Medicine study, researchers...

(McGill University) Researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer's disease. In the brain tissue of Alzheimer's patients, the RNAs tha...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Researchers have reported a method for successfully removing the cellular material from whole human livers while retaining the organ's three-dimensional structure and ext...

(University of Huddersfield) '...person-centred care models support the child's long-term wellbeing, rather than making its body conform to rigid ideas of what a male or female body should look like...'

(Scripps Research Institute) A new study offers important insights into possible links between sleep and hunger.

(University of Cambridge) A new study into the genetics underlying restless legs syndrome has identified 13 previously-unknown genetic risk variants, while helping inform potential new treatment options for the condition...

(Oxford University Press USA) A new study published in Neurosurgery finds that patients who undergo a neurosurgical procedure with surgical start times between 9 pm and 7 am are at an increased risk of developing complic...

(Wiley) A new study published in the Journal of Orthopaedic Research indicates that certain genetic changes are linked with an increased risk of developing lumbar spinal stenosis, a narrowing of the open spaces in the lo...

(University of Rochester Medical Center) A new study is believed to be the first to describe the unique role of androgens in kidney cancer, and it suggests that a new approach to treatment, targeting the androgen recepto...

(St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center) Research by Jue Wang, MD, at the University of Arizona Cancer Center at Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center on 'Delay in Diagnosis of Testicular Cancer in a ...

(University of Veterinary Medicine -- Vienna) During 10 subsequent years no Usutu virus associated bird mortality was observed in Austria - contrary to neighboring Hungary. Last year Usutu virus was identified again in t...

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) Globally, the burden of neurological disorders (Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, stroke, epilepsy etc) has increased substantially over the past 25 years...

(Case Western Reserve University) Investigators have identified a new molecular pathway that controls lifespan and healthspan in worms and mammals. In a Nature Communications study published today, researchers showed tha...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania will receive $6.4 million in funding from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to...