If vision science were a movie, the iris would be a supporting actor. It doesn’t get as much limelight as
Month: November 2021
Stem cell therapy reduces need for nearly 10% of hip replacements
Daniel Wiznia, MD, an orthopedic surgeon with Yale School of Medicine, is practicing a surgical technique designed to render 10%
Worn down by bad news? You’re not alone …
In 1983, Canada’s Anne Murray released another hit song. This one, though, was different than what her fans were accustomed
Kidney disease is a problem for cerebral palsy patients. Why are doctors missing it?
Cerebral palsy and kidney disease can be deeply intertwined. In childhood, the effects of the neurodevelopmental condition—like decreased physical activity and urologic
Diagnosing jaundice in the blink of an eye from a digital camera
Imagine a system that can detect within one second whether a newborn baby has jaundice, a condition affecting 60 percent
Drug may improve cardiac function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
Valsartan, an angiotensin II receptor blocker drug, delayed disease progression and improved cardiac structure and function in patients with early-stage
Exercise increases the body’s own ‘cannabis’ which reduces chronic inflammation, says new study
Exercise increases the body’s own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions
‘Surgery selfies’ could spot serious infections early, study says
Smartphone pictures of post-surgical wounds taken by patients and then assessed by clinicians can help with the early identification of
Personalized T cell immunotherapy for pediatric brain tumors is one step closer to becoming a reality
Children’s National Hospital experts developed a new approach that discovered unique proteins in an individual tumor’s cells, which then helped
Study links stress to Crohn’s disease flare-ups
A possible link between psychological stress and Crohn’s disease flare-ups has been identified by a McMaster University-led study. Researchers using