Health
Scientists reveal how gut microbes ‘recover’ after antibiotic treatment
New insight on how antibiotics affect the gut microbiome - the community of microbes that live inside us - has...
UA receives $1.6m grant to examine the healing potential of curcumin for acute lung injury
Credit: UA College of Nursing People with a high dependence on alcohol at risk of developing serious - and sometimes...
Palm oil: The carbon cost of deforestation
(Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) Palm oil has become part of our daily lives, but a recent study by EPFL...
Are you sticking to your diet? Scientists may be able to tell from a blood sample
An analysis of small molecules called "metabolites" in a blood sample may be used to determine whether a person is...
Floppy eyelids may be sign of sleep apnea, Loyola study finds
MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola Medicine study is providing further evidence that floppy eyelids may be a sign of sleep...
Methadone and buprenorphine reduce risk of death after opioid overdose
(NIH/National Institute on Drug Abuse) A National Institutes of Health-funded study found that treatment of opioid use disorder with either...
Cell type and environment influence protein turnover in the brain
Scientists have revealed that protein molecules in the brain are broken down and replaced at different rates, depending on where...
Long-term estrogen therapy changes microbial activity in the gut, study finds
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Long-term therapy with estrogen and bazedoxifene alters the microbial composition and...
Mendelsohn shares Tang Prize for leadership in developing targeted therapy
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Targeted cancer therapy pioneer John Mendelsohn, M.D., researcher and former president of...
New Wilmar-NUS joint lab to drive innovation in food-tech and sustainable biochemicals
Asia's leading agribusiness group Wilmar International Limited (Wilmar) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) have established a new joint...
Absence epilepsy — When the brain is like ‘an orchestra without a conductor’
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine At first, the teacher described her six-year-old student as absentminded, a daydreamer. The boy was...
New immunotherapy trial for children with central nervous system tumors opens
Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE - June 19, 2018 - Seattle Children's has opened a pioneering chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell...
Hypnosis may help reduce fear of cancer treatment in children
Hypnosis could help to reduce the fear of medical procedures in children and young people with cancer. New research led...
FSU study finds religious involvement does little to prevent opioid abuse
Credit: FSU Photo/Bill Lax Does going to church help people avoid struggles with opioid abuse? New research from Florida State...
Michelson Prize awards $450k to young scientists advancing immunology and vaccine research
NEW YORK, June 19, 2018 - High risk, high reward scientific advancements require long-term flexible funding with a clear focus...
EU-LIFE urges the EU Parliament and Council to push for a strong Horizon Europe
Credit: EU-LIFE EU-LIFE, the alliance of 13 leading life science research institutes in Europe announced its reaction to the European...
Loyola Medicine physician Susan Hou, MD, receives award in humanities and medical ethics
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine kidney specialist Susan Hou, MD, who co-founded a clinic that provides free medical care to...
Deep-sea marine sponges may hold key to antibiotic drug resistance
Credit: FAU's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute Drug resistance to antibiotics is on the rise and there is an urgent need...
World’s first intra-operative MRI-guided robot for bilateral stereotactic neurosurgery
Credit: @The University of Hong Kong Stereotactic neurosurgery is one of the treatment to a variety of movement and neuropsychiatric...
Can evolution explain why the young are often more susceptible than adults to infection?
In many species, including humans, the young are often more susceptible to infection than adults, even after accounting for prior...
