Pregnant women who underwent immediate surgery to treat a ruptured or abscessed appendix and their fetuses had significantly better outcomes
Month: October 2020
Program to improve outcomes for geriatric surgery patients shows promise
People age 65 years and older account for 40 percent of inpatient operations and one-third of outpatient procedures, and these
Cancer immunotherapy ‘uniquely suppressed’ by liver tumors
Though cancer immunotherapy has become a promising standard-of-care treatment—and in some cases, perhaps a cure—for a wide variety of different
The mode of detection of high-risk breast cancers is linked to patient prognosis
Breast cancers that are detected in the interval between national screening programme mammograms have a worse prognosis than those detected
New clues about the link between stress and depression
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have identified a protein in the brain that is important both for the function of the
Researchers find new way to prevent and cure rotavirus, other viral infections
A combination of two substances secreted by the immune system can cure and prevent rotavirus infection, as well as potentially
What is contact tracing, and how does it work with COVID-19?
What is contact tracing, and how does it work with COVID-19? The goal of contact tracing is to alert people
Babies’ random choices become their preferences
When a baby reaches for one stuffed animal in a room filled with others just like it, that seemingly random
Researchers probe how aggression leads to more aggression
Like a champion fighter gaining confidence after each win, a male mouse that prevails in several successive aggressive encounters against
Promising COVID-19 rapid test technology enters phase 1 of NIH challenge
A promising new COVID-19 rapid-testing technology platform developed by Rover Diagnostics and Columbia Engineering has been selected by the National
