University of Delaware scientists have invented a novel biomaterial with surprising antibacterial properties that can be injected as a low-viscosity gel into a wound where it rigidifies nearly on contact–opening the door to the possibility of delivering a targeted payload of cells and antibiotics to repair the damaged tissue.
Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other ear?and comprehend what both are saying?is an important communication skill that?s heavily influenced by your genes, say researchers of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the National Institutes of Health.
One of the major issues associated with longer life expectancy in man and his best friend is an increase in the incidence of cancer. Even though they cannot talk it seems dogs might be able to tell us why and how certain cancers develop.
Varying advice means patients at high-risk of having a heart attack are unclear about when symptoms are potentially life threatening and when they should call an ambulance, argue a group of heart specialists in this week?s BMJ.
Why does putting our feelings into words ? talking with a therapist or friend, writing in a journal ? help us to feel better” A new brain imaging study by UCLA psychologists reveals why verbalizing our feelings makes our sadness, anger and pain less intense.
New research, revealing the true extent of abuse suffered by older people in the UK, was released today by Comic Relief, Chief Executive, Kevin Cahill and Health Minster, Ivan Lewis.
Computer scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have developed a new computerized method for matching living kidney donors with kidney disease patients that can increase the number of kidney transplants — and save lives.
For many patients, a visit to the primary care physician tends to be a one-sided conversation. Patients begin by stating one medical problem, and immediately the doctor takes over.
As a brain-damaged woman named Terri Schiavo lived her final days in 2005, her family’s bitter feuding imparted a tragic lesson about the importance of specifying one’s wishes for end-of-life medical treatment.
Bird flu H5N1 strain of avian influenza was confirmed in a poultry worker in Vietnam, last week. The man has been hospitalized since last saturday and is recovering.