Health
Partnering with the community to advance health care quality for immigrant children
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO–The grade school student has been a patient for a while, but during a routine...
Nanosensor that lights up cancer to be tested in surgeries
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Jan. 24, 2018 – UT Southwestern Simmons Cancer Center scientists next month will...
How hooded seals are transferring contaminants to their pups
Credit: Kit Kovacs at the Norwegian Polar Institute PENSACOLA, Fla. – Environmental contaminants such as perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) can be...
Potential heart disorder cause, treatment identified
IMAGE: Lynne O'Sullivan (back to camera) and Glen Pyle conduct a cardiology exam on Roxy. Doberman pinschers are prone to...
Out of sight and out of mind, sewage can actually tell us a lot about health
Photo: Casey Atkins The maxim “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure” certainly describes the work of Mariana G. Matus:...
Malaria parasite packs genetic material for trip from mosquitoes to humans
Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The parasite that causes malaria has not one, but two, specialized proteins that...
Sanford neurosurgeon’s pediatric stroke case published in…
Credit: Sanford Health FARGO, N.D. – A 9-day-old baby who suffered a normally fatal stroke was saved after a Sanford...
What does congenital Zika syndrome look like?
Credit: Courtesy image Even as the Zika virus becomes more prevalent — the Centers for Disease Control reports that the...
TB/HIV co-infections up 40 percent across Europe over the last five years
Credit: ECDC New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional...
Sausages with antioxidants from berries to prevent cancer
An EU-funded research project is to make sausages, patties and other meat products healthier in the future. Researchers at Lund...
Treating depression w/ software: Tech from Mount Sinai steps into the…
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Art courses could help medical students become better clinical observers
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA — Observation skills are an essential component of any medical education, aiding doctors during patient exams...
Aviragen Therapeutics licenses Georgia State Technology to develop antiviral therapies
ATLANTA–The Georgia State University Research Foundation (GSURF) has entered into a licensing and sponsored research agreement with Aviragen Therapeutics, Inc.,...
What role can schools play in preventing and responding to teen dating…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2017-A nationwide study of school principals has shown that...
Chances to treat childhood dementia
Credit: (Picture: Janos Groh) Childhood dementia is an inherited disorder that affects the metabolism of the brain. Initial symptoms include...
New study finds that lymph node removal isn’t necessary for all melanoma patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Many patients with melanoma need a sentinel-lymph-node biopsy to determine if cancer cells have spread there,...
COPD, asthma now can be studied outside the body
A research team at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University leveraged its organ-on-a-chip technology to develop...
Is the finger-stick blood test necessary for type 2 diabetes…
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga, UNC Health Care Chapel Hill, NC – In a landmark study, UNC School of Medicine researchers have...
IU study finds slight shift in attitudes toward bisexuals, from negative to neutral
Credit: Indiana University Bloomington While positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians have increased over recent decades, a new study...
Investigators may unlock mystery of how staph cells dodge the…
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) LOS ANGELES (Sept. 21, 2017) — For years, medical investigators have...
