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Certain antidepressants could provide treatment for multiple infectious diseases
Some antidepressants could potentially be used to treat a wide range of diseases caused by bacteria living within cells, according...
More than half of patients in pain management study took no opioids after operations
CHICAGO (May 31, 2019): The opioid epidemic has become a public health crisis in the U.S. While primary care physicians...
Most preventive antibiotics prescribed by dentists are unnecessary
UIC study published in JAMA Network Open A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
Chiaravalloti receives grant to study cognition and hemodynamics after spinal cord injury
The New Jersey Commission on Spinal Cord Research awarded a $598,000 grant to Nancy Chiaravalloti, Ph.D., of Kessler Foundation; the...
Do violent video games affect kids’ behavior with real guns?
Bottom Line: This randomized clinical trial in a university laboratory examined the effects of video games with weapons on children's...
Radio-wave therapy proves effective against liver cancer cells
Left hand image: Patient with metastatic cancer affecting various organs receiving first AM RF EMF systemic targeted treatment. Blue arrows...
Seven key health measures help predict future risk of heart disease
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Seven key measures of heart health may help predict future risk of cardiovascular disease, according to...
Stand up to cancer-funded research to be presented at ASCO May 31-June 4 in Chicago
Immunotherapy, genetic testing, drug resistance, and machine learning are topics of presentations at meeting of American Society for Clinical OncologyCredit:...
Loyola pathologist receives national award for initiative to prevent physician burnout
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine pathologist Marisa Saint Martin, MD, ACC, has received an award from the American Association for...
Childhood adversity linked to early puberty, premature brain development, & mental illness
Penn study details effects of poverty and trauma on youth brain and behavior PHILADELPHIA--Growing up in poverty and experiencing traumatic...
How the enzyme lipoxygenase drives heart failure after heart attacks
Heart failure after a heart attack is a global epidemic, with 50 percent of patients dying within five years.Credit: UAB...
Hard food, strong jaw: Jawbone structure responds to forceful chewing
Credit: Department of Cell Signaling,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU), the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development,...
Searching for the origins of the depressive symptoms in Huntington’s disease
Cdk5 Kinase: An essential proteinCredit: Verónica Brito (University of Barcelona-UBNeuro) About 40% of the affected patients with Huntington's disease -a...
A common skin bacterium put children with severe eczema at higher risk of food allergy
In a new study published today in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, scientists from King's College London have...
Classification system based on co-occurring conditions may provide insight into autism
Data analysis also probes relationship between autism, gastrointestinal problems, and antibiotic useCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Children with autism spectrum disorder...
Child deaths in Brazil fall following comprehensive smoking ban
Child deaths have fallen in Brazil following complete smoking bans in public places, according to a new study. Its authors,...
International team identifies potential therapeutic target for sepsis
DALLAS - May 30, 2019 - An international collaboration led by scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center has identified a...
ASCO 2019: 40-50 percent response rate for brigatinib after other next-gen ALK inhibitors
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Crizotinib was the first drug licensed to treat ALK-positive non-small cell lung cancer (ALK+...
Teens at greater risk of violence, injury during sexual assaults than previously thought
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A recent study of the forensic evidence in 563 sexual assault...
UCI research helps shed new light on circadian clocks
Body parts respond to day and night independently from brain, studies show Irvine, Calif., May 30, 2019 - Can your...
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