Health
Scientists explore how a pain medicine also protects vision in blinding conditions
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Dec. 6, 2017) – Scientists have shown that a medicine prescribed...
International Association for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic…
Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a...
Solving the puzzle of Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio, University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) Every day tens of thousands of Canadians unwillingly find themselves becoming shadows...
Infant’s prolonged infection reveals mutation that helps bacteria tolerate antibiotics
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peter Barta The quest to understand a prolonged infection in an infant being...
When Listeria monocytogenes goes to sleep….
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Listeriosis is a disease caused by eating foods that have been contaminated by the Listeria monocytogenes...
First patient cured of rare blood disorder
Credit: David Levy Using a technique that avoids the use of high-dose chemotherapy and radiation in preparation for a stem...
Rush Oak Park Hospital Named a Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality
For the third consecutive year, Rush Oak Park Hospital has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” in...
HKBU’s clinical trial acupuncture proves effectiveness for…
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University recently completed a clinical...
Study finds no benefit, but possible harm, from drug used to prevent preterm births
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – March 14, 2017 – A drug commonly prescribed to pregnant women with a...
International scientific teams find potential approach against parasites
Credit: Jim Inglese, NCATS Research teams from the National Institutes of Health and abroad have identified the first inhibitor of...
Low frequency brain stimulation improves cognition in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Narayanan Lab, University of Iowa A multidisciplinary neuroscience study using rare, intraoperative brain recordings suggests that low frequency stimulation...
Tick genome reveals secrets of a successful bloodsucker
IMAGE: This is a picture of the lifecycle of Ixodes scapularis tick. Credit: Credit: CDC With tenacity befitting their subject,...
Human rotavirus manipulates immune response to maintain infection
Credit: CDC/Jessica A. Allen/Alliza Eckerd. The gut of a child infected with rotavirus is like a battle ground. On one...
A new index for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: © DZD/IDM Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become a global epidemic. There is not only a great interest worldwide...
Stopping Zika: Saint Louis University to launch human vaccine trial
ST. LOUIS — Saint Louis University's vaccine center has been tapped by the National Institutes of Health to conduct a...
Transcription factor expression tied to medial amygdala neuronal ID,…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – Neurons derived from two different types of precursor cells that later develop into...
Brain ‘reads’ sentences the same in English and Portuguese
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University An international research team led by Carnegie Mellon University has found that when the brain "reads"...
Keratin hydrogels show significant potential to regenerate lost muscle tissue & function
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 27, 2017–The use of human hair-derived keratin biomaterials to regenerate...
Humans don’t use as much brainpower as we like to think
Credit: Image by Arianna Harrington, Duke University. DURHAM, N.C. — For years, scientists assumed that humans devote a larger share...
Poor nutrition during pregnancy can cause early aging of baby’s…
Credit: Dr. Peter Nathanielsz and Dr. Geoffrey Clarke New research has shown that the child of a slightly undernourished mother...