Health
Diabetes risk higher among LGBQ teens than heterosexual teens, study finds
Credit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Lesbian, gay, bisexual and questioning youth are more likely to develop Type 2 diabetes, be...
Past experiences shape what we see more than what we are looking at now
Credit: NYU School of Medicine A rope coiled on dusty trail may trigger a frightened jump by hiker who recently...
Long-term study of a boy’s lobectomy offers rare glimpse of plasticity in action
The boy suffered his first epileptic seizure at age four. Doctors tried medication and other treatments to control the seizures--the...
Study: UVA heart failure program improves survival, reduces costs
Credit: UVA Health System A University of Virginia Health System program that provides follow-up care for heart failure patients after...
Microbes in the Hong Kong subway system mix together by evening rush hour
Credit: Gianni Panagiotou Every day, the hundred-mile-long Hong Kong subway system serves nearly five million people commuting from as far...
Scientists discover potential therapy for human copper metabolism disorders
COLLEGE STATION - Individuals with defects in copper metabolism may soon have more targeted treatment options thanks to a discovery...
Predicting heart attack, stroke risk just got easier
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 30, 2018 - A team of researchers led by cardiologists at UT Southwestern Medical...
Survey of Sexual Medicine Society members reveals only half ask for patients’ sexual orientation
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say their small survey of nearly 100 health care practitioners who are members of the Sexual...
Mapping of magnetic particles in the human brain
Many living organisms, such as migratory birds, are thought to possess a magnetotactic sense, which enables them to respond to...
Heat therapy boosts mitochondrial function in muscles
Rockville, Md. (July 31, 2018)--A new study finds that long-term heat therapy may increase mitochondrial function in the muscles. The...
Wolters Kluwer and the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care announce publishing partnership
July 31, 2018 - Wolters Kluwer Health announced today it will begin publishing The Journal of the Association of Nurses...
Therapy for Rare Cancers receives FDA approval following trials at Penn’s Abramson Cancer
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first ever non-surgical treatment for...
The tipping point: Service sector employees are more susceptible to mental health issues
Credit: OHSU/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Approximately 102 million Americans work in the service industry, according to the Pew Research Center, filling critical...
ESC Congress 2018 — Hot Science tips from the programme chairperson
Covering a wide range of topics, from nutrition to late breaking clinical trials that will change practice, ESC Congress 2018...
CHOP nurse-researcher presents the Spatz 10-Step System as national model for breastfeeding
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Mothers of critically ill infants may not receive necessary breastfeeding support, because their babies may...
New cell lines produce NIST monoclonal antibody for improved biologic drugs
Credit: ©EnCor Biotechnology Inc. When the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued the world's first standardized monoclonal antibody...
Scientists uncover new facts concerning working memory in children
Researchers from the Higher School of Economics conducted a meta-analysis by compiling data across 17 neuroimaging studies on working memory...
Penn cardiovascular disease and translational medicine expert elected to Italian Academy of Science
PHILADELPHIA--Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS, a professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational Therapeutics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the...
Blood samples used to investigate adaptive repair mechanisms of transplanted kidneys
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - July 31, 2018 - Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have shown that gene expression analysis...
Turning off protein could boost immunotherapy effectiveness on cancer tumors
Credit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Researchers at the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy in the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer...
