Health
Early therapeutic intervention for pre-RA patients significantly reduces risk of RA
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of a meta-analysis presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR)...
Protein network signals found to drive myeloid leukemias
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Researchers have uncovered how mutations in a protein network drive several high-risk leukemias, offering new...
Improved accuracy when testing cancer drugs
Credit: Portrait: Cecilia Hedström A method to more accurately test anti-cancer drugs has now been developed at the Sahlgrenska Academy,...
Continuing anti-TNF treatment with CZP for RA during pregnancy: No or negligible placental transfer
Madrid, Spain, 14 June 2017: The results of a pharmacokinetic study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology...
A surprising new link between inflammation and mental illness
Credit: Boston Children's Hospital Up to 75 percent of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus -- an incurable autoimmune disease commonly...
A new mutation in kidney disease
Credit: Yamamoto et al., Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation (2017), doi: 10.1093/ndt/gfx083 Medullary cystic kidney disease type 1 (MCKD1) is a rare...
Male infertility: Urogenital infection as a possible cause
COLOGNE. In couples who have not been able to have children, male infertility is the cause in at least half...
Statins may not be used for protection against Parkinson’s disease
Use of statins may speed up the onset of Parkinson's disease symptoms in people who are susceptible to the disease,...
Want to feel stronger and thinner? Get some exercise
Credit: UBC Okanagan Just one 30-minute bout of exercise makes women feel stronger and thinner, according to a new UBC...
Low complication rates after screening colonoscopy
COLOGNE. During colonoscopy screening for bowel cancer and in the four weeks after the procedure, the risk for complications to...
12th Annual Symposium of the Penn Center of Excellence in Environmental Toxicology
PHILADELPHIA - Several critical periods over a human life span - including before birth -- determine when individuals are the...
Study finds 1 in 5 hospitalized adults suffer side effects from prescribed antibiotics
A study examining the impact of antibiotics prescribed for nearly 1500 adult patients admitted to The Johns Hopkins Hospital found...
Indoor tanning still accessible to young people — despite bans
facilities Despite legislation prohibiting the use of ultraviolet (UV) indoor tanning facilities by minors, one in every five tanning salons...
Drug design strategy boosts the odds against resistance development
Credit: Courtesy of Eugene Shakhnovich A new rational drug design technique that uses a powerful computer algorithm to identify molecules...
New magnet technology creates easy blood access for hemodialysis patients
(Wednesday, June 14, 2017 -- Toronto) A new, minimally invasive system which uses radiofrequency energy instead of open surgery to...
Massey scientists may have found a new way to halt lung cancer growth
Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center The gene p53 functions normally as a cancer suppressor, but mutated versions of the gene...
Hackensack Meridian Health becomes charter member of NJII Ideation Program for Healthcare
New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII), a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) corporation, announces that Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey's...
Online cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia is effective for military
Cognitive behavioral therapy, which traditionally includes regular, and often weekly, visits to a clinician, is recommended by the American College...
Free app helps providers treat patients grieving pregnancy loss, newborn death
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A group of University of Louisville researchers and engineers has developed a free...
Gender dictates camouflage strategy in this newly identified praying mantis group
Credit: Henrique Rodrigues Adult females and males in a newly identified genus of Latin American praying mantises have evolved sharply...
