Continental News: States extend Medicaid for birth control, cutting costs — and future enrollment - The Trump administration is weighing whether to allow Texas to receive millions of federal Medicaid dollars for its family planning program, which bars... ow.ly/tEYh50gXz3w
Continental News: Wearable brain scanner enables brain imaging whilst moving - Scientists have revealed a novel wearable brain scanner that can provide accurate images whilst the subject is moving. ow.ly/2eOz50gXt22
Continental News: Agendia receives CE mark for MammaPrint BluePrint Breast Cancer Recurrence and Molecular Subtyping Kit - Agendia, Inc., a world leader in personalized medicine and molecular cancer diagnostics, today announces that its next-generatio... ow.ly/49sf50gXmxH
Continental News: Study suggests detailed neuropsychological assessment for brief cardiac arrest survivors - Patients who survive a brief cardiac arrest and who appear neurologically intact should nonetheless receive a detailed neuropsychological asse... ow.ly/u9UE50gXhA1
Continental News: Immunotherapy combination increases overall survival in people with kidney cancer, study shows - Treating people with advanced metastatic kidney cancer using a combination of the immunotherapy drugs nivolumab (Opdivo) and ipilimumab ... ow.ly/JQmH50gXe2z
Continental News: Immune cells can repopulate in the retina after elimination, mice study shows - Immune cells called microglia can completely repopulate themselves in the retina after being nearly eliminated, according to a new study in mice from sci... ow.ly/53nV50gX8fH
Continental News: TPP-related compounds selectively shut down cancer cells with little or no effect on healthy cells - SCIENTISTS seeking to make chemotherapies which are less harmful to cancer patients have reported "highly promising" results from a ... ow.ly/550m50gX5nm
Continental News: Sentinel lymph node biopsies could be safely avoided for some breast cancer patients - Sentinel lymph node biopsies, where lymph nodes are surgically removed to check for signs of breast cancer spread, could be safely avoided for som... ow.ly/Ze0550gWHYK
Continental News: Older workers' experiences of depression in the contemporary workplace - Research Project - Are you aged 50 years or above, currently working in the UK and have previously experienced depression? If so, we would like to hear from you... ow.ly/JUVE50gWCoJ
Continental News: Discovery of genes could lead to development of novel therapies for EBV-related cancers - VCU Massey Cancer Center researchers have identified two genes that are responsible for governing the replication of the Epstein-Barr virus, an... ow.ly/wpHT50gWwL3
Continental News: Are there risks from secondhand marijuana smoke? Early science says yes. - The inspiration arrived in a haze at a Paul McCartney concert a few years ago in San Francisco. “People in front of me started lighting up and then other peop... ow.ly/hHsR50gWqoz
Continental News: High numbers of women perpetrate online child sexual abuse than previously thought - Research by a team of academics at the University of Huddersfield alerted the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse to the probability that th... ow.ly/yVJV50gWeDy
Continental News: Research misconduct allegations shadow likely CDC appointee - A more than 20-year-old controversy over shoddy HIV research is re-emerging as a significant criticism of President Donald Trump's likely pick to lead the Centers for Dise... ow.ly/pAxW50gWbTF
Continental News: Patients on replacement therapy with thyroid hormone may have more comorbidities - People who take replacement thyroid hormone may have more comorbidities and lower quality of life than those who don't take the hormone, a large popul... ow.ly/TyyN50gVLzV
Continental News: Motor skill training may contribute to reading skills in obese children - Excess body weight has been linked to poor academic performance in children in several previous studies. A new Finnish study now shows that a high body fat per... ow.ly/bT9S50gVFM5
Continental News: Researchers show how two cancer genes work together to trigger leukemia - An international group of researchers led by Prof. Jan Cools of the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology have made a breakthrough in understanding the devel... ow.ly/8grh50gVAdY
Continental News: Biosense Webster launches new ‘Power to Heal’ campaign to alleviate AF burden - Biosense Webster EMEA, a Division of Johnson & Johnson Medical NV/SA and leader in the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation, is launching its ‘Power to Heal’... ow.ly/mA2X50gVugc
Continental News: Genomics England announces appointment of global genomics pioneer as first CEO - Genomics England announces the appointment of its first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) today. Global genomics pioneer Professor John Mattick will join Ge... ow.ly/9oj150gVpcC
Continental News: Robocall increases diabetic retinopathy screening rates among poor minorities - Automated reminder calls may be an effective tool to improve screening for diabetic eye disease among low-income minority patients, especially African Am... ow.ly/CtnQ50gVhUi
Continental News: LSD reduces 'sense of self' - research - Dr Albert Hofmann, a Swiss chemist, first found the effects of LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide or “acid” on the psyche. It has been 75 years since his invention. Now new research finds deepe... ow.ly/Y35B50gVfaR