Health
Old drugs, new tricks: Medications approved for other uses also have…
IMAGE: University of Illinois chemists found that a number of drugs approved to treat various conditions also have antibiotic properties....
Researchers describe ultrasensitive detection of protein linked to multiple autoimmune…
Credit: Rodero et al., 2017 Researchers in France have developed a new method that will allow doctors to detect minute...
Snake bit? UCI chemists figure out how to easily and cheaply halt…
Credit: Steve Zylius / UCI Irvine, Calif., March 7, 2017 – Chemists at the University of California, Irvine have developed...
Care received at end of life varies drastically by state
Credit: Pat Duty People with serious illness or frailty in Oregon are more likely to have their end-of-life care wishes...
A method to measure diagnostic errors could be key to preventing disability and death from…
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine In an effort to reduce patient misdiagnoses and associated poor patient outcomes from lack of prompt...
Researchers use fruit flies to understand how body responds to…
Credit: Atit A. Patel and Daniel N. Cox of Georgia State University ATLANTA-The tiny fruit fly can help humans investigate...
Study overturns seminal research about the developing nervous system
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/Neuron FINDINGS New research by scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of...
Aspirin-like pain reliever diflunisal blocks hearing protein
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University A Rice University study has found that the aspirin-like drug diflunisal blocks the action of prestin,...
Newport Hospital’s rehab program wins third consecutive Press Ganey Guardian of…
Credit: Lifespan NEWPORT, R.I. – Newport Hospital has again been named a Guardian of Excellence Award recipient by Press Ganey...
UIC to continue study of risky behavior by sexual-minority women
Credit: UIC College of Nursing The University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing has received a $3.25 million federal...
Nerve cells warn brain of damage to the inner ear
Some nerve cells in the inner ear can signal tissue damage in a way similar to pain-sensing nerve cells in...
UT Southwestern researchers identify new mechanism of tuberculosis infection
DALLAS – July 21 2016 – Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a new way that tuberculosis bacteria...
Ammonia’s role in cardiovascular health tracked in mice, human cells
Credit: Justin Kelley, MU Health Coronary artery disease is caused by plaque buildup in the vessels that deliver blood to...
A global early warning system for infectious diseases
In the recent issue of EMBO reports, Barbara Han of the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and John Drake of...
Dental implants frequently lead to complications
Almost 8 percent of patients experience loss of at least one implant within ten years. Even more develop peri-implantitis. Patients...
UTA, UT Southwestern findings challenge current approach to Glut1…
Credit: UTA Researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have discovered...
For kids prone to wheezing with respiratory infections, early…
Respiratory infections are common in preschoolers, but while most children recover fairly easily from the typical coughs and congestion, a...
The Mindlessly slim
IMAGE: This infographic illustrates registry responses from 147 healthy weight adults including those who did not maintain strict diets. Credit:...
Strain differences in Zika infection gene patterns
Scientists have revealed molecular differences between how the African and Asian strains of Zika virus infect neural progenitor cells. The...
Chronic inflammation plays critical role in sustained delivery of new MD therapy
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON — Macrophages, a type of white blood cell involved in inflammation, readily take up...
