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Team establishes first diagnostic criteria for idiopathic multicentric castleman disease
Credit: David Fajgenbaum, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – More than six decades after Castleman disease...
Eldercare Workforce Alliance recognizes Rep. Jan Schakowsky for policy leadership
Credit: (C) 2017, Eldercare Workforce Alliance The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) today recognized Rep. Jan Schakowsky with its Award of...
Fructose consumption linked to the increase of liver disease among…
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 14, 2017 – Recent research suggests that dietary fructose intake may increase...
Teaching life a new trick: Bacteria make boron-carbon bonds
Credit: David Chen and Yan Liang (BeautyOfScience.com) for Caltech In another feat of bioengineering, Caltech's Frances Arnold, the Linus Pauling...
Ancient medicinal clay shows promise against today’s worst…
IMAGE: UBC researchers Julian Davies and Shekooh Behroozian with a bucket of the clay. Credit: University of British Columbia. Naturally...
NIH begins study of vaccine to protect against mosquito-borne diseases
Credit: NIAID The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has...
Drugs with multiple targets show promise against myotonic dystrophy…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Efforts to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1, the most common form of muscular dystrophy, are in their...
Eating the placenta after childbirth — researchers explore perceptions of health…
The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine () is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published online with open access options and...
Test holds potential to diagnose myriad conditions with drop of blood
PITTSBURGH, June 9, 2016 – Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a unique method for detecting antibodies in...
Doubling vegetable consumption in schools with a lower-cost gaming approach
breaks new ground as the first journal to address this emerging and increasingly important area of health care. The Journal...
Human intrusion on fruit bat habitats raises exposure risk to Hendra…
Credit: James Nilson Reported today in Scientific Reports by researchers from the University of Sydney, University of Melbourne and State...
UVA, Virginia Tech seek ways to assist drivers with autism
Credit: Jackson Smith | UVA Health System The University of Virginia Health System is teaming up with the Virginia Tech...
Planting a park on the Cross-Bronx expressway would save money and lives
Credit: Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health Researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health explored the cost-effectiveness...
Study highlights importance of preventing weight gain in adults to…
Credit: Ian Farrell A study of over 33,000 people, published today in the journal BMC Public Health, indicates that public...
HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis…
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a...
Advancing cancer immunotherapy with computer simulations and data…
Credit: NIAID The body has a natural way of fighting cancer – it's called the immune system, and it is...
Long-term gains with early epilepsy surgery
Credit: Photo: Cecilia Hedström There are important, long-term gains from hastening the processes around surgical interventions against epilepsy – before...
Healthy diet could decrease gestational diabetes risk for South Asian…
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Aug. 10, 2017) – South Asian women in Ontario are at high risk for gestational...
ECDC study: Nearly 1 in 6 new HIV diagnoses in Europe are among people…
Credit: ECDC/The Lancet HIV A study published in The Lancet HIV showed that while the rate of newly reported HIV...
Exploring current state of knowledge about mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson’s…
The current issue of Neurodegenerative Disease Management explores evolving viewpoints on the role of mild cognitive impairment in Parkinson's Disease...
