Medical News

(University Health Network) Medical cannabis is finally being put under the microscope, in a first-of-its-kind real world evidence study led by Dr. Hance Clarke, Director, Pain Services, Toronto General Hospital. In the ...

(Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science) Damaged mitochondria are selectively eliminated via autophagy (called mitophagy). Parkin and PINK1, proteins mutated in hereditary Parkinson's disease, amplify ubiquitin ...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) A new study sheds light on proteins in particles called extracellular vesicles, which are released by tumor cells into the bloodstream and promote the spread of cancer. The findings suggest ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Nature is a tool to address deeply entrenched health disparities; health systems should work to increase nature access, as they have with other social determinants of healt...

(American Society for Radiation Oncology) The American Society for Radiation Oncology's (ASTRO) 62nd Annual Meeting will be held October 25-28 via an interactive virtual platform. The meeting, 'Global Oncology: Radiation...

(Kumamoto University) Researchers in Japan have revealed that DNA methylation occurs in the serotonin transporter gene that regulates neurotransmitter transmission in schizophrenia and bipolar patients. Particularly prom...

(American University) A new paper from American University examines the economics of an aquaculture industry of the future that is simultaneously environmentally sustainable and nutritious for the nearly 1 billion people...

(University of Rochester) Bats carry many viruses, including COVID-19, without becoming ill. Biologists at the University of Rochester are studying the immune system of bats to find potential ways to "mimic" that system ...

(American Thoracic Society) Results of an analysis published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society found that Black individuals were twice as likely as White individuals to test positive for COVID-19. The averag...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center investigators report they have uncovered a new mechanism by which invasive breast cancer cells evade the immune system to metastasize, or spread, to other areas...

(American Roentgen Ray Society) An open-access American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR) article investigating the differences in CT findings between coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pneumonia and influenza virus pneumonia f...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified how specific brain cells interacting during development could be related to neurological and n...

(University of the Witwatersrand) New research by the team from Wits, with collaborators from the University of Cape Town and University of Pretoria, reveals what a shift from night-time to daytime activity means for the...

(University of Washington Health Sciences/UW Medicine) Changes in a few small molecules in a cell's metabolism might indicate whether a calorie-restricted diet will extend, shorten, or not effect lifespan, a fruit fly st...

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Health have launched a clinical trial to assess the safety and efficacy of convalescent plasma ...

(National Research University Higher School of Economics) A person's sensitivity to external stimuli depends not only on the state of their nervous system, but also on their cardiac cycle. Usually we do not notice our he...

(IOS Press) Amsterdam, NL, July 9, 2020 - Timely administration of anti-Parkinson drugs is a significant issue for hospitalized patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) with late or missed doses resulting in longer stays a...

(University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center) University of New Mexico researchers identify for the first time the brain-wide neural correlates of the transition from fear to anxiety.

(Indiana University School of Medicine) Indiana University School of Medicine researchers Milan Radovich, PhD, and Bryan Schneider, MD, have discovered that the presence of circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) and circulating t...

(Portavoce PR) Unconventional Weapon in the War on Cancer Revealed: Immunicom and Sheba Medical Center Initiate Clinical Trial to Evaluate Breakthrough Oncology Treatment, Immunopheresis Therapy

(Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) A study from Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago found that children with a MED-EL Synchrony cochlear implant device can undergo MRI safely, with no...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new study finds that fewer women were first authors on COVID-19-related research papers published in the first half of this year. The findings suggest a worsening gender gap...