Health
Global risk of Madagascar’s pneumonic plague epidemic is limited
Credit: Tsuzuki S., et al., Eurosurveillance, Nov. 16, 2017 Mathematical models have proven the risk of the on-going pneumonic plague...
What role can schools play in preventing and responding to teen dating violence?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 12, 2017-A nationwide study of school principals has shown that...
TB/HIV co-infections up 40 percent across Europe over the last five…
Credit: ECDC New data released today by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the WHO Regional...
Mouse models of Zika in pregnancy show how fetuses become infected
Two mouse models of Zika virus infection in pregnancy have been developed by a team of researchers at Washington University...
Leading medical societies, health systems collaborate to improve…
Shelley Lyford, president and CEO of the Gary and Mary West Health Institute Four national medical societies and nine leading...
Queen’s researchers make breakthrough discovery in fight against bowel cancer
Credit: Queen's University Belfast New research led by Queen's University Belfast has discovered how a genomic approach to understanding bowel...
Gonorrhoea strains across Europe becoming more susceptible to main…
Credit: ECDC According to test results from the annual European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP), resistance levels to the main...
Weak grip a strong predictor of metabolic disease and disability in…
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Mich. – A simple test to determine a person's grip strength may be a predictor...
Parkinson’s disease and prion diseases: Discovery of a molecular…
Credit: Denis Scaini Parkinson's disease and prion diseases are very different from each other as regards both origins and course....
Toward a better definition for acute kidney injury in newborns
Credit: Children's National Health System Each year, thousands of infants in the United States end up in neonatal intensive care...
Study may explain why people with type O blood more likely to die of…
People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research...
Pet exposure may reduce allergy and obesity
Credit: University of Alberta If you need a reason to become a dog lover, how about their ability to help...
Pilot study shows that neurofeedback may help treatment-resistant depression
A small pilot study has indicated that neurofeedback – where patients concentrate on modifying their own brainwave patterns – has...
IU and Regenstrief studying decreasing dementia after delirium for…
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are developing...
Impact of overtraining on the heart to be discussed at cardiovascular…
Sophia Antipolis April 26,2017. The impact of overtraining on the heart is set to be discussed at Europe's leading cardiovascular...
Readily available drug cocktail can help prevent sepsis shock and…
Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 – Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income...
Cancer’s gene-determined ‘immune landscape’ dictates progression of…
Credit: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health BOSTON – The field of immunotherapy – the harnessing of patients' own...
Researchers report first known case of CTE in patient with no known head trauma
Credit: UHN Toronto – Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital's Canadian Concussion Centre (CCC) have discovered the presence of chronic traumatic...
Study: Negative body image, not depression, increases adolescent obesity risk
HOUSTON – (Nov. 6, 2015) – Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether youth have...
Could this protein protect people against coronary artery disease?
Credit: Schisler lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC – The buildup of plaque in the heart's arteries is...
