MEDICINE & HEALTH

A New Standard Tool That Measures the Effects of Caring For Survivors of TBI

MEDICINE & HEALTH 04.17.2019 15:48 PM

Caregivers of persons with TBI are underserved and overlooked In an instant, a traumatic brain injury occurs. This ugly scenario can happen in a car crash, a battlefield blast, or a bad fall.

First Ever 3D Printed Heart was Made from Human Tissues and Vessels

04.17.2019 15:48 PM

Researchers have successfully 3D printed a heart complete with blood vessels, cells, ventricles, and chambers.

MIT Biologist Discovered Real Interstitial Fluid Surrounding Pancreatic Tumors

04.17.2019 09:41 AM

Scientists have to get the environment right to know how to find the dependencies of cancer Before conducting tests in humans or animals, there has always been a need to evaluate most cancer drugs in tumor cells grown in a lab dish.

Classification of Protein Signatures to Personalize Cancer Treatment

04.17.2019 08:59 AM

Computational researchers develop protein atlas to accelerate personalized treatment Only about one in four people diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) survive five years after the initial diagnosis.

Scientists Discovered a New Approach to Reduce or Prevent Renal Fibrosis

04.16.2019 21:06 PM

Scientists Discovered a New Approach to Reduce or Prevent Renal Fibrosis The strange growth of fibrotic material within the kidney, renal fibrosis, obstructs kidney function and may lead to eventual renal failure.

Beards Carry More Germs Than Dogs, says Swiss Scientists

04.16.2019 21:05 PM

The report recently released by Swiss Scientists say that the bacteria lurking in men’s beards are far worse than those found in dogs.

Europe is At Risk of Dengue Fever

04.16.2019 20:11 PM

Scientists warn of the dangers from dengue in hotter and wetter climate The diseases that are insect-borne such as leishmaniasis, encephalitis and dengue fever are on the rise and now feared to have spread into many areas of Europe, in a recent study has found.

Internal Bacteria Grow in Pregnant Women for the First Time, New Study Proves

04.16.2019 19:59 PM

Bacteria sense progesterone and react to it It has come to the understanding of university researchers that bacteria sense pregnancy and understand the need to move to the next generation for them to help babies in breaking down the sugar in mother's milk.

Measles Outbreak In The US Sets New Record

04.16.2019 19:25 PM

There are still areas in the US where a lot of people are still unvaccinated and the infections overseas is what is making outbreaks as such possible, even in the US.

Fentanyl-Related Deaths Are On the Rise in West Virginia, Up to 122%

04.16.2019 14:16 PM

The drug is easy to export, and it is a thousand times stronger than morphine and heroin The National Institutes of Health, West Virginia University funded a recent study that has researchers Gordon Smith, Marie Abate, and Zheng Dai and they discovered an increase in fentanyl-related deaths in West Virginia, even as there is a decline in deaths related to prescription for opioids.

Comic-Style Information Helpful For Patients Scheduled to Undergo Cardiac Catheterization

04.16.2019 11:49 AM

Patients who received this comic-style felt well prepared for surgery, study says Physicians need to fully inform patients about what the procedure will entail before undergoing surgery.

Survey of Births Finds Millions of Missing Women

04.16.2019 10:21 AM

It has been common knowledge to people that whenever a man ejaculates, he produces somewhere between 40 million and 1.2 billion of sperms

Dark Chocolate Can Help Lower Blood Pressure, Studies Show

04.16.2019 10:04 AM

This sweet treat can unexpectedly help those with high blood pressure As everyone knows, high blood pressure can be the cause of numerous serious health complications, especially if it is untreated.

Measles Outbreak Causes the Shutdown of a School in New York

04.16.2019 10:01 AM

Jewish school gets shutdown after refusal to present health documents to the Department of Health. As the controversy in anti-vax issues continue, New York City Department of Health has issued an exclusion order last December that prevents unvaccinated students from attending school in some neighborhoods.