Health
Leopard meals: Females go for diversity
Credit: Leibniz-IZW/Miha Krofel Leopards, top predators of the African savannah, are known to feed on a variety of prey species....
New biomarker identified for early diagnosis of lung cancer
Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, May 8, 2018 - High levels of cytoskeleton-associated protein 4 (CKAP4) have been...
Majority of the population trusts state structures in consumer health protection
In the latest issue, it can be seen that people are becoming more and more aware of glyphosate, the active...
The role of cannabis in the opioid crisis is focus of new expert roundtable discussion
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 8, 2018--A multidisciplinary panel of experts discussed how medicinal cannabis...
Blocking the molecular source of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is one of the most challenging and frustrating diseases that pulmonologists face....
Uterine cancer survivors are more likely to have cardiovascular problems
A new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicates that survivors of uterine cancer are more likely...
Climate change: Fake news?
Credit: World Scientific If you follow either traditional news sources or social media, you would have heard strikingly different assertions...
New research: Some gut bacteria may protect against intestinal infection
Scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have for the first time found evidence that the presence of...
Texas A&M study links breast cancer to the body’s internal clock
Credit: Dr. Cole McQueen, Texas A&M University For years, doctors have associated the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations with an...
Scientists train spider to jump on demand to discover secrets of animal movement
Credit: Video edited and produced by Girupakaran Sivalingam, Bill Crowther and Mostafa Nabawy. Sound design by Conor Marsh. Music: The...
Financial strain has major impact on patients’ health care decisions
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 8, 2018 - Financial strain is the single most important factor in making health...
Massachussetts Public Health Department, UMass Amherst lab receives CDC funds for tick testing
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that warns...
Does HPV vaccination prevent the development of cervical cancer?
New evidence published today in the Cochrane Library shows that human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines protect against cervical lesions in...
Malaria parasite accumulates undetected in bone marrow
Washington, DC - May 8, 2018 - A Plasmodium vivax infection is like an iceberg: It's dangerous, in part, because...
New fertility treatment for men and women being developed at Ben-gurion U
NEW YORK, May 8, 2018 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers are developing a new, single-dose treatment which...
Telehealth symposium at Lehigh University to shed light on federal, state initiatives
Lehigh University presents its 2018 Healthcare Systems Engineering Symposium on May 24, 2018 featuring federal initiatives, state policy and current...
Huntsman Cancer Institute opens Center for HOPE
SALT LAKE CITY - Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) today announced the opening...
Prolonged exposure to air pollution leads to genetic changes in rat brains, study finds
LOS ANGELES -- May 8, 2018 -- Prolonged exposure to particulate matter in air pollution in the Los Angeles Basin...
Despite mutations in makona Ebola virus, disease consistent in mice, monkeys
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Early during the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa, scientists speculated that the genetic diversity of the...
MRI ‘glove’ provides new look at hand anatomy
Credit: Nature Biomedical Engineering; Bei Zhang, Martijn Cloos, Daniel Sodickson A new kind of MRI component in the shape of...
