IMAGE: Michael Wiener, PhD, has developed what he believes will be a faster, easier way to explore the submicroscopic world. The Keck Foundation has backed his work with a $1 million… view more Credit: Josh Barney | UVA Health System A scientist at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has received a prestigious three-year, $1…
HOUSTON — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today was awarded $19.6 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) to support research, recruitment and prevention efforts. In total, MD Anderson and its projects received 20 percent of the $96 million in awards announced by CPRIT. MD Anderson awards included…
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) – In recent years, kratom has become popular as a treatment for chronic or acute pain as well as mood conditions such as depression and anxiety. It is also often used to help with opioid withdrawal. While there is a perception that kratom is safe because it is classified as an herbal supplement,…
1,000 new PhDs created to drive AI transformation across industry, healthcare and climate change 16 new centres will work with 300 partners including Google, Rolls-Royce and AstraZeneca Future leaders will ensure ethical questions are a key component of developing new technologies One thousand new research and business leaders will be created to ensure the UK…
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Leprosy has a history that has spanned centuries and societies across the globe. Yet, it continues to be a problem — even in the modern era. Sufferers from the chronic and infectious skin disease still face the social stigma and lack of medical care that people have endured since the origins of…
Bottom Line: An analysis of cervical precancers over a period of seven years showed that two strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) that have been targeted by vaccination since 2006 have declined, accounting for a smaller proportion of cervical disease. The study offers evidence that HPV vaccination reduced the incidence of infections that can lead to…
In the most comprehensive international comparison of its kind, a USC study found that the United States has the highest drug overdose death rates among a set of high-income countries. Drug overdose mortality has reached unprecedented levels in the United States, more than tripling over the past two decades. But is this a uniquely American…
The use of alcohol and tobacco is closely linked to several diseases, and is a contributing factor in many deaths. A recent study using data from 1.2 million people has now been published in the journal Nature Genetics. Several research groups around the world are involved, among them a group from the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study…
The technology, developed by researchers at Imperial College London and The University of Hong Kong, can be used to measure hormones that affect fertility, sexual development and menstruation more quickly and cheaply than current methods. The work, published in Nature Communications, took place in the Chemistry Department at Imperial College London and the School of…
Dr. Theodore Rubin, a psychoanalyst and writer whose short novel “Lisa and David,” about two teenagers finding love at a therapeutic school, was made into an Academy Award-nominated movie, and who became the public face of psychotherapy in postwar American popular culture, died on Saturday in a nursing home in Manhattan. He was 95. His…