Controlling Brain Circuits in Mice
Controlling Brain Circuits in Mice Researchers developed a tool that can turn specific sets of neurons on and off in...
HEALTHCARE/MEDICAL
Reinventing palliative care for patients with dementia
Unfortunately, certain diseases make it difficult for health professionals to deliver care in optimal ways. Those diagnosed with dementia have...
Human stem cells may improve bone healing in diabetics
Adding stem cells from human bone marrow to a broken diabetic bone enhances the repair process, increasing the strength of...
Scientific research: Association between indoor tanning bed use and skin cancers
With May being Skin Cancer Awareness Month and in tandem with our event Wednesday co-hosted with the Congressional Families Cancer...
Finding loopholes in the genome
R-loops, thought to initiate cellular mutations, genome breaks and diseases, may be identified with an accuracy of between 80-90 percent...
Epilepsy has been found to reduce the generation of new neurons
International research is exploring the potential of neural stem cells in future therapies to fight the diseaseThe mission of neural...
Removing more tissue during breast cancer surgery reduces by half the need for second procedure
Removing more tissue during a partial mastectomy could spare thousands of breast cancer patients a second surgery, according to a...
Think About the Worst Corporate Merger Ever – Then Add Obamacare
I hate to recycle the old slight about “re-arranging the deck chairs on the Titanic,” but the latest news from...
How Paid Family Leave Would Have Made Life Easier For One Family
In this year’s State of the Union address, President Obama brought some much-needed attention to the topic of family leave....
Hospital News salutes Nursing Hero Nominee Carol Aird
Carol Aird. Carol Aird RN – Peterborough Regional Health Centre Carol graduated from the McMaster School of Nursing in 1977....
Wachter and Jha trudge through the CMS readmissions Slough of Despond
When two of my favorite observers of health care policy talk, I pay attention. So I was captured by Bob...
