Health

July 19, 2026

Zika reached Miami at least four times, Caribbean travel likely responsible

Credit: Photo by Faith Hark LA JOLLA, CA – May 24, 2017- With mosquito season looming in the Northern Hemisphere,...

New method improves stability, extends shelf life of protein drugs

Credit: University of Notre Dame Gaining access to important biopharmaceuticals needed to treat illnesses and autoimmune diseases is one of...

Sandia Labs team continues to quantify fatigue using wearables

Credit: Michael Padilla LIVERMORE, Calif. – Can fatigue be predicted? Can life-threatening fatigue be differentiated from recoverable fatigue? A team...

Can breastfeeding reduce a woman’s risk of metabolic syndrome?

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Feb. 16, 2017 — A new study shows that women who...

These 5 tests better predict heart disease risk

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – March 30, 2017 – Five simple medical tests together provide a broader and more accurate...

Children’s sleep quality is related to mothers’ insomnia symptoms

Children more often sleep poorly if their mothers suffer from insomnia symptoms. This report researchers from the University of Basel...

Finding a lethal parasite’s vulnerabilities

Credit: James Lok An estimated 100 million people around the world are infected with Strongyloides stercoralis, a parasitic nematode, yet...

Researchers fold a protein within a protein

Credit: Dr Chester L. Drum A team from the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) has invented...

Personalized cell therapy combination achieves complete remission in CLL patients

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Combining the kinase inhibitor ibrutinib with an investigational personalized cellular therapy known as CTL119 can...

Scleroderma study: Hope for a longer life for patients with rare…

Credit: UVA Health System An unusual autoimmune disease that causes skin and lung damage can be treated effectively by stem...

Statins may lower risk of heart disease in people with sleep apnea

IMAGE: Arrows indicate that more CD59 is drawn into the cell in people with sleep apnea who are not taking...

Study: Most families in low-income countries don’t have soap at home

Credit: University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. – Washing with soap and water is second nature for many. But in many...

D’Angelo receives American Cancer Society Research Scholar grant

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute La Jolla, Calif., Dec. 1, 2017 – Maximiliano D'Angelo, Ph.D., an assistant professor...

Federal report recommends teaching self-regulation in schools

Credit: Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. A new federal report recommends that schools emphasize building children's "self-regulation" skills in...

Why chemists marched for science (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 28, 2017 — Tens of thousands of people gathered in Washington, D.C., and...

Spray painting biomaterials onto heart promotes cardiac repair after…

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 21, 2017–Researchers have demonstrated the effectiveness of a minimally invasive...

Penn team shows how seemingly acute viral infections can persist