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Pierre Azoulay, an economist at the MIT Sloan School of Management, is turning the tables on scientists. He studies how life scientists work. What type of grants lead... Read More »

A meta-analysis of eight previously published clinical trials suggests stent implantation for patients with stable coronary artery disease is not associated with... Read More »

People are relying on sleeping pills more than ever to get a good night’s rest, but a new study by Scripps Clinic researchers links the medications to a 4.6... Read More »

For the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers have isolated egg-producing stem cells from the ovaries of reproductive age women and shown these ... Read More »

Based on a review of the latest evidence, the Guidelines Committee of the Heart Failure Society of America now recommends that the use of cardiac resynchronization... Read More »

Vanderbilt University researchers are working to unleash an insect repellent on mosquitoes that's more powerful than DEET, which could one day be effective in... Read More »

A team of researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), using the exceptionally bright and powerful x-ray beams of the Advanced Light... Read More »

H5N1, the strain of avian flu that has been the focus of a recent global debate about virus mutation research, may be more prevalent but less severe than current... Read More »

A new study suggests vaccinating adults against one of the most common causes of pneumonia with a new vaccine, which has virtually eliminated this infection in... Read More »

Patients with heart disease who took cholesterol-lowering statins were less likely to develop depression than those who did not, in a study by Mary Whooley, a... Read More »

New research from the University of Calgary shows that using a CT (computerised tomography) scan, doctors can predict if patients who have had a transient ischemic... Read More »

Simultaneous targeting of two different molecules in cancer is an effective way to shrink tumors, block invasion, and stop metastasis, scientists at the University of ... Read More »

Professor Chris Levi of the University of Newcastle in Australia discusses recent collaborative work exploring new treatments to prevent brain damage after a stroke... Read More »

A study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden shows that a new drug for Huntington's disease -- pridopidine or dopamine stabiliser ACR16 -- might operate via... Read More »

Researchers have combined bioactive peptides to successfully stimulate wound healing. The in vitro and in vivo study, published today in PLoS ONE, demonstrates that... Read More »

Here's the weekly roundup of medical innovation trends and developments that are making headlines! Women have increased risk of in-hospital death following a... Read More »

For the first time, a study has shown that removing polyps by colonoscopy not only prevents colorectal cancer from developing, but also prevents deaths. Patients in... Read More »

Ethicon Endo-Surgery, a provider of advanced surgical solutions for minimally-invasive and open procedures, have announced the results of a study suggesting that... Read More »

When woodchucks hibernate they enter a profoundly altered physiological state: their body temperature drops (often as low as freezing) and heart and respiration rates ... Read More »

Today’s launch of Instruct, a distributed research infrastructure for structural biology, will give scientists across Europe access to a portfolio of... Read More »