Patient controlled analgesia in the Emergency Department is effective
Twin studies, the first to analyse the effectiveness of patient controlled analgesia, (PCA, or patient administered pain relief) by following participants from the emergency department to the ward, show that PCA is an option for treating pain in emergency
Extreme Exercise Can Poison the Blood
Even four hours of intense activity may be enough to let bacteria escape from the gut into the blood, setting off a chain of inflammation
A Better Way to Find Patient Zero
Computer simulations and a little math could help narrow the search for an outbreak's origins.
Is SCD in Athletes Too Rare to Warrant Serious Precautions?
Sideline Consult: How Seriously Should We Take the Risk for SCD?
Cell that replenishes heart muscle found by UT Southwestern researchers
Regenerative medicine researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a cell that replenishes adult heart muscle by using a new cell lineage-tracing technique they devised
Researchers find molecular mechanisms within fetal lungs that initiate labor
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified two proteins in a fetus' lungs responsible for initiating the labor process, providing potential new targets for preventing preterm birth.
Studies find early European had recent Neanderthal ancestor
First genetic evidence that humans interbred with Neanderthals in Europe
Expanding the DNA alphabet: 'Extra' DNA base found to be stable in mammals
Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the Babraham Institute have found that a naturally occurring modified DNA base appears to be stably incorporated in the DNA of many mammalian tissues, possibly representing an expansion of the functional DNA alphabet.
A Pickle A Day May Keep Your Anxiety At Bay
Fermented food appears to calm the nerves of the socially challenged
Discovery in the US of the New Guinea flatworm -- one of the worst known invasive species
has now been found in additional localities including in the Pacific area, as well as in France, the Caribbean, and the first report in mainland U.S., in Florida
Cocktail of chemicals trigger cancer -- global taskforce calls for research into how everyday chemicals in our environment cause cancer
Fifty chemicals the public is exposed to on a daily basis may trigger cancer when combined, according to new research
Nonphotosynthetic pigments could be biosignatures of life on other worlds
To find life in the universe, it helps to know what it might look like.
New knowledge: Parkinson's disease may begin in the gut
A major epidemiological registry-based study from Aarhus University and Aarhus University Hospital indicates that Parkinson's disease begins in the gastrointestinal tract; the study is the largest in the field so far
Mushroom used in Chinese medicine 'slows weight gain'
A mushroom used for centuries in Chinese medicine reduces weight gain in animals, say researchers in Taiwan.
In ERs, UTIs and STIs in women misdiagnosed, even mixed up nearly half the time
Urinary tract and sexually transmitted infections in women are misdiagnosed by emergency departments nearly half the time, according to a paper in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, a publication of the American Society for Microbiology.
Selection for a 'speed gene' behind increase in racehorse speed
Racehorses have been getting ever faster in races over all distances, a study of finishing times over the past 162 years has found.
This Ancient Creature Shows How the Turtle Got Its Shell
The 240-million-year-old "grandfather turtle" may be part of the evolutionary bridge between lizards and shelled reptiles
Blood test for pancreatic cancer could catch disease in time
It's the sneakiest of cancers – and as many as 80 per cent of cases are identified too late.
What is artificial blood and why is the UK going to trial it?
Artificial blood will soon be tested in the UK for the first time. New Scientist takes a look at how – and why – this blood is made.
Our eye sockets give us a wider field of view than other apes
We have a lateral view that is unimpeded by the skull
Multiple pathways progressing to Alzheimer's disease
Disorder develops differently in individuals, complicating efforts to diagnose early
Most of America's poor have jobs, study finds
New study could shape poverty debate in presidential election
Compound in magnolia may combat head and neck cancers
Honokiol, from magnolia bark, shuts down cancer cells in lab
A single mutation helped last year's flu virus gain an advantage over the vaccine
Most H3N2 influenza viruses circulating during the 2014-2015 influenza season were antigenically mismatched to the H3N2 component of the 2014-2015 influenza vaccine.
New drug squashes cancer's last-ditch efforts to survive
Salk Institute and Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute created a compound that stops a cellular recycling process to target cancer
Lakes on Saturn’s Moon are Really Sinkholes Filled With Liquid Methane and Ethane
Strange and changeable lakes might form just as certain water-filled lakes do on Earth
Could This Head Gear Help Treat Parkinson's Disease?
Students at Johns Hopkins University have created an at-home brain-stimulating device to ease Parkinson's symptoms
A 'hydrothermal siphon' drives water circulation through the seafloor
New study explains previous observations of ocean water flowing through the seafloor from one seamount to another
Schizophrenia May Be the Price We Pay for a Big Brain
The disease is linked to genetic changes on the evolutionary road from ape to human
Inactivity reduces people's muscle strength
New research reveals that it only takes two weeks of not using their legs for young people to lose a third of their muscular strength, leaving them on par with a person who is 40-50 years their senior.
High blood pressure linked to reduced Alzheimer's risk, meds may be reason
Study authors say its likely protective effect comes from antihypertensive drugs
No, soup of everyday chemicals isn't a cancer-causing combo
Could chemicals deemed safe at common doses be carcinogenic when mixed? It's a fair question, but there is no evidence of harm, says Cancer Research UK's health information officer
Having a stroke? Where you are makes a huge difference in your treatment
Major regional variation in use of clotbuster drug tPA reveals opportunities to improve care & prevent disability
SLU scientists develop potential new class of cancer drugs in lab
Drug takes aim at cancer metabolism, stops most kinds of cancer