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Health ranks as top concern for veterans immediately after military service
Findings based on survey of nearly 10,000 veteransCredit: USAF Airman 1st Class Ericka Woolever In the months after separating from...
Delivering TB vaccine intravenously dramatically improves potency, study shows
Credit: JoAnne Flynn, Ph.D., Alexander White, Pauline Maiello, and Mario Roederer, Ph.D. PITTSBURGH, Jan. 1, 2020 - Worldwide, more people...
Changed route of immunization dramatically improves efficacy of TB vaccine
NIAID scientists report results from animal studyCredit: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Tuberculosis (TB), an ancient disease, is the...
Mayo clinic researchers test novel injection of gene therapy vectors into the kidney
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 31, 2019--Before gene therapy can be used to treat renal...
Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration
Credit: National Institute of Aging Writing in the December 30, 2019 online issue of Neurology, researchers at University of California...
From crab studies, a broader approach to identifying brain cells
Credit: Virginia Garcia WOODS HOLE, Mass. - A longstanding goal in neuroscience is to classify the brain's many cells into...
Fewer than half of California pharmacies provide correct drug disposal info
Just 11% said their pharmacy offered a drug take-back programCredit: Children's National Hospital The callers pretended to be well-meaning parents...
Bioelectric stimulation to clear skin lesions
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 30, 2019--The delivery of ultrashort pulses of electrical energy represents...
Individualized physical therapy reduces incontinence, pain in men after prostate surgery
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - Dec. 30, 2019 - For decades, therapy to strengthen pelvic muscles has been the standard treatment...
How cells learn to ‘count’
Credit: Andrew Holland One of the wonders of cell biology is its symmetry. Mammalian cells have one nucleus and one...
Women with single dose of HPV vaccine gain similar protection as multiple doses
Credit: Photo by Maricruz Kwon/UTHealth A new study revealed that one dose of the HPV vaccine may prevent infection from...
Diet has rapid effects on sperm quality
Credit: Ulrik Svedin/LiU Sperm are influenced by diet, and the effects arise rapidly. This is the conclusion of a study...
Researchers identify new therapeutic target for colorectal cancer
Credit: Mis et al., 2019 Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a key protein that supports the growth...
High BMI may improve cancer survival
Study shows link to immunotherapyCredit: Flinders University Above average or high BMI - often linked to cancers, diabetes, cardiovascular and...
Proton therapy lowers risk of side effects in cancer compared to traditional radiation
Study found protons led to two-thirds reduction in unplanned hospitalizationsCredit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Proton therapy leads to significantly lower...
Transcendental Meditation prevents abnormal enlargement of the heart, reduces chronic heart failure
Credit: Maharishi International University A randomized controlled study recently published in Ethnicity & Disease in their Autumn 2019 Hypertension issue...
Intermittent fasting: live ‘fast,’ live longer?
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine For many people, the New Year is a time to adopt new habits as a renewed...
Cellular culprit suspected of pushing dengue fever from bad to worse is cleared by transcripts
Credit: Dr. Yuan Tian, La Jolla Institute for Immunology LA JOLLA, CA--No one knows what makes a mild dengue viral...
Mouse pups born from eggs derived from the granulosa cells that surround oocytes
Credit: Lin Liu By introducing a chemical cocktail to granulosa cells, researchers in China induced the cells to transform into...
Bacteria can ‘outsmart’ programmed cell death
Credit: Hamid Kashkar, University of Cologne Certain bacteria can override a defence mechanism of the immune system, so called programmed...
