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Ending a 40-year quest, scientists reveal the identity of ‘hearing’ protein
Credit: Courtesy David Corey, Harvard Medical School Scientists at Harvard Medical School say they have ended a 40-year-quest for the...
Head and neck positioning affects concussion risk
Credit: Michael Fanton If you're about to run headfirst into something, your reflex might be to tense your neck and...
Study reveals how enzyme detects ultraviolet light damage
Credit: Image collage courtesy of Dong Wang, UC San Diego Damage to DNA is a constant threat to cellular life,...
Can work stress contribute to Parkinson’s disease risk?
Results from a Movement Disorders study suggest that occupational stress is associated with Parkinson's Disease risk, such that having a...
Mixed report card for low-cost indoor air quality home monitors
Credit: Roy Kaltschmidt/ Berkeley Lab Affordable indoor air quality monitors for the home can be worth the purchase, a recent...
New genetic variants predict outcome in dilated cardiomyopathy patients of African descent
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Genetic testing is a powerful diagnostic tool that...
A deep look at nasal polyps offers insights into allergic diseases
Nasal polyps - soft, grape-like outgrowths that can appear in the nasal passages and sinuses - can be chronic and...
Brown researcher first to describe rapid-onset gender dysphoria
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For individuals with gender dysphoria, the conflict between experienced gender identity and sex observed at birth produces...
Low birth weight linked to obesity, diabetes, and hypertension later in life
The findings, which come from a Journal of Diabetes analysis of 11,515 men and 13,569 women in China, indicate that...
Policy intended to curb opioid prescribing associated with increase in filled opioid prescriptions after surgery
Bottom Line: The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in 2014 moved to limit prescribing of pain medications containing the opioid hydrocodone...
Study suggests need to include overweight subjects in metabolic research
Credit: Photo courtesy of CHLA Children's Hospital Los Angeles investigators have demonstrated the need to include a growing constituency of...
Maternal depression may alter stress and immune markers in children
New research suggests that depression in women may affect their children's stress and physical well-being throughout life. For the Depression...
Researchers explore retention of minorities in TBI Model System Study of race/ethnicity
East Hanover, NJ - August 22, 2018 -Researchers analyzed data from the Traumatic Brain Injury Model System National Data and...
Study results may benefit patients with knee osteoarthritis and meniscal tears
In an Arthritis & Rheumatology study of 221 patients with knee osteoarthritis and meniscal tears, increases in inflammation of the...
Rapid development in Central Africa increases the risk of infectious disease outbreaks
Credit: NIAID WHAT: The Central Africa region is experiencing rapid urbanization and economic growth, and infrastructure development. These changes, while...
Pain, insomnia, and depression often drive osteoarthritis patients to seek medical care
Pain was the main driver of seeking medical care in an Arthritis Care & Research study of patients with osteoarthritis....
Study examines relationship between social disparities and benign prostatic hyperplasia
In an Andrologia study of 100,000 men in Korea, social disparities--such as low education level and low household income, current...
Smartphone apps hold promise for electronic medical record matching, study finds
Mobile phones and smartphones apps offer a promising approach to ensure that an individual's medical records when shared between different...
Glycans at the ‘I’ of the storm in humoral immunity and melanoma progression
Credit: Charles Dimitroff, Brigham and Women's Hospital Two new studies have unveiled how a peculiar molecule impacts how antibody-producing cells...
Candidate for universal flu vaccine protects against multiple strains
PHILADELPHIA--A universal flu vaccine that protects people against most influenza strains is one step closer to reality, with a study...
