TECH & INNOVATION

A step in the right direction to avoid falls

TECH & INNOVATION By watching people walk, researchers decode the foot position's role in maintaining balance By watching people walk, researchers decode the foot position's role in maintaining balance Researchers at The Ohio State University have gained new insight into how the body moves when we're walking.

UTSA microbiologists discover regulatory thermometer that controls cholera

Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Findings published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Karl Klose, professor of biology and a researcher in UTSA's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, has teamed up with researchers at Ruhr University in Bochum, Germany to understand how humans get infected with cholera, Their findings were released this week in an article published by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Study finds gallbladder surgery can wait

Patients benefit from minimally invasive procedures Patients benefit from minimally invasive procedures Laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a minimally invasive procedure to remove the gallbladder, is one of the most common abdominal surgeries in the U.

Note to young men: fat doesn’t pay

Obese teenage boys could be paid 18 percent less once they enter job market Obese teenage boys could be paid 18 percent less once they enter job market Men who are already obese as teenagers could grow up to earn up to 18 percent less than their peers of normal weight.

Immune system is key ally in cyberwar against cancer

Rice University study yields new two-step strategy for weakening cancer Rice University study yields new two-step strategy for weakening cancer Research by Rice University scientists who are fighting a cyberwar against cancer finds that the immune system may be a clinician's most powerful ally.

Communication without detours

A previously unknown nerve cell shape is now presented A previously unknown nerve cell shape is now presented Certain nerve cells take a shortcut for the transmission of information: signals are not conducted via the cell's center, but around it like on a bypass road.

Nurse survey shows longer working hours impact on quality of care

Results of a survey of more than 30,000 nurses across Europe show that nurses who work longer shifts and more overtime are more likely to rate the standard of care delivered on their ward as poor, give a negative rating of their hospitals safety and omit necessary patient care.
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