Wasteful tests before surgery: Study shows how to reduce them safely
For many patients, getting ready to have surgery means getting their blood drawn, their heart rhythm checked, or having other ...
A step towards personalized immunotherapy: MIRO device replicates tumors, environments and interactions
A team led by the Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC) and the Hospital del Mar Research Institute has developed ...
A new way to detect inflammation using antibodies developed
Nearly every disease has an inflammatory component, but blood tests can't pinpoint inflammation in specific organs or tissues ...
New work proposes a unifying model of Alzheimer's disease: Large-scale alterations to gene expression
In a novel theory, scientists at Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute propose a unifying explanation for the molecular chaos driving Alzheimer's disease. The condition causes widespread ...
FDA approves wearable infusion device for advanced Parkinson disease
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Onapgo (apomorphine hydrochloride) injection as the first and only ...
Neural waves study provides evidence that brain's rhythmic patterns play key role in information processing
Researchers at the Ernst Strüngmann Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, led by Wolf Singer, have made a new discovery in ...
Wildfire-linked ED encounters increased eightfold with onset of LA wildfires
The percentage of wildfire-associated emergency department encounters increased with onset of the Los Angeles County (LAC) wildfires in January 2025, according to research published in the Feb. 6 ...
Electroencephalography may help guide treatments for language disorders
Electroencephalography (EEG) may offer a more accessible alternative to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) for ...
Research highlights urgent need for greater awareness to aid early diagnosis of bone cancers in young people
New research led by experts at the University of Nottingham calls for greater awareness of the symptoms of bone cancers in ...
Researchers discover short form of a tumor-produced protein activates natural killer cells
A group of scientists in China has revealed a novel mechanism whereby a short form of IL-18, generated by caspase-3 cleavage ...
Actor David Tennant has an extra toe. Two anatomists explain what's so fascinating about polydactyly
Former Doctor Who actor David Tennant this week confirmed he has 11 toes. He says he was born with an extra toe on his right ...
Is U.S. prepared for bird flu's spread in humans? One expert has concerns
When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that might lead to ...