Teen girls at higher risk OK with emergency department offering pregnancy prevention info
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON - Adolescent girls receiving a wide range of medical care in the Emergency Department...
Dementia prevention hopes raised by £1.9 million boost to scan study
(University of Edinburgh) Dementia researchers are to receive a £1.9 million investment to identify the earliest brain changes associated with...
£8.6 million awarded for global health research
(Queen Mary University of London) Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have secured new awards totaling £8.6m to...
Bacterium actively drives colorectal cancer tumor cell growth
Credit: Kumar R, et al. (2017) A subspecies of the bacterium Streptococcus gallolyticus appears to actively promote the development of...
Antibody against carcinogenic substance deciphered
Summertime is barbecue time. However, when fat reacts with glowing coal, a substance chemists call benzopyrene is created. It is...
New study sheds light on disease-busting ‘recycling bins’ in our cells
Credit: Sharon Tooze Scientists have made an important step in understanding how cells keep themselves clean and healthy - a...
ASHG honors John Mulvihill with Mentorship Award
Credit: OUHSC BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named John J. Mulvihill, MD, Children's Hospital...
Side effects not a major problem for new class of breast cancer drugs
A ground-breaking new class of oral drugs for treating breast cancer, known as cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors, are generally well-tolerated,...
Tall men and obese men at higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer
Men who are tall and obese are at increased risk of high grade prostate cancer and prostate cancer death, according...
Study links maternal obesity during pregnancy to behavioral problems in boys
Ann Arbor, MI, July 13, 2017 - Maternal obesity and child neurodevelopmental problems have both increased in the U.S. and...
Genetically enhanced, cord-blood derived immune cells strike B-cell cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Immune cells with a general knack for recognizing and killing many types of...
Study reveals interplay of an African bat, a parasite and a virus
Credit: Tony Goldberg, UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- If there is anything scientists are certain of when it comes to bats...
Mountain gorillas have herpes virus similar to that found in humans
Credit: Courtesy Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Scientists from the University of California, Davis, have detected a herpes virus in wild...
Scientists develop imaging method for measuring glutathione in real time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Glutathione is the most abundant natural antioxidant in cells. It protects them from damage and...
Is ‘ovarian tissue freezing’ superior to egg freezing?
Credit: Fernanda Pacheco, MD, MBA and Kutluk Oktay, MD, PhD Los Angeles, CA (July 13, 2017) Many women are turning...
How to cryopreserve fish embryos and bring them back to life (video)
Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in...
ASTRO updates insurance coverage recommendations for proton therapy
ARLINGTON, Va., July 13, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has issued an update to its recommendations...
UNC Health Care honored as ‘Most Wired Advanced’ by American Hospital Association
Credit: American Hospital Association CHAPEL HILL, N.C. - July 13, 2017 -- UNC Health Care is one of only 27...
Laser-cooled ions contribute to better understanding of friction
Credit: PTB Friction: what you want from car brakes, otherwise rather a nuisance. In any case, it is useful to...
Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health to general population
Chicago, IL, July 13, 2017 - Children conceived using donor sperm have similar health and well-being to the general population,...
