Health
Penn’s David Dinges honored with Distinguished Service Award
BOSTON - David F. Dinges, PhD, chief of the division of Sleep and Chronobiology, and director of the Unit for...
Tumor induction from a distance
Credit: Graphics: Ralf Baumeister Current view is that cancer development is initiated from cells that acquire initial DNA mutations. These...
US National Academy of Medicine to establish its first intl. health policy fellowship
WASHINGTON - The U.S. National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced today that it will establish the National Academy of Medicine...
Secukinumab and ixekizumab in psoriasis: Considerable added benefit for certain patients
Psoriasis is an incurable chronic disease with a hereditary component, in which the body's immune system attacks parts of the...
Combination therapy targets genetic mutation found in many cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has shown...
NIH scientists try to crack the brain’s memory codes
Credit: Courtesy of Zaghloul lab, NIH/NINDS. In a pair of studies, scientists at the National Institutes of Health explored how...
One in 3 hospitalized patients experience symptoms of depression, study shows
LOS ANGELES (June 6, 2017) -- About one in three hospitalized patients shows symptoms of depression, potentially affecting their clinical...
Study of kids with autism identifies hospitalization risk factors
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Children or teens with autism spectrum disorders often come to hospitals when behavioral episodes overwhelm the support...
Are soft contact lenses safe for children? Risks seem no higher than in adults
June 2, 2017 - Available evidence suggests that soft contact lenses can be safely prescribed to children and adolescents, with...
ACP decries withdrawal from climate agreement
Washington (June 1, 2017)--The United States withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement will greatly undermine the global effort to prevent...
Polymer pioneer
Taking a transformative approach to functional materials, a UC Santa Barbara polymer chemist has created innovative results that feature new...
Mice will help reveal the roles of human brown fat
Credit: Miao-Hsueh Chen, Baylor College of Medicine When it gets cold around you, your body turns up the heat to...
For older adults, antibiotics may not be appropriate treatment for some UTIs
In a new research paper published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, Thomas E. Finucane, MD, of the...
STD treatment for two?
ANN ARBOR, Mich.- In some states, patients who test positive for chlamydia or gonorrhea leave the clinic with not only...
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