When a 50-year-old mother or father returns home after a heart attack, will the whole family adopt a better diet?
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Could we predict the next Ebola outbreak by tracking the migratory patterns of bats?
Javier Buceta, associate professor of bioengineering, Paolo Bocchini, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, and postdoctoral student Graziano Fiorillo
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Study predicts most people with earliest Alzheimer’s signs won’t develop dementia associated with the disease
During the past decade, researchers have identified new ways to detect the earliest biological signs of Alzheimer’s disease. These early
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New system allows trainee doctors to use virtual reality to learn eye examination diagnoses
Academics have created a new virtual reality tool which allows medical students to replicate eye examinations and learn first-hand how
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In brain stimulation therapy less might be more
One of the promising non-invasive brain therapeutic methods is the repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). During such a procedure, a
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More frequent checks control MRSA in newborns, but can hospitals afford them?
The more often a hospital can check its newborns for deadly MRSA germs, the more likely it will be that
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Studying insight
The Computer Science and Engineering Research Team at the Toyohashi University of Technology have taken pupil measurements of subjects who
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DNA-based vaccine treatment for colorectal cancer to undergo first human study
For the first time in humans, researchers will test a two-pronged approach to treat advanced stage colorectal cancer (CRC), potentially
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Various clinical disturbances precede MS diagnosis
(HealthDay)—Various clinical symptoms precede the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) by several years, according to a study published online May
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Ischemic heart disease, CHF mortality vary across VA systems
(HealthDay)—Risk-standardized mortality rates for ischemic heart disease (IHD) and chronic heart failure vary across Veterans Affairs Medical Centers (VAMCs), according
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