People rarely follow a doctor’s orders to the letter. We often seek treatments that meet our preferences, and adapt them to our personal routines and responsibilities. This isn’t necessarily a problem. A treatment you don’t (or can’t) follow won’t help you, so the odds are better if you pick one you can. In addition, not…
Just as lightning can strike the same target more than once in a given storm, hip fractures can and do happen again to the same person. Yet, more often than not, people who fracture a hip do not get follow-up treatment that could prevent another fracture. Studies have shown that after a hip fracture is…
IMAGE: The new versus current models showing how liver cells respond to RNA viruses. view more Credit: Daisuke Yamane, D.V.M., Ph.D., Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science Chapel Hill, NC – Liver cells have an innate resistance to RNA viral infections like hepatitis A, dengue and Zika thanks to a protein called IRF1, according to researchers…
IMAGE: Clay Clark is a professor and Chair of the UTA Department of Biology Clay Clark view more Credit: The University of Texas at Arlington A scientist’s research at The University of Texas at Arlington could lead to more effective, targeted treatment of cancer cells–adding to the University’s diverse array of projects focused on advancing health…
IMAGE: MUSC research team lead Dr. Spiotta worked with Dr. Alawieh to study endovascular thrombectomy procedure times on patients both at MUSC and nationally. view more Credit: Sarah Pack The “Stroke Belt” refers to the swath of states in the Southeast where rates of stroke death are high, and according to the Department of Health and…
Results from a large clinical trial indicate that patients with rheumatoid arthritis are likely to experience the same level of cardiovascular benefits from statins as other individuals, without additional risks. The findings appear in Arthritis & Rheumatology, an official journal of the American College of Rheumatology. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an approximately 50 percent…
ANN ARBOR–Doctors know they’re the sounds of lung problems, but it turns out they might be more than symptoms–crackling and wheezing could be the sounds of a disease progressing, a University of Michigan researcher has found. James Grotberg, professor of biomedical engineering at the College of Engineering and professor of surgery at the Medical School,…
AURORA, Colo. (April 15, 2019) – The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is part of a team of researchers that has received a grant of $3.6 million for the SPROUT-CTSA Collaborative Telehealth Research Network. This five-year grant will support the development of telehealth research efforts, metric development, identification of best practices and the development…
IMAGE: Scientists at the University of Illinois developed new hybrids of purple corn and found that compounds in them fight obesity, inflammation and insulin resistance in mouse cells. The team includes,… view more Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Scientists at the University of Illinois have developed new hybrids of purple corn containing…
IMAGE: Study participants responded to ‘which statement best describes how you feel about having children someday.’ Here is how they responded. view more Credit: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago CHICAGO — The last thing on most teens’ minds is whether or not they want to…