How much does spinal fusion surgery cost? The answer depends on what part of the…
Month: September 2015
Saving oysters by digging up their past
Restoring oyster reefs is not an easy task, but by digging deep and examining centuries-old…
Scientist solves 20-year-old cave diving mystery
Scientists have solved a decades-old geological mystery into what caused the death of a Florida…
Increase seen in bicycle-related injuries, hospital admissions in United States
Between 1998 and 2013, there was a large increase in bicycle-related injuries and hospital admissions…
Medication improves measure of kidney disease in patients with diabetes
Among patients with diabetes and kidney disease, most receiving an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or an…
DNA division can slow to a halt
A key mystery of the DNA replication process has been unraveled by researchers, resolving a…
Genetic cause of unknown disease uncovered
The genetic cause of a previously undescribed disease has been discovered by researchers. With this,…
Central sleep apnea device increases mortality in heart failure
Adaptive servo-ventilation (ASV) therapy increases mortality and should not be used to treat central sleep…
Simply turn off a virus: Scientists develop new method for detailed investigation of functional RNA elements
A new method has been developed for studying the function of ribonucleic acid (RNA) that…
Lupus: A disease with many faces
Lupus is an autoimmune disease with so many different symptoms that it is often difficult…