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Treating Lyme disease: When do symptoms resolve in children?
Credit: Children's National Health System For many Americans, the warmer weather of summer means more time spent outside: More gardening...
Anti-epilepsy drug restores normal brain activity in mild Alzheimer’s disease
BOSTON - In the last decade, mounting evidence has linked seizure-like activity in the brain to some of the cognitive...
Patient race & gender are important in predicting heart attack in the emergency department
WASHINGTON (June 23, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) found that certain symptoms are more and less...
More breast cancers were diagnosed at early stage after Affordable Care Act took effect
MAYWOOD, IL - A Loyola University Chicago study published this month has found an increase in the percentage of breast...
Senate health reform proposal jeopardizes care for us all as we age, AGS experts
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) opposes the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017 (BCRA)....
Fungal toxins easily become airborne, creating potential indoor health risk
Washington, DC - June 23, 2017 - Toxins produced by three different species of fungus growing indoors on wallpaper may...
Leisure activities lower blood pressure in Alzheimer’s caregivers
June 23, 2017 - Going for a walk outside, reading, listening to music -- these and other enjoyable activities can...
Does the emperor have clothes?
Discovered more than two decades ago, the hormone leptin has been widely hailed as the key regulator of leanness. Yet,...
Cloud formation, infection research, ubiquitin code
FRANKFURT. The European Union is funding three new projects - Innovative Training Networks (ITN) within the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Programme -...
Kopchicks give $10.5 million gift to MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School for fellows
Credit: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth HOUSTON - (June 23, 2017) ¬- Just as he has changed the lives of people suffering...
Special issue of Future Medicinal Chemistry explores advances in neurodegenerative disease therapy
Future Medicinal Chemistry, a leading MEDLINE indexed journal for medicinal chemists, has published two Special Focus issues on Medicinal Chemistry...
Genes, ozone, and autism
Credit: Penn State University University Park, PA -- A new analysis shows that individuals with high levels of genetic variation...
MRI without contrast agents? Yes, with sugar!
In magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), contrast agents are used to enhance the imaging of tissue structures. While they enhance signals...
Bird’s eye perspective
Humans belong to a select club of species that enjoy crisp color vision in daylight, thanks to a small spot...
ESC Congress 2017 — Press schedule
Sophia Antipolis, 23 June 2016: The press schedule for ESC Congress 2017 is announced today. Journalists are invited to attend...
Rheumatology leaders applaud re-introduction of Patients’ Access to Treatment Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The American College of Rheumatology (ACR) today applauded the leadership of Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) and Rep....
A unique amino acid for brain cancer therapy
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Photodynamic therapy is often used to treat brain tumors because...
Targeted drug shows promise in rare advanced kidney cancer
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer institute BOSTON -- Some patients with a form of advanced kidney cancer that carries a poor prognosis...
Is it okay for children to count on their fingers?
Is it OK for children to count on their fingers? Generations of pupils have been discouraged by their teachers from...
Immunotherapy kinder than chemotherapy for patients with head and neck cancer
The immunotherapy nivolumab is kinder than chemotherapy for people with advanced head and neck cancer - easing many of the...
