Archive: 03/07/2018
New smartphone app to predict dry eye disease in children
Scientists have developed a smartphone app that can quickly tell a health professional whether someone is suspected of having dry eye disease, a chronic and incurable condition that affects approximately one in five adults ...
Jul 3, 2018
Researcher investigates why insurance companies don't ask about gun ownership
For every million scuba divers, 164 die during a dive each year. For every million gun owners or those with a gun in the home, a University of Michigan math professor estimates between 240 and 450 gun owners die from gunshot ...
Jul 3, 2018
Researchers develop method for identifying radiation-resistant tumors
New research at the University of Arkansas has found a way to identify radiation-resistant cancer cells, a breakthrough in the treatment of lung cancer that uses imaging to evaluate the response to treatment and match treatment ...
Jul 3, 2018
Antibiotic can be used to treat rare inner-ear condition, treat vertigo
The antibiotic gentamicin has been used to successfully treat a rare illness that affects the inner ear. This was confirmed by Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences' retrospective evaluation of the results of treatment ...
Jul 3, 2018