While there is no cure, new research shows that patients with Alzheimer’s can still benefit…
Month: March 2016
Thrill of the hunt motivates some to buy counterfeit goods
People buying fake ‘luxury brand’ goods experience a range of psychological motivations — including the…
‘Precision medicine’ brings new relief for old diseases
The mystery of a rare, debilitating disease that has afflicted generations of European families —…
Is your political ideology in your head?
A new study indicates that the thought processes of political conservatives gives greater weight to…
Handheld surgical ‘pen’ prints human stem cells
In a landmark proof-of-concept experiment, researchers have used a handheld 3-D printing pen to ‘draw’…
‘Cancer gene’ twice as likely to be defective in children with autism
A gene whose role is to suppress cellular damage from environmental stressors is nearly twice…
Applying parameter selection, verification techniques to an HIV model
Physical and biological models often have hundreds of inputs, many of which may have a…
Cold front: Researchers explore Arctic land and sea at Navy ICEX
As the Navy’s Ice Exercise 2016 winds to a close this week in the frigid…
Better hospital financial performance didn’t produce better patient outcomes, study shows
How well a hospital performs financially is not associated with better clinical outcomes, based on…
Data from full hospital stay not much better at predicting risk for readmission than data from first day, researchers find
Culling more detailed clinical data from electronic health records throughout a hospital stay did not…