Health
Contaminants in food: Identifying and assessing risks as early as possible
Dioxins, mineral oils, perfluorinated substances - people do not only obtain important nutrients with their food. They also ingest undesirable...
USPSTF recommendation regarding behavioral counseling for cardiovascular disease prevention
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care professionals individualize the decision to offer or refer adults...
Caregiving needs increase as older adults approach the end of life
Dying adults in the United States have 2.5 people assisting them, on average, according to a new study. Yet those...
Prosthetic knee type may determine cost of care for amputees
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- In a new study published in Prosthetics and Orthotics International, Mayo Clinic researchers describe the direct medical...
Tulane University awarded $12 million to create Lassa vaccine and treatment
Credit: (Photo by Paula Burch-Celentano) The National Institutes of Health has awarded Tulane University more than $12 million to test...
Risk-reducing mastectomy questioned for BRCA mutation carriers with prior ovarian cancer
Mutations in the BRCA gene correspond to a higher lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, and many women...
Systems Medicine, a groundbreaking new open access journal launching in 2018
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017--Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of...
Immune system may keep body from neutralizing HIV-1 virus
AURORA, Colo. (June 11, 2017) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that a process...
Imaging reveals how well PTSD patients will respond to psychotherapy, researchers find
A pair of studies led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine demonstrates that scientists can predict, with...
NRL scientists find high prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Kenya
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Lt. Cmdr. Michael Prouty-NAMRU-2 (Released) WASHINGTON - Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant global...
Researchers at UIC identify master molecule behind corneal inflammation
One of the symptoms of herpes simplex virus-1 infection of the eye is lingering inflammation of the cornea - the...
Clean water that’s ‘just right’ with Sandia sensor solution
Credit: (Image courtesy Sandia National Laboratories) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Water utilities have a Goldilocks problem: If they don't add enough...
PAINS-killer: UNC study finds serious issues with popular drug screening tool
A widely used screening tool deployed in the early phases of drug discovery to weed out undesirable compounds is wrong...
Faster diagnosis of inherited and lethal nerve disease could advance search for new treatments
Credit: Michael Polydefkis Johns Hopkins physicians report success in a small study of a modified skin biopsy that hastens the...
Highlights for the 2017 American Chemical Society fall national meeting
WASHINGTON, July 11, 2017 -- Journalists registering for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') 254th National Meeting & Exposition will have...
Experimental ‘enhancer’ drug may boost conventional therapies for deadly pediatric brain cancers
Credit: Eric Raabe Laboratory studies suggest that an experimental drug already in early clinical trials for a variety of adult...
Opioid tapering may improve outcomes for chronic pain sufferers
1. Opioid tapering may improve outcomes for chronic pain sufferers Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-0598 Editorial: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M17-1402 URLs go..
DOD award to Wayne State will study genetic factors impacting type 2 diabetes in obesity
DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher has received an 18-month, $308,000 Discovery Award from the Department of Defense for...
Preclinical results support entinostat’s role in targeting the tumor microenvironment
WALTHAM, Mass., PHILADELPHIA and INDIANAPOLIS, July 11 2017 - Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Syndax," the "Company" or "we") (Nasdaq:SNDX), a clinical...
The fork in the road to DNA repair
Credit: Osaka University The human body consists of trillions of cells, and within each are billions of DNA molecules. Strict...
