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(Brain & Behavior Research Foundation) The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation honored nine scientists with its 2017 Outstanding Achievement Prizes for their work in schizophrenia, mood disorders, child and adolescent p...

Two teenagers died of fentanyl overdose in Georgia. The pair, who were friends, had reportedly bought the opioids from the same dealer.

A new electric razor-sized ultrasound device, connected to a smartphone, helped a doctor diagnose his own cancer. The gadget called Butterfly iQ will be launched in the United States in 2018.

News The mesh can be used for tissue engineering ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler

Product Announcement The wireless-enabled Ezairo 7150 SL is the first hybrid module to be supported by the Ezairo Pre Suite, with a firmware bundle that makes it easier to build wireless-enabled hearing aids ... Contribu...

News Achieving and fine-tuning such control depends on knowing how the patient's brain re-maps various motor and somatosensory pathways in the motor cortex and the somatosensory cortex ... Contributed Author: Ecole Polyt...

News The research team used individual x-rays to characterize the physics of how light moves within scintillators ... Contributed Author: Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The system compares the features of each polyp against more than 30,000 endocytoscopic images that were used for machine learning ... Contributed Author: Spink Health Topics: Oncology

News The technology, called 3-D photoacoustic microscopy (PAM), bombards tissue with a laser beam ... Contributed Author: Emily Velasco, Phys.org Topics: Medical Diagnostics

(American Osteopathic Association) Group exercise participants showed significant improvements in all three quality of life measures: mental (12.6 percent), physical (24.8 percent) and emotional (26 percent). They also r...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) The United States Renal Data System 2017 report highlights current trends in kidney disease in the nation.

(Scripps Research Institute) According to a new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), the common practice of growing influenza vaccine components in chicken eggs disrupts the major antibody targ...

(Rice University) Nearly a quarter of Mexican immigrants who live near the California-Mexico border without legal authorization have a mental disorder, particularly depression or anxiety.

(European School of Oncology) The Advanced Breast Cancer (ABC) Global Alliance has launched the ABC Global Charter, a bold new initiative that sets out 10 clear goals to drive global improvements in ABC care and survival...

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) The Medical College of Georgia and Augusta University Health have joined the first large national clinical trial to determine if bone marrow transplantation should be pa...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Minority women are far less likely to undergo breast reconstruction than white women, even if they live in the same area and have similar insurance.

(RIKEN) Scientists at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have developed a high-throughput system to study mouse behavior and physiology. Described in Nature Communications, the system allows mice to train themsel...

(University of Bonn) Researchers from the University of Bonn have isolated a molecule that is suitable for the control of contact allergies. The study illuminates a central immune mechanism, which may also play a role in...

(University of Sydney) A breakthrough study led by the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital has revealed unique molecules in the blood of people with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) that ...

(Cardiovascular Research Foundation) New study results from the EXCEL trial comparing the quality of life (QoL) of patients with left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) receiving percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI...

(St. Michael's Hospital) Despite lower rates of traumatic brain injuries in baseball and softball, there is poor compliance overall with helmet use and return-to-play guidelines following a concussion across all levels o...

(American College of Rheumatology) The Medicare therapy caps were originally introduced in 1997 as a part of the Balanced Budget Act. Arbitrary caps on outpatient therapy services covered by Medicare -- including physica...