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Placental ALLO levels rise during pregnancy and peak as fetuses approach full term
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Just as a runner steadily builds up endurance in order to peak at...
EPO protects preemies’ brains by modifying genes essential for generating new brain cells
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018) - Erythropoietin (EPO) helps to protect and repair vulnerable brains though it...
COstatus monitor provides direct measure of neonates’ cardiac output
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Clinicians caring for vulnerable babies in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) need...
Which targeted nutritional approaches can bolster micro-preemies’ brain development?
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-The volume of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and calories consumed by very vulnerable preemies...
Depression among parents of newborns can persist 6 months after NICU discharge
Credit: Children's National Health System TORONTO-(May 5, 2018)-Young parents who have less education and care for more than one child...
Burnout, depression can affect ophthalmology residents, study finds
A new study led by Brown University researchers finds that ophthalmology residents across the U.S. face a substantial burden of...
Structural variation in key brain receptor enables it to cope with hostile condition
Credit: Furukawa Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - During a stroke or an epileptic seizure, neurons in affected parts...
New approach for treating neuropathic pain
Credit: The University of Turku Neuropathic pain is the chronic, pathological pain that continues even when the cause of pain...
Urine of kidney disease patients contains diverse mix of bacteria
MAYWOOD, IL - The urine of kidney disease patients contains a diverse mix of bacteria such as Staphylococcus and Streptococcus,...
First robotic system plays tic tac toe to improve task performance
Credit: Ben-Gurion University NEW YORK...May 3, 2018 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel have...
For parents of multiples, elevated rates of mental health symptoms but low rates of treatment
May 4, 2018 - Parents of twins and other multiple-birth children experience higher than average rates of depression, anxiety and...
How low is too low? Experts debate blood pressure targets in post-SPRINT era
Philadelphia, May 4, 2018 - Following the landmark SPRINT trial, there is a growing body of evidence for reducing systolic...
NIAID-sponsored trial of a universal influenza vaccine begins
A Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational universal influenza vaccine intended to protect against multiple strains of the virus...
Targeted ‘click-to-release’ chemotherapy gives good results in mice
Antibody Drug Conjugates (ADCs) are relatively new anti-cancer drugs. They consist of an antibody to which a cell-killing molecule (chemotherapy)...
Jobs report: Tight market spurs unprecedented job gains for americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - May 4, 2018. Americans with disabilities added another month of job gains, according...
Study shows minorities widely underrepresented in autism diagnoses
Credit: Jason Travers, Exceptional Children LAWRENCE -- In education circles, it is widely accepted that minorities are overrepresented in special...
Fifteen percent of osteoporosis patients who take ‘drug holidays’ suffer bone fractures
MAYWOOD, IL - Patients who take osteoporosis drugs for long periods typically are advised to temporarily discontinue the drugs to...
DanÂcer’s brains reÂact quickly to changes in muÂsic
(University of Helsinki) According to Hanna Poikonen's doctoral study, professional dancers' brains react more quickly to changes in music than...
UM researcher finds link between crystal methamphetamine and immune changes in HIV
Credit: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine A researcher at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine has...
To treat pain, you need to treat the patient
Credit: University of Washington Center for Pain Relief People in chronic pain are some of the most difficult patients to...
