Einstein Montefiore bioethicist helped shape report on anthrax attack...
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report last Friday that provides guidance to U.S. public health officials to develop plans to pre-position antibiotics that can be distributed to the general...
View ArticleWTC workers exposed earlier to dust cloud have higher risk of atherosclerotic...
In the first study using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to evaluate cardiovascular risk in World Trade Center (WTC) first responders, researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that...
View ArticlePost-traumatic stress risk to police officers lower than previously thought
Although police officers are at a high risk of experiencing traumatic events (TE) in their work, they are no more likely than the general population to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder...
View ArticleHydrogen peroxide provides clues to immunity, wound healing and tumor biology
Hydrogen peroxide isn't just that bottled colorless liquid in the back of the medicine cabinet that's used occasionally for cleaning scraped knees and cut fingers. (2011-11-22)
View Article10 years after attacks on World Trade Center, human health cost is still...
The World Trade Center disaster exposed nearly half a million people to hazardous chemicals, environmental toxins, and traumatic events. (2011-12-13)
View ArticleImplanted biofuel cell converts bug's chemistry into electricity
An insect's internal chemicals can be converted to electricity, potentially providing power for sensors, recording devices or to control the bug, a group of researchers at Case Western Reserve...
View ArticleAntibody therapy prevents gastrointestinal damage following radiation...
A new study offers the first evidence of a drug capable of preventing lethal damage to the gastrointestinal (GI) tract caused by exposure to high levels of ionizing radiation, such as those occurring...
View ArticleResearch shows why 1 bacterial infection is so deadly in cystic fibrosis...
Scientists have found why a certain type of bacteria, harmless in healthy people, is so deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis. (2012-04-23)
View ArticleStealth behavior allows cockroaches to seemingly vanish
New cockroach behavior discovered by University of California, Berkeley, biologists secures the insect's reputation as one of nature's top escape artists, able to skitter away and disappear from sight...
View ArticleUGA study reveals flu-fighting role for well-known immune component
University of Georgia scientists have discovered a new flu-fighting role for a well-known component of the immune system. Kimberly Klonowski, assistant professor of cellular biology in the UGA Franklin...
View ArticleImages in an instant: Suomi NPP begins direct broadcast
Real-time data that will be used in everything from weather forecasts to disaster response is now being beamed down to Earth from a cone-shaped appendage aboard the nation's newest Earth-observing...
View ArticleTest flight over Peru ruins could revolutionize archaeological mapping
Archaeological sites that currently take years to map will be completed in minutes if tests underway in Peru of a new system being developed at Vanderbilt University go well. (2012-08-02)
View ArticleTaking the edge off a pipe bomb -- literally
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) new low-cost device for dismantling dangerous pipe bombs may look like a tinkerer's project, but that's no...
View ArticleNanoparticles added to platelets double internal injury survival rate
Nanoparticles tailored to latch onto blood platelets rapidly create healthy clots and nearly double the survival rate in the vital first hour after injury, new research shows. (2012-08-21)
View ArticleAutomatic building mapping could help emergency responders
MIT researchers have built a wearable sensor system that automatically creates a digital map of the environment through which the wearer is moving. (2012-09-25)
View ArticleStudy suggests immune system can boost regeneration of peripheral nerves
Modulating immune response to injury could accelerate the regeneration of severed peripheral nerves, a new study in an animal model has found. (2012-10-03)
View ArticleWarning, automatic braking systems on autos will help save lives, research...
The second highest cause of automobile crashes is rear-end collisions - 17 percent. Thousands of people die. The solution? "It is simple," said Clay Gabler, a professor of biomedical engineering at...
View ArticleFar, far beyond wrist radios
To believe that technologies once dreamed of in science fiction novels, television shows, and comic strips may one day be a reality, or that real-world technologies might make the fantastic devices of...
View ArticleNearly half of children with autism wander or 'bolt' from safe places
A new study published today in the journal Pediatrics (Epub ahead of print) found that nearly half of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are reported to wander or "bolt," and more than half...
View ArticleUSC study: Internet outages in the US doubled during Hurricane Sandy
USC scientists who track Internet outages throughout the world noted a spike in outages due to Hurricane Sandy, with almost twice as much of the Internet down in the U.S. as usual. (2012-12-19)
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