Month: October 2018

SAN FRANCISCO - Therapy dogs help ease stress in young patients with cancer, but can spread methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), ...

Public and private health insurance policies in the U.S. are missing important opportunities to encourage the use of physical therapy, ...

New Haven, Conn. -- Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across ...

Credit: Levchenko Lab/Yale University New Haven, Conn. - By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities ...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - October 5, 2018. The key economic indicators for Americans with disabilities resumed their ...

Nearly one-third of Washington Heights residents surveyed report problems with lack of heat in the winter and/or paying their electric ...

The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, ...

Credit: © Jean-Tori Pantel The offspring of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more ...

NEW YORK (October 5, 2018) -- During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital ...

Credit: Vincenzo Cerullo Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmacy have developed PeptiENV, a cancer vaccine platform, which can be used ...

Scientists have determined a gene signature that is linked to the severity of spinal cord injury in animals and humans, ...

Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Oct. 5, 2018) - McMaster University researchers say there is an urgent need for studies ...

BOSTON-- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affects approximately 1 in 20 children in the United States. These catastrophic and irreversible ...

Credit: Sanaz Habibi and Ben Jaszczak/Michigan Tech Microfluidic devices can take standard medical lab procedures and condenses each down to ...

Credit: Genevieve Casanova, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team led by a scientist at the University of ...

Results from a Chinese nationwide survey indicate that the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity nearly tripled from 6.5% to 16.8% from ...

Credit: David Lee / Unsplash Increasing physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a key strategy ...

Following a review of the latest evidence --including a range of recent trials of drug and lifestyle interventions -- the ...

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) has been awarded a five-year extension of its NICHD contract for ...

Credit: Ramon Felipe Bicudo da Silva, Michigan State University New research suggests that protecting the Amazon rainforest from deforestation may ...