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Group Health’s lifesaving approach to screening for colon cancer steps forward
SEATTLE–Mailing yearly stool kits–an alternative to the often-dreaded colonoscopy–has helped Group Health to boost rates of lifesaving screening for colon...
Researcher uncovers the secret history of self-harm
Credit: National Library of Medicine Dr Chaney, a historian of human emotion, said: "It was in the late Victorian era...
Mouse studies offer new insights about cocaine’s effect on the…
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University/PNAS Cocaine is one of the most addictive substances known...
A ‘RISPR’ view of Sturge-Weber syndrome is coming into focus
Credit: Bischoff lab/Boston Children's Hospital Three-dimensional modeling and CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology are giving scientists a new view into Sturge-Weber...
Immunity genes could protect some from E. coli while others fall ill
IMAGE: Ephraim Tsalik, M.D., Ph.D., is an assistant professor of medicine at Duke Health Credit: Duke Photography DURHAM, N.C. —...
Creating safer polio vaccine strains for the post-eradication era
IMAGE: Funerary stele of the priest Rom(a) about 1400BC shows the withered limb and down-flexed foot of poliomyelitis. This artifact...
Researchers developed nanoparticle based contrast agent for dual modal…
Credit: NANO Journal Researchers from PSG College of Technology, India have developed nano-contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as...
Male escorts for women, couples demand grows: Global survey
Credit: QUT A quarter of Australia’s 516 male escorts cater to women and couples, a global survey of the 61...
WFIRM dcientists study space radiation health effects to keep astronauts safe
Credit: WFIRM The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) has been selected by NASA to lead a multi-institutional project...
Toxic chemicals in salons, lack of education lead to adverse health…
Credit: Lindsey Milich Clients who frequent hair and nail salons exhibit more skin and fungal diseases than those who visit...
Brain damage caused by Zika exposure in utero can be detected by both fetal MRI and ultrasound
Credit: Children's National Health System SAN DIEGO–Clinicians managing Zika-affected pregnancies should use magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in addition to standard...
A network of molecular interactions in brain cells infected by Zika…
Credit: D'Or Institute for Research and Education (IDOR) Zika virus (ZIKV) interferes with the cellular machinery controlling cell division and...
Time between pregnancies may affect autism risk
Investigators have found a link between the amount of time between pregnancies and Autism Spectrum Disorder in children. The findings...
P53 ‘master switch’ remains top target in gene signaling…
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center There are two important categories of genes involved in cancer development, oncogenes and tumor...
Albert Einstein teams find 89 percent of hispanic women use herbal…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 30, 2017-A new study comparing use of herbal remedies among...
FSU researcher to lead US – Russia project on health, space travel
Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Florida State University researcher will lead a joint U.S.-Russia project that will...
Forced mutations doom HIV
Scientists in the Essigmann lab — (left to right) Vipender Singh, John Essigmann, Deyu Li, and Bogdan Fedeles — scrutinize...
C-P.A.W.W. to study health effects that walking shelter dogs has on veterans and dogs
Credit: University of Colorado The Canines Providing Assistance to Wounded Warriors team (C-P.A.W.W.), a small nonprofit veterans' health research initiative...
HKBU’s clinical trial acupuncture proves effectiveness for weight control
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical...
Scientists discover bird blood cell which destroys fatal fungal…
Scientists have discovered that a specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy a potentially fatal fungal infection which...
