Health
Thanks to $1.72M federal grant: UA researchers using green light for HIV-related pain
Credit: Photo: Bob Demers/UANews After proving surprisingly beneficial in human clinical trials at the University of Arizona for the treatment...
Does weight loss before surgery provide benefits?
For obese and overweight patients, it is common for various surgical procedures to be deferred until they have lost weight...
Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., receives prestigious Medal of Honor from American Cancer Society
Credit: Cleveland Clinic October 17, 2018, Cleveland: Charis Eng, M.D., Ph.D., chair of Cleveland Clinic's Genomic Medicine Institute, is receiving...
UC researchers recommend universal screening to tackle rise in Hepatitis C
Credit: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine Physicians are encountering a growing number of younger patients who are testing positive...
Study examines factors linked with opioid misuse among university students
In a survey-based study of 9,449 university students at a large, public Midwestern university, misusers of prescription opioid medications were...
UC researcher fighting breast cancer with light therapy
Credit: Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati When treatment is working for a patient who is fighting cancer, the light at the...
Researchers propose conceptual framework to study role of exercise in multiple sclerosis
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. October 17, 2018. Researchers have proposed a conceptual framework for examining the relationship between...
Novel antidepressant may improve sleep in patients with depression
In a study of 15 patients affected by major depressive disorder and complaining of insomnia, initiating treatment with vortioxetine for...
Making treasuries of data usable for medicine
Credit: (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT) Investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases give rise to big data volumes. Their systematic analysis...
How does brain structure influence performance on language tasks?
Credit: Bansal et al., PLOS Computational Biology, October 2018, available under CC BY license, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The architecture...
Childhood abuse linked to increased arthritis risk in adulthood
In a survey-based study of 21,889 adults in Canada, severe and/or frequent physical abuse during childhood and frequent childhood exposure...
Five distinguished individuals to be honored with highest American Cancer Society Award
Credit: American Cancer Society ATLANTA - October 17, 2018 - The American Cancer Society will bestow its highest honor -...
HIV/AIDS training center at UIC receives $4.4 million in new federal funding
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine The Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) at the University of Illinois at Chicago has received...
African-American men’s health disparities: Research, practice, and policy implications
Ann Arbor, October 17, 2018 - The burden of risk factors for chronic disease is substantially higher in black men...
Probiotics and antibiotics create a killer combination
Researchers showed that by delivering a combination of antibiotic drugs and probiotics, they could eradicate two strains of drug-resistant bacteria...
Drivers of inflammation provide valuable targets for new gum disease therapies
T cells help fight off infection, but they can go overboard. A new study led by researchers at the University...
The impact of microplastics on the environment unclear, study suggests
Scientists say there is not yet enough evidence to conclude that microplastics do or do not cause harm to the...
Just the right dose: antiepileptic drug clearance changes during pregnancy
During pregnancy, the numerous physiological changes a woman's body undergoes can alter the way medications are metabolized, the rate at...
Researchers identify new approach for controlling dengue fever and Zika virus
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Mosquitoes are the world's deadliest animals, killing thousands of people and causing...
Russian scientists receive grants for new research projects in natural sciences
Credit: Stepan Likhachev The employees of the Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Dmitry Zaitsev and Dmitry Tsvetkov and a...
