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Postnatal depression could be linked to fewer daylight hours during late pregnancy
Women in late pregnancy during darker months of the year may have a greater risk of developing postpartum depression once...
UCI awarded $3.4M ‘Cancer Moonshot’ grant to study potential breakthrough in cancer
Credit: University of California, Irvine Irvine, Calif. - September 27, 2018 - UCI School of Medicine researchers have been awarded...
3D models of breast cancer tumors introduce stromal cells as new drug therapy targets
Hossein Tavana, Ph.D., an associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Akron (UA), has received a single-PI grant...
Loyola to become first Chicago center to produce cancer-fighting CAR-T cells
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola University Chicago and Loyola Medicine have announced plans to become the first Chicago center to produce...
Non-small cell lung cancer patients see improved survival with durvalumab
TAMPA, Fla. -- Non-small cell lung cancer patients survive longer when their treatment includes durvalumab following platinum-based chemoradiotherapy, according to...
HPV vaccination can play critical role in global prevention of cervical and genital cancers
September 27, 2018 - In low-resource countries without well-developed screening programs, expanding access to human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination is...
Vatican-Based White Paper Presents Expert Consensus on Advancing Global Palliative Care
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2018--A new white paper, developed by the Vatican-based Pontifical...
Unusual case of father-to-son HIV transmission reported
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 27, 2018--Diagnosis of HIV-1 infection in the 4-year old child...
Genetic analyses hone risk prediction for coronary disease
Credit: John Soares BOSTON - (September 27, 2018) - Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading killer of people with...
Narrowing sexual health equity gap for Puerto Rican adolescents
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (September 27, 2018) - Persistent and significant health disparities related to sexual health, including a higher...
Physical exercise improves the elimination of toxic proteins from muscles
A study published in Scientific Reports by researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil, in partnership with...
Sensation on the way to becoming a University of Excellence
Credit: (c) Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn The University of Bonn received with great euphoria the commission's decision to fund six...
University of Rochester receives grant for center for child maltreatment studies
The University of Rochester's Mt. Hope Family Center (MHFC), in conjunction with the University of Minnesota's Institute for Translational Research...
Combination antibody therapy results in long-term viral suppression in HIV infection
A new generation of broadly neutralising antibodies provides a novel approach to treating HIV infection. The research group of Prof...
Research teams find widespread inflammation in the brains of fibromyalgia patients
Credit: Marco Loggia, PhD, Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital A study by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers...
Deaths of despair: The opioid epidemic is just part of the problem
September 27, 2018 -- Opioid-related deaths contributed to more than 60 000 U.S. lives lost in 2016 but absolute declines...
Tomatoes ‘mixing chemical cocktails’: Early detection of disease resistance in food crops
Credit: Esiul at Pixabay CC0 Creative Commons Bacterial wilt devastates food crops all over the world. It destroys major crop...
Vaccine, anti-PD1 drug show promise against incurable HPV-related cancers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A tumor-specific vaccine combined with an immune checkpoint inhibitor shrank tumors in one...
Polymer professor awarded $200,000 for research in protecting first responders
Credit: The University of Akron AKRON, OH - Sept. 12, 2018 - It happens every day -- paramedics and police...
New screening tool can improve the quality of life for epilepsy patients with sleep apnea
Credit: Nick Romanenko / Rutgers University Rutgers researchers have developed a tool to help neurologists screen for obstructive sleep apnea...
