Medical News
50th Anniversary Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Lancaster University) Lancaster University is to host online the 50th Anniversary Annual Conference of the British Society of Gerontology from July 7-9 2021. This year's theme is 'Ageing Past, Present and Future: Innova...
A new method for fighting 'cold' tumors
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Researchers Michael Knitz and radiation oncologist and University of Colorado Cancer Center member Sana Karam, MD, PhD, address cold tumors in new research published this ...
A new study identifies interleukin 11 as a marker of cancer-associated fibroblasts
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Toho University ) A research group led by Prof. Hiroyasu Nakano of Department of Biochemistry, Toho University Faculty of Medicine, found that interleukin 11 (IL-11)-positive cells rapidly appear in the colons of mice w...
Average-risk individuals may prefer stool-based test over colonoscopy for cancer screening
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(American Association for Cancer Research) When given a choice, most individuals with an average risk of colorectal cancer said they would prefer a stool-based screening test for colorectal cancer over colonoscopy, the m...
Better country dementia care
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Flinders University) Rising levels of dementia is putting pressure on residential aged care facilities, including in rural and regional centres where nursing homes and staff are already under pressure. Now a pilot progr...
BioRescue creates four new northern white rhino embryos
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW)) The international consortium of scientists and conservationists working towards preventing the extinction of the northern white rhino through advanced assisted repr...
Blacks, hispanics, impoverished have worse survival rates among teens, adults under 40 with cancer
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(UT Southwestern Medical Center) DALLAS - April 22, 2021 - Being Black or Hispanic, living in high-poverty neighborhoods, and having Medicaid or no insurance coverage are associated with higher mortality in men and women...
Burns victims struggling to pay
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Flinders University) Living away from community and country, Aboriginal families of children with severe burns also face critical financial stress to cover the associated costs of health care and treatment, a new study ...
Clinical trial of therapeutics for severely ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients begins
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A new Phase 3 trial to test the safety and efficacy of therapeutics for COVID-19 has begun enrolling patients hospitalized with life-threatening cases of COVID-...
During pandemic's first 9 months, depression and anxiety increased sharply among Americans
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Boston College) Boston College researchers found that 50 percent of adults reported anxiety and 44 percent reported depression between April and November 2020 - rates six times higher than 2019 - according to a new repo...
ERC Advanced Grant to Daniel Gerlich
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(IMBA- Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) Daniel Gerlich, Senior Group Leader at IMBA - Institute of Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences - secured an ERC (Eu...
Elsevier announces free special issue to support Earth Day 2021
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Elsevier) Elsevier, a global leader in research publishing and information analytics, is releasing a freely-available special issue of curated content focused on issues of climate action and restoration, in recognition ...
Emergency EMR created in a week to respond to COVID-19 crisis
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Regenstrief Institute) A paper published in the International Journal of Medical Informatics shows how a team from Regenstrief Institute leveraged OpenMRS, a global open-source EMR, to create -- in a week -- an emergenc...
Firearms laws curb rates of gun violence across United States
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Rutgers University) States with stricter firearms laws reported lower suicide and homicide rates, according to a Rutgers study.
First clinical trials set for MRI cancer detection
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Case Western Reserve University) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved human clinical trials to test the safety of cancer-detection technology developed at Case Western Reserve University: a tumor-targeting...
Freeze! Executioner protein caught in the act
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Walter and Eliza Hall Institute) A new molecular 'freeze frame' technique has allowed WEHI researchers to see key steps in how the protein MLKL kills cells.
Frequent internet use by older people during lockdown linked to mental health benefits
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(University of Surrey) A new study from the University of Surrey has found that among people aged 55 to 75 more frequent use of the internet was beneficial for mental health and quality of life under lockdown.
How we know whether and when to pay attention
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) International team of researchers identifies cognitive computations underlying human predictive behaviour.
Hunger cues
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Harvard Medical School) Research by investigators at Harvard Medical School illuminates the neurobiology that underlies food attraction and how hungry mice choose to pay attention to one object in their environment over...
Hungry fruit flies are extreme ultramarathon fliers
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(California Institute of Technology) New research indicates that the common fruit fly can travel tens of kilometers in a single flight when in search of food.
IU researchers tackled the challenges of conducting intrastate policy surveillance
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Indiana University) IU researchers tackled the challenges of conducting intrastate policy surveillance by looking at accessibility of county and municipal laws in Indiana.
Immune system, not COVID virus, may pose greatest risk to pregnant women
EurekAlert! - 22 Apr 2021 06:00
(Yale University) A team of Yale scientists decided to investigate whether the virus could be affecting placental tissue of infected expectant mothers. Their analysis found that while evidence of the virus in the placent...