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Serious asthma attacks reduced by temporary quadrupling of steroid inhaler, study finds
Serious asthma attacks in adults can be reduced by a temporary but significant increase in the dose of inhaled steroids...
Inherited mutation leads to overproduction of EPO
Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine) A newly-discovered hereditary mutation is responsible for an increased production of erythropoietin...
City mouse-country mouse experiment shows link between environment, worm infections
Credit: Photo by Andrea Graham, Princeton University When laboratory mice moved to the countryside where they could burrow in dirt,...
For nanomedicine, cell sex matmonoclonal antibodies crucial to fighting emerging infectious diseases say NIAID officials
WHAT: Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs)--preparations of a specific type of antibody designed to bind to a single target--have shown promise in...
New study finds less research being published by female radiologists
A new study has found that although radiology research by women has increased significantly over the past five decades, the...
Many adolescent and young adult cancer survivors have more social connections than peers
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Seth Dixon Survivors of adolescent and young adult cancer often have stronger social...
A research study analyzes the mental health care community model
Credit: UC3M The project has been undertaken using digital games with 270 participants who make up the mental health care...
No progress seen in reducing antibiotics among outpatients
Despite public health campaigns aimed at reducing unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics, the drugs continue to be prescribed at startlingly high...
Study says Mekong River dams could disrupt lives, environment
Credit: Kenneth Olson, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - The Mekong River, one of the world's largest, traverses six Southeast...
Study predicts wildlife of Africa’s Albertine Rift will be threatened by climate change
Credit: A.J. Plumptre. A new study by scientists from WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other groups predicts that the effects...
Vitamin D may help prevent heart failure after heart attack
Credit: Westmead Institute New research has shown how vitamin D may help protect heart tissue and prevent heart failure after...
Mending materials
Credit: Lehigh University Few creatures, aside from humans, have the ability to reshape the world in which they live. The...
Have an (artificial) heart
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff PORTLAND, Oregon - OHSU physicians and researchers are developing what they hope will be the first permanent...
Physician education and guidelines lead to drop in opioids prescribed after hand surgery
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery An educational session on opioid abuse and new prescription guidelines led to a 45 percent...
UTHealth’s Shervin Assassi awarded $1.4 million to personalize scleroderma treatments
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth At The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), rheumatologist Shervin Assassi, M.D., is...
Research reveals a mechanism that drives ataxia type 1
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine When the protein ATAXIN1 accumulates in neurons it causes a neurodegenerative condition called spinocerebellar ataxia...
Rick D. Wilkerson, DO, receives AAOS’ Humanitarian Award
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 8, 2018) - Rick D. Wilkerson, DO is the recipient of the American Academy of Orthopaedic...
Manure could heat your home
Farm manure could be a viable source of renewable energy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming....
Troubling trend in antibiotic prescriptions in the outpatient setting
NEW YORK (March 8, 2018) - Antibiotics continue to be prescribed at alarming rates in outpatient settings, despite increased national...
Cancer ‘signature’ first step toward blood test for patients
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute A discovery by Melbourne researchers could help to identify patients with a particularly aggressive...
