Fertility preservation for children with differences of sex development
Chicago...Children with differences of sex development (DSD) are born with reproductive organs that are not typically male or female. They ...
STD treatment for two?
ANN ARBOR, Mich.- In some states, patients who test positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea leave the clinic with not only ...
Follistatin is a key player in embryo implantation
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Looking to improve the success rate of assisted reproductive technologies, researchers at Baylor College of ...
Genetic sequencing could influence treatment for nearly 3/4 of advanced cancer patients
(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new analysis finds that nearly three-quarters of 500 patients with advanced cancer could ...
Recreational running benefits hip and knee joint health
Recreational runners are less likely to experience knee and hip osteoarthritis compared to sedentary individuals and competitive runners, according to ...
Scientists launch global agenda to curb social, human rights abuses in seafood sector
Credit: Nathan Bennett/University of Washington As the United Nations Oceans Conference convenes in New York, a new paper calls on ...
Mice will help reveal the roles of human brown fat
Credit: Miao-Hsueh Chen, Baylor College of Medicine When it gets cold around you, your body turns up the heat to ...
ACP decries withdrawal from climate agreement
Washington (June 1, 2017)--The United States withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement will greatly undermine the global effort to prevent ...
Study of kids with autism identifies hospitalization risk factors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Children or teens with autism spectrum disorders often come to hospitals when behavioral episodes overwhelm the support ...
NIH scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes
Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how ...
Secukinumab and ixekizumab in psoriasis: Considerable added benefit for certain patients
Psoriasis is an incurable chronic disease with a hereditary component, in which the body's immune system attacks parts of the ...
US National Academy of Medicine to establish its first intl. health policy fellowship
WASHINGTON - The U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that it will establish the National Academy of Medicine ...
Tumor induction from a distance
Credit: Graphics: Ralf Baumeister Current view is that cancer development is initiated from cells that acquire initial DNA mutations. These ...
Olive oil nutrient linked to processes that prevent cancer in brain
A compound found in olive oil may help to prevent cancer developing in the brain, a study shows. Research into ...
Recommendations to optimize continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes clinical research
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 2, 2017 -- The advantages of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) ...
Eco-label in exchange for less chemicals on rice fields
Money isn't always everything: Taiwanese rice farmers are willing to produce in a more environ-mentally friendly fashion if this would ...
Sydney Harbor emissions equivalent to 200 cars on the roads
Credit: University of Sydney lead researcher Edwina Tanner The Sydney Harbour is renowned as a beautiful landmark straddling our thriving ...
Hotter than a hundred thousand suns
Credit: Hauke Sandmeyer (Bielefeld University) FRANKFURT. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Transregio Collaborative Research Centre (CRC/TR) ...
Understanding a river’s ‘thermal landscape’ may be the key to saving it
River temperatures have long been an area of study, but until recently, the field has been hampered by technological constraints. ...
Dairy products a good dietary source of some types of vitamin K
BOSTON (June 2, 2017)--Vitamin K, with its multiple forms, is among the lesser known nutrients. Now, new research from scientists ...
