Health
Tennessee infants exposed to hepatitis C at birth often not tested for virus
Credit: Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy Most Tennessee infants exposed to hepatitis C at birth are not later tested...
MCG physicians working to improve emergency care in rural Georgia
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University Emergency medicine physicians at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University are...
Tourists pose continued risks for disease transmission to endangered mountain gorillas
Researchers at Ohio University, Ugandan scientists caution that humans place gorillas at risk of disease transmissionCredit: Nancy J. Stevens ATHENS,...
Texas Heart Institute and UCLA reveal innovative pacing system in Scientific Reports
Doctors successfully synchronize both sides of the heart with promising wirelessly powered, leadless pacemakerCredit: Photo Credit Texas Heart Institute Researchers...
10,000 steps a day: Not a magical formula for preventing weight gain
Even far eclipsing 10K steps didn't prevent weight gain for college freshmen studiedCredit: BYU Photo For years now, 10,000 steps...
Scientists finally figure out how millipedes actually do it
High-tech imaging under UV light shows which parts go where when millipedes mateCredit: Stephanie Ware, Field Museum Scientists have a...
ATS Foundation Research Program announces unrestricted grant recipients for the 2019 cycle
Credit: ATS Feb. 13, 2020 -- The ATS Foundation Research Program has announced that 17 researchers have been awarded one-year...
California agricultural employers, workers approach smoke concerns differently
UC Davis examines health and safety awareness around mounting threatCredit: Hector Amezcua/UC Davis In 2018, California wildfires burned more than...
Predicting autism risk may begin with a drop of blood
New research study will analyze dried blood spots recorded from California newborns for 1,000 different molecules and chemicals; their tell-tale...
Children miss more school when their mothers experience high physical violence
Study links patterns in mothers' IPV experience to children's school attendance in Mexico CityCredit: George Mason University A new study...
Huge bacteria-eating viruses found in DNA from gut of pregnant women and Tibetan hot spring
Bacteria-eating viruses provide new insight into warfare between phages and bacteriaCredit: UC Berkeley image courtesy of Jill Banfield lab Scientists...
Autophagy genes act as tumor suppressors in ovarian cancer
Credit: PHOTO BY VAGNEY BRADLEY OF MUSC HOLLINGS CANCER CENTER Shedding light on a decades-old controversy, scientists at the Medical...
Transparent human organs allow 3D maps at the cellular level
Credit: ©Helmholtz Zentrum München / Ertürk lab For the first time, researchers managed to make intact human organs transparent. Using...
Rush earns National Center of Excellence for Pancreatic Cancer designation
Rush is the only Illinois hospital to earn this prestigious National Pancreatic Foundation designationCredit: Rush Production Group The National Pancreas...
Very tough and essential for survival
Biologists from Bayreuth investigate the role of the largest of all animal brain cellsCredit: Photo: Christian Wißler. The brains of...
Novel targeted drug shows promise in advanced kidney cancer
New agent utilizes findings of Nobel Prize-winning researchCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- Scientists report promising activity of a novel...
Clinical practice guideline approval process introduces potential conflicts of interest
Study finds that most of the approval processes used by medical specialty societies in the US have the potential to...
Research pinpoints rogue cells at root of autoimmune disease
Credit: Dr Ofir Shein-Lumbroso There are more than 100 different autoimmune diseases. But what unites them all is that they...
Computer-based weather forecast: New algorithm outperforms mainframe computer systems
New algorithm solves complex problems more easily and more accurately on a personal computer while requiring less processing power than...
Climate change: A model to forecast the spread of malaria
KIT team develops new forecast model based on climate and health data -- part of the DFG research group that...
