Health
How do bacteria adapt?
Credit: Johannes Wiedersich / TUM A fundamental prerequisite for life on earth is the ability of living organisms to adapt...
Study indicates home monitoring effectively detects potentially fatal…
Credit: Children's Hospital Colorado Aurora, Colo. (Oct. 25, 2017) – As reported in the Journal of Perinatology, researchers from Children's...
Researchers shed new light on influenza detection
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame Researchers at the University of Notre Dame have discovered a way to make influenza...
Maryland climate and health report identifies state’s…
As world leaders convene in Washington, DC this week for the Climate Action 2016 summit, a new report by Maryland...
MERS antibodies produced in cattle safe, treatment well tolerated in phase 1 trial
Credit: NIAID An experimental treatment developed from cattle plasma for Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) coronavirus infection shows broad potential,...
UT Southwestern researchers identify new mechanism of tuberculosis…
DALLAS – July 21 2016 – Researchers from UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a new way that tuberculosis bacteria...
UTHealth study: 78 percent of hospital workers in Houston are…
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON – (Jan. 27, 2017) – Seventy-eight percent of employees at Houston hospitals are overweight or obese, according...
Does access to quality playgrounds vary with a child’s socioeconomic status & obesity risk?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2017–A study of all 3rd-5th grade youth in one...
Economic recovery extends to 18 months for Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation. East Hanover, NJ -Oct. 6, 2017. Americans with disabilities continue to close in on pre-recession employment levels...
Preventing cardiovascular disease in women — one…
IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold...
Four-year study finds group meditation reduces drug-related deaths in general population
Credit: Maharishi University of Management The rate of US drug-related fatalities fell 30.4% nationwide from 2007 to 2010 due to...
How to model the immune system – 10 billion components at a time
The complexity of the human immune response has been difficult to characterize on a 'big picture' level, but researchers at...
Kessler Foundation receives NIDILRR subaward to improve spinal cord…
Credit: Kessler Foundation Nov. 28, 2017. Amanda Botticello, PhD, MPH, received a $605,000 subaward from the National Institute on Disability...
Collateral harm: The impact of Ebola and related fears on…
WASHINGTON — The first known household survey examining the collateral harm to pregnancy services in areas affected by the West...
CRI scientists discover new bone-forming growth factor that reverses…
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 13, 2016 – A team of scientists at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute...
Preventing cardiovascular disease in women — one physician’s approach to…
IMAGE: Journal of Women's Health published monthly, is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold...
Women’s health has worsened while men’s health has improved, trends since 1990…
Credit: Umeå University/PLOS One Researchers at Umeå University and Region Norrbotten in Sweden have studied health trends among women and...
UNC/N.C. State spinout company raises $5.8M for ‘smart’…
Credit: UNC/ NCSU Joint Biomedical Engineering Program. CHAPEL HILL, NC – Technology invented in a laboratory in the UNC-NC State...
Zika virus may be linked to more eye problems in Brazilian babies with microcephaly
SAN FRANCISCO – May 25, 2016 – Researchers studying babies with a Zika virus-related birth defect say they have found...