Canadian study of gender-affirming surgery highlights patients’ long, frustrating…
Credit: University of British Columbia Access to gender-affirming surgery has improved in British Columbia over the past couple of years, ...
Month: January 2018
Researchers define burden of Hepatitis in Democratic Republic of the…
Credit: Jonathan Parr Chapel Hill, NC – Hepatitis C virus is a curable infectious disease, but treatment remains unavailable in ...
‘Dry eye’ linked to chronic pain syndromes
IMAGE: This is Anat Galor, M.D., M.S.P.H., associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and the lead ...
How to eliminate pain tied to tooth decay
Dual discoveries at USC propose a promising method to regrow nonliving hard tissue, lessening or even eliminating pain associated with ...
Healthy diet could decrease gestational diabetes risk for South Asian women
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Aug. 10, 2017) – South Asian women in Ontario are at high risk for gestational ...
More sprints in top-class football necessitates new and individualized…
Credit: Photo: Torsten Arpi Today's top-class football is characterised by more short sprints than in the past. In English Premier ...
Improving the neuron factory — new modulator of stem cell…
Credit: CECAD Cologne Since their discovery in 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells are a glimmer of hope for many diseases. ...
UTSW study identifies a way to prevent burn injury infection — without antibiotics
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 20, 2016 – A new way to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria by blinding them rather ...
Cardiac stem cells from young hearts could rejuvenate old hearts, new…
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUG. 14, 2017, AT 10 A.M. EDT ) – Cardiac stem cell infusions could ...
High levels of physical activity may worsen asthma control in young females
Among 526 adolescents and young adults who were asked about their exercise habits, those with asthma tended to report more ...
With $8.6 million grant from NIH, UCLA-led consortium will map the heart’s nervous system
Credit: UCLA/Caltech A consortium directed by UCLA's Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar has received a three-year, $8.6 million grant from the National ...
Atherosclerosis is Alzheimer’s disease of blood vessels, study…
IMAGE: In atherosclerosis, plaque builds up on the inner walls of arteries that deliver blood to the body. Studying mice ...
Dr. Weber of Kessler Foundation receives Switzer Research Fellowship for TBI research
Credit: Joan Banks Erica Weber, PhD, of Kessler Foundation is the recipient of a Switzer Research Fellowship, awarded by the ...
Virulence factor made by influenza virus is potential target for…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 14, 2017–A new study describes how NS1, a protein produced ...
Inducing an identity crisis in liver cells may help diabetics
Credit: Image: Francesca Spagnoli, MDC It is now possible to reprogram cells from the liver into the precursor cells that ...
Novel technologies reveal key information about depleted east pacific green sea turtles
Credit: Cali Turner Tomaszewicz Populations of green sea turtles living in the eastern region of the Pacific Ocean have rebounded ...
Virginia Tech study finds that healthy bacteria in yogurt may reduce…
Credit: Virginia Tech Researchers at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have released findings that explain how ...
New evidence supports biological link between Zika infection,…
Credit: Centers for Disease Control In a collaborative effort with scientists at six Colombian hospitals, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report ...
Is a pear — or apple-shape physique best for our brains?
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer at Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 29, 2018) – With the new year still ringing, ...
A cellular tango: Immune and nerve cells work together to fight gut…
Credit: Drs. Greg Sonnenberg and David Artis, Weill Cornell Medicine. Nerve cells in the gut play a crucial role in ...
