An article published Feb. 6, 2018 in the Journal of the American Medical Association reported that researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health had identified 416 cases of advanced black lung ...
Feb 16, 2018
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A team of computer scientists from the University of Delaware and Georgetown University has developed a new system to rapidly determine which cancer drugs are likely to work best given a patient's genetic markers. The first ...
Feb 2, 2018
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There is an increasing interest in more sophisticated search engines that are tailored to cope with the complexity of biomedical data, not only enabling more targeted search queries but also easier integration and construction ...
Jun 1, 2017
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Researchers and clinicians are calling on the mining industry and governments to create better regulations in the interest of the health of coal miners.
Mar 31, 2017
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Hospitals and healthcare providers are penalized for readmitting patients within a 30-day time period. An award-winning app developed by graduate students at Binghamton University, State University of New York, could help ...
Jun 20, 2016
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Colombia's widespread illegal mining is blamed for causing environmental damage and holding workers in slave-like conditions—and now is also being blamed for a malaria outbreak.
Apr 30, 2016
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Developing new drugs is becoming increasingly difficult: research and lab experiments are time consuming and expensive. By making use of data first – screening large databases in order to discover patterns - we can make ...
Mar 9, 2016
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For some, the words "black lung" may stir thoughts of a now irrelevant disease that was once responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of miners. Unfortunately, it's back on the rise.
Dec 4, 2015
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What is the future of the BRAIN Initiative? This national White House Grand Challenge involving more than 100 laboratories in the United States has already made progress in establishing large-scale neuroscience goals and ...
Oct 15, 2015
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Twenty-eight children have died from lead poisoning from illegal gold mining in a remote west-central village, Nigerian health officials said, while doctors still are treating thousands from an earlier outbreak.
May 15, 2015
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