Health

Credit: Virginia Tech The integrated Translational Health Research Institute of Virginia (iTHRIV) has been awarded a five-year grant of nearly...

Why you lose hearing for a while after listening to loud sounds

Credit: Thor Balkhed/LiU When we listen to loud sounds, our hearing may become impaired for a short time. Researchers at...

$3 million NIH grant to study APOL1 and HIV synergy

Credit: Children's National Two Children's researchers have received a $3 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH)...

Sewage reveals levels of antimicrobial resistance worldwide

Credit: Frank Aarestrup A comprehensive analysis of sewage collected in 74 cities in 60 countries has yielded the first, comparable...

TB medicine pretomanid enters regulatory review process in the United States

NEW YORK, NY (March 8, 2019)--TB Alliance's new drug application (NDA) for the novel tuberculosis (TB) drug candidate pretomanid has...

Researchers report high rate of viral suppression among people new to HIV care

NIH-funded study reflects advances in HIV care, but gaps remain Eighty-six percent of individuals who entered HIV care soon after...

How the global gag rule stifles free speech

During his first week in office, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order known as the Expanded Global Gag...

ENDO 2019 news conferences to feature breakthroughs in diabetes, reproductive health, aging

To register to view live webcasts, visit: endowebcasting.com WASHINGTON--Researchers will explore the link between unhealthy snack intake and screen time,...

Germ-fighting catheter coating may help prevent infections

Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University researchers have developed a new antibacterial coating for intravascular catheters that could...

Researchers find high blood pressure link

Early onset menstruation linked to high blood pressure in late adulthood, UGA study finds Athens, Ga. - The age a...

Pediatric onset multiple sclerosis study examines baffling, often-overlooked disease

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Seemingly overnight, healthy children develop mysterious, potentially disabling symptoms. When children...

Purdue researchers develop innovative, more cost-effective method to make drugs

Continuous manufacturing process can make generic lomustine, other productsCredit: (Purdue Research Foundation image/Oren Darling) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The Food...

Opioid misuse sending more older adults to emergency departments, study finds

Emergency department (ED) visits by people age 65 and older who were identified with opioid misuse and dependence more than...

SHANK3: the good, the bad and the hopeful

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Some neuropsychiatric conditions may boil down to how well brain cells communicate with each other....

50 is the new 40 for safe childbirth, according to Ben-Gurion U. researchers

NEW YORK ...March 7, 2019 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center researchers have determined...

Gay and lesbian spaces in the city becoming more diverse, not going away

Credit: Amin Ghaziani Gay and lesbian spaces in cities are dispersing and diversifying rather than disappearing, new University of British...

Changes are needed in teaching medical residents how to communicate patient handoffs

Trio of papers examines the complexity of handoffs and strategies to improve themCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- End-of-shift handoffs are...

Promising new drug shows potential to stop progression of sepsis

Pre-clinical trial of InnovoSep presented at RCSI Research Day 2019Credit: RCSI Thursday, 7 March 2019: Research into a new breakthrough...

New research on the role of connectomics in brain development