Health
Collateral harm: The impact of Ebola and related fears on…
WASHINGTON — The first known household survey examining the collateral harm to pregnancy services in areas affected by the West...
CRI scientists discover new bone-forming growth factor that reverses…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 13, 2016 – A team of scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute...
Preventing cardiovascular disease in women — one physician’s approach to…
IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold...
Women’s health has worsened while men’s health has improved, trends since 1990…
Credit: Umeå University/PLOS One Researchers at Umeå University and Region Norrbotten in Sweden have studied health trends among women and...
UNC/N.C. State spinout company raises $5.8M for ‘smart’…
Credit: UNC/ NCSU Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. CHAPEL HILL, NC – Technology invented in a laboratory in the UNC-NC State...
Zika virus may be linked to more eye problems in Brazilian babies with microcephaly
SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2016 – Researchers studying babies with a Zika virus-related birth defect say they have found...
Intermittent electrical brain stimulation improves memory
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 7, 2017) – Intermittent electrical stimulation of an area deep...
I get by with help from my friends: Maintaining immune cells in head…
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina In an article published September 22, 2016 in Frontiers in Immunology, researchers at the...
A cancer’s surprise origins, caught in action
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Research Society on Alcoholism grants Dr. Samuel W. French 2017…
Credit: LA BioMed LOS ANGELES – (April 3, 2017) – The Research Society on Alcoholism (RSA), an organization of researchers...
Yeast infection linked to mental illness
In a study prompted in part by suggestions from people with mental illness, Johns Hopkins researchers found that a history...
Food scientists are developing a low-cost tool for detecting bacteria in food, water
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Food scientist Lili He and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst report that...
New Wayne State research findings offers hope to people with…
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A novel psychological therapy that encourages addressing emotional experiences related to trauma,...
What is high lipoprotein(a), and should I be concerned?
Credit: McGill University Health Center Montreal, Feb. 22, 2017 – A team of researchers from the Research Institute of the...
New tool demonstrates high cost of lack of sleep in the workplace
BOSTON, MA – Sleep disorders and sleep deficiency are hidden costs that affect employers across America. Seventy percent of Americans...
Adult brains produce new cells in previously undiscovered area
A University of Queensland discovery may lead to new treatments for anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). UQ Queensland...
Need for enhanced nursing and post-acute transitional care models for rising obesity…
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 26, 2017) – Elderly, chronically ill people experience frequent changes in health status that require...
Study finds stigma regarding weight loss may be overblown
A qualitative study from North Carolina State University finds that most people who have lost a lot of weight don't...
Tracking movement of immune cells identifies key first steps in…
Credit: Yoshishige Miyabe, MD, PhD, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Using a novel approach for imaging...
