Health
Mefloquine effectively prevents malaria during pregnancy but is not well tolerated
Credit: Andalu Vila San Juan Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to malaria infections, which can have severe consequences on their...
Nicotine-imbibing teenage rats show an increased risk for drinking alcohol as adults
Credit: John Dani, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Cell Reports PHILADELPHIA - Rats that were dosed with nicotine...
Parents struggle to discuss sex with LGBTQ teens
'My challenge is I have no idea what sex is really like for men, especially for gay men' Parents don't...
Updated ASTRO guideline for palliative lung RT recommends concurrent chemo for some stage III pts
ARLINGTON, Va., April 4, 2018 - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued an update to its clinical...
Lighting the way to targeted therapies and fewer side effects
Side effects from drugs working in non-target locations within the body can cause debilitating symptoms, often resulting in patients stopping...
Treating vision loss
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) affects more than 1.75 million individuals in the United States. Because the population is aging, that...
Mutation of worm gene, swip-10, triggers age-dependent death of dopamine neurons
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Dopamine, a signaling chemical in the brain, has the lofty job of controlling emotions, moods, movements...
Connecting hearing helper molecules to the ear bone
Hearing loss is a common affliction associated with advancing age and exposure to very loud noises, affecting two-thirds of adults...
UTHealth finds unprecedented psychological distress months after Harvey
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth HOUSTON - (April 4, 2018) - Four months after Hurricane Harvey soaked the Houston area and...
Relaxation response may reduce blood pressure by altering expression of a set of genes
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - High blood pressure -- or hypertension -- is a major risk factor...
In promoting vaccination, behavioral strategies more effective than persuasion
Faced with outbreaks of influenza and other vaccine-preventable diseases, parents, educators, healthcare providers, and policymakers around the world often want...
Scoliosis surgery in children with cerebral palsy — quality of life benefits outweigh risks
April 4, 2018 - For children with severe cerebral palsy (CP), surgery for scoliosis (sideways curvature of the spine) significantly...
TrueBrainConnect: Predicting brain disorders
(Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin) Hosted by Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the TrueBrainConnect project aims to systematically study connections between different areas...
Expanding support for Ethiopia’s malaria control efforts
April 4, 2018 -- After nearly a decade of providing critical support to Ethiopia in its ongoing efforts to combat...
Robotics takes mass spec to the third dimension for forensics, pharma applications
Credit: American Chemical Society Within the past decade, many advancements have been made in the 3-D market from printing to...
An international study is the first large survey on epilepsy
An international research consortium used neuroimaging techniques to analyze the brains of more than 3,800 volunteers in different countries. The...
Street dogs to benefit from app that keeps canine health on track
Improved care for street dogs is the goal of a new smartphone app devised by an international team of animal...
Nanoparticles may cause DNA damage to brain cells across a cellular barrier
New research by scientists shows that when cellular barriers are exposed to metal nanoparticles, cellular messengers are released that may...
Study: Get moving to get happier
ANN ARBOR---Physical activity has long been known to reduce depression and anxiety, and is commonly prescribed to prevent or cure...
Diabetes awareness ‘major concern’ for UK Asians
South Asians living in the UK feel cut off and excluded from education or self-help programmes, preventing them from managing...
