Why barefoot running may help prevent common injuries If you've been opting for walks and runs lately instead of hitting the gym, here's something you may want to consider: barefoot running. Jun 5, 2020 0 2
Protecting the injured kidney The proximal tubule—part of the kidney's nephron—is a target of acute kidney injury (AKI), and its response to injury determines whether the kidney undergoes repair or progresses to chronic kidney disease (CKD). Jun 5, 2020 0 3
New potential targets found for the treatment of the worst form of myopia Researchers from the Institute of Biomedical Sciences of the CEU UCH university show for the first time the relevance of oxidative stress and growth factors in the development of high myopia, in a study published in Frontiers ... Jun 5, 2020 0 3
Programming 'language': Brain scans reveal coding uses same regions as speech What goes on in the minds of programmers when they write software? This was the question posed by Prof. Dr. Janet Siegmund, Chair of Software Engineering at Chemnitz University of Technology, Prof. Dr. Sven Apel, Chair of ... Jun 5, 2020 4 3808
Shorter, tailored antibiotic regimens shown effective at treating bacterial infections The increase in antibiotic resistance and the lack of new antibiotics is currently a major global health problem. Reducing the use of antibiotics appears to be one of the only solutions to preserve their effectiveness and ... Jun 5, 2020 0 161
A purr-fect companion: Can robotic cats help isolated dementia patients? When Marlys Cordes flipped on the light in her daughter's bedroom, the last thing she expected to hear was a robotic meow. She had no idea how interactive the toy cat responsible, Silver, would be. Jun 5, 2020 0 12
Modeling study: COVID-19 stay-at-home policies to be relaxed before pandemic peaks Relaxing stay-at-home social and business policies should occur prior to the peak and could be accompanied by increases in the infection rate of COVID-19. And the race for a vaccine will lose its value to big Pharma almost ... Jun 5, 2020 0 2
How to be a patient with COVID-19: advice from a Yale nurse Sana Goldberg '20 MSN, RN published her first book, How to Be a Patient: The Essential Guide to Navigating the World of Modern Medicine, last year. She focuses on patient agency and how patients can participate in their own ... Jun 5, 2020 0 2
Coronavirus: techniques from physics promise better COVID-19 models—can they deliver? Never before has the subject of mathematical modelling been so prominently in the news. The interest in the techniques used to predict the development of the coronavirus pandemic was given a new focus recently, when prominent ... Jun 5, 2020 0 2
Telephone interventions could be used to reduce symptoms of cancer Telephone interventions could be used to successfully treat symptoms of cancer such as fatigue, depression and anxiety, new research in theCochrane Libraryreports. This could help patients receive the care they need during ... Jun 5, 2020 0 0
