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Chlamydia attacks with Frankenstein protein
Credit: Robert Bastidas - Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- When Chlamydia trachomatis, the bacterium that causes one of the most...
Many older adults do not take prescribed statins properly
In a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of older adults prescribed statins, first-year nonadherence and discontinuation rates were high....
Discovery: Rare three-species hybrid warbler
Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. - Scientists have shown that a bird found in Pennsylvania is the offspring...
Nutrition educators identify barriers to physical activity and propose strategies to overcome them
Philadelphia, November 7, 2018 - Throughout its fifty years of publication, the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior (JNEB) has...
Health services must address multiple conditions in dementia care
Most people living with dementia also have at least one other health condition, and health services need to adapt to...
Bullying ‘follows’ LGB people from school to work
Around one in three lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals who are bullied at school will have similar experiences in the...
Low health literacy associated with early death for cardiovascular patients
Patients hospitalized with a cardiovascular event are more likely to die within one year if they have low health literacy,...
A molecular switch links a Scottish mouse, a Finnish patient and Parkinson’s disease
An international team of scientists led by the University of Dundee, UK have verified that a molecular pathway that has...
Young researcher wins PETA International Science Consortium Award
Gaithersburg, Md. -- The PETA International Science Consortium is excited to announce the winner of its second annual Early-Career Scientist...
Clinical and environmental factors impact absorption of common sunscreen ingredient
With the growing awareness of ultraviolet (UV) exposure resulting in an increased risk of photoaging and skin cancers, consumers are...
UMN researchers study the impact of insurance coverage on transferred patients
MINNEAPOLIS, MN- November 07, 2018- University of Minnesota Medical School researchers seek to identify the relationship between insurance coverage and...
Nasal delivery of weight-loss hormone eases breathing problems in sleeping mice
Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers have added to evidence that a hormone best known for helping regulate hunger...
Precision medicine is not enough: Moving towards precision surveillance
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The interval at which an individual undergoes a repeat colonoscopy because of previous pre-cancerous polyps...
Home cleanliness, residents’ tolerance predict where cockroaches take up residence
Credit: Changlu Wang/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Poor home sanitation and residents' tolerance regarding German cockroaches were a good predictor of the...
Clearing up information about corneal dystrophies
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Jayne Weiss, MD, Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair...
CWRU/UH researcher part of elite Trans-Atlantic network to study heart disease
Credit: University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center Transcription factors are proteins that determine whether specific genes are transcribed or not by...
Dr. M. Brandon Westover receives 2018 BIG Award
BOSTON, MA-- M. Brandon Westover, M.D., Ph.D., has been awarded a two-year, $300,000 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Breakthroughs in...
Selective amnesia: How rats and humans are able to forget distracting memories
Our ability to selectively forget distracting memories is shared with other mammals, suggests new research from the University of Cambridge....
New hope for world’s most endangered mammal
New genetic analysis of white rhino populations suggests it could be possible to rescue the critically endangered northern white rhinoceros...
Are there geographic disparities in death due to traumatic brain injury for US veterans?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 7, 2018--There are known racial and ethnic disparities in death...
