Health
Sexual stereotypes can lead to unhealthy sexual relationships
PULLMAN, Wash. - Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music media's degradation of women are...
CT angiography appears better at predicting future risk for patients with chest pain
An analysis of diagnostic test results from the Prospective Multicenter Imaging Study for Evaluation of Chest Pain (PROMISE) trial -...
PETA science consortium donates $400K in animal-free test equipment
London -- Today, the PETA International Science Consortium Ltd. announced that it is providing equipment to laboratories working on human-relevant...
The One Health Company teams with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
PHILADELPHIA, June 12, 2017 -- The One Health Company is pleased to announce a new relationship with the Johns Hopkins...
GW receives $3 million grant to test hookworm vaccine efficacy in Phase II clinical trial
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) received a $3 million U01 grant from the...
NUS study: Older adults are good Samaritans to strangers
Credit: National University of Singapore People tend to become more generous as they age. This certainly holds true when it...
Volcanic ‘plumerang’ could impact human health
Credit: Evgenia Ilyinskaya, University of Leeds A new study has found a previously undetected potential health risk from the high...
Immune profiling leads to implications for immunotherapy for NF1-associated tumors
Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) -- an autosomal dominant disorder affecting approximately one in every 3,500 people -- results in dysfunctional...
Acting and thinking — are they the same for our brain?
Credit: © UNIGE / Radek Ptak Our brain's fronto-parietal network is responsible for a range of highly diverse functions, from...
Vegetarian diets almost twice as effective in reducing body weight, study finds
Dieters who go vegetarian not only lose weight more effectively than those on conventional low-calorie diets but also improve their...
A way to objectively measure residents’ surgical skills? No sweat
Credit: Justin Kelley, University of Missouri Health Post-graduate physician training, known as residency, develops skills and expertise within a medical...
Status epilepticus: An overview
Seizures can be divided into three major groups: focal, generalised and unknown. Among all form of seizures, status epilepticus (SE)...
Do mast cells contribute to more severe disease in dengue infection?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2017--Why mosquito-borne dengue virus causes more severe disease in...
Mass. General report outlines strategies to address racial, ethnic health care disparities
An analysis of survey data from participants in the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)-based Disparities Leadership Program - a yearlong executive...
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