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Antidepressants may increase risk of death by 20 percent for those with progressive lung disease
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 26, 2018 - Antidepressant use in people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is...
Usutu: An African virus under surveillance in Europe
Credit: © F. Thiaucourt, CIRAD In an article to be published in the journal Médecine/Sciences , researchers from INSERM, CIRAD,...
Killer immune cells that halt malaria could hold key to new vaccines
Credit: Gunjan Arora and Javier Manzella-Lapeira Scientists have revealed that immune cells called natural killer (NK) cells may play a...
New imaging technique to use bioinspired camera to study tendon, ligament damage
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Tommy John surgery, or reconstruction of the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) in the elbow,...
New study links poor sleep quality to atrial fibrillation
Philadelphia, June 26, 2018 - Poor sleep quality appears to be an important risk factor for atrial fibrillation, report scientists...
Study finds significant proportion of older adults are deficient in vitamin B12 and folate
A new study by researchers from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA) at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, has shown...
Inflammation discovery opens window to better rehabilitation possibilities
Credit: Brain: A Journal of Neurology (Oxford Academic) Inflammation plays a key role in improving the ability to relearn motor...
Carbohydrates shape the profile of gut metabolites in piglet model of NEC
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The risk of preterm infants developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is higher when they are fed...
Marshall School of Medicine research team defines possible anti-aging intervention
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- New research from a team at the Marshall...
Timings and behaviour influence worm’s response to force
How worms respond to signals such as taps or touches depends on details of the signal, including whether it increases...
José Biller, M.D., is co-editor of new textbook on uncommon causes of stroke
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine neurologist José Biller, MD, is co-editor of an authoritative new textbook on uncommon causes of...
Historic growth in impact factors for Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. journals
New Rochelle, NY, June 26, 2018-- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces significant growth in the impact factors of its...
Cleveland clinic- led study shows leadless pacemaker patients experience less complications
June 26, 2018, CLEVELAND: Patients receiving leadless pacemakers experience overall fewer short-term and mid-term complications than those receiving traditional transvenous...
Tragic death of baby highlights need for vitamin D public health policy change
Credit: University of Birmingham UK vitamin D supplementation policy needs to change to protect the health and lives of babies,...
In women, even mild sleep problems may raise blood pressure
New York, NY (June 26, 2018)--It is well known that chronic sleep deprivation can affect cardiovascular health. But according to...
SNMMI image of the year: PSMA PET imaging of theranostic for advanced prostate cancer
Credit: Michael Hofman, John Violet, Shahneen Sandhu, Justin Ferdinandus, Amir Iravani, Grace Kong, Aravind Ravi Kumar, Tim Akhurst, Sue Ping...
Serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Matias, Lottem et al./CCU An international team from the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown (CCU), in Portugal, and the...
In search of biomarkers to detect patients with latent ‘Plasmodium vivax’ infection
Credit: M. Gualdrón-López Proteins derived from the latent liver stage of Plasmodium vivax can be detected in small extracellular vesicles...
Immune cells that create and sustain chronic inflammatory bowel disease identified
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - In preclinical experiments, Laurie Harrington, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Alabama at Birmingham...
Portland State scientist awarded $700,000 NSF grant to study biological decision-making
Portland State University biologist Deborah Lutterschmidt won a $700,000 continuation grant from the National Science Foundation to study an essential...
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