Health
Why alcohol, sugar lead to thirst
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - April 12, 2018 - Why does drinking alcohol or consuming sugar make us thirsty? An...
The severity of neurocognitive impairment
Neurocognitive impairment is frequently encountered in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients affecting between 40-65% of these individuals, irrespective of disease duration,...
Understanding barriers to mental health care for urban black men who experience trauma
Credit: Penn Nursing Despite the prevalence and impact of psychological symptoms, United States trauma systems do not routinely integrate psychological...
Dietary lipids play diverse roles in disease
This month's issue of the Journal of Lipid Research features studies examining how fats in the diet affect health, including...
Microscopic oxygen bubbles could help improve cancer therapeutics, speed wound healing
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University-patented technology shows promise in using microscopic bubbles filled with oxygen to help with...
Italy: Ongoing hepatitis A virus outbreak among men who have sex with men is linked to current outbreaks in Europe
12 April 2018, Paris, France: Hepatitis A viruses (HAVs) circulating in an ongoing outbreak among men who have sex with...
Overestimated mutation rate
Scientific evidence at the start of the last major Ebola epidemic in West Africa that suggested the virus would change...
Lung stem cells repair airways after injury
Credit: Cell Stem Cell The human airway is a system of branching tubes that connects the nose and mouth with...
An unexpected discovery in a central line
About a year and a half ago, a 6-year-old boy arrived at Children's Emergency Department after accidently removing his own...
Certain iron supplements may influence the development of colon cancer
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Two common iron compounds increase the formation of a known biomarker for cancer, according...
Statins associated with reduced morbidity and mortality in patients with primary sclerosing cholangitischolangi
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A large register-based study conducted in Sweden has found that statins are associated with a...
New bacteria-resistant materials get go-ahead for trials on humans
A medical device coated with new bacteria resistant materials, discovered by a team at the University of Nottingham, has been...
Signs of early aging more likely among adolescent & young adult cancer survivors
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 12, 2018 -- Researchers have reported a higher prevalence of...
For fewer cast-related ailments in dogs, researchers find taller casts a better fit
Credit: Dr. Felix Duerr, Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital Dogs fitted with longer casts for hind-leg injuries or ailments...
Sensitive new assay detects hepatitis B infection in single liver cells and serum
Credit: Song-Mei Liu Philadelphia, April 12, 2018 - Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) can progress to cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma...
A third of bacterial infections in patients with cirrhosis across the world are multi-drug resistant
12 April 2018, Paris, France: A worldwide study initiated to investigate the epidemiology and outcomes of bacterial infections in hospitalized...
Study explores carbohydrates’ impact on head, neck cancers
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Consuming high amounts of carbohydrates and various forms of sugar during...
CU Anschutz scientists awarded $3.8 million Department of Defense grant
AURORA, Colo. (April 12, 2018) - Scientists from the Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of Colorado School...
‘Molecular microscope’ system safer, more effective in heart and lung transplant biopsies
Credit: University of Alberta A transplant biopsy system that uses gene chips to read molecules is far safer and more...
New affordable hepatitis C combination treatment shows 97 percent cure rate
Credit: DNDi PARIS, 12 April 2018 - An affordable hepatitis C combination treatment including the new drug candidate ravidasvir has...
