Associations between acid-suppressing medications, antibiotics in infancy and later allergic disease
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Do men outnumber women in academic neurology programs?
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Sandcastles and surprising origins of basic cellular functions
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New compound helps activate cancer-fighting T cells
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Spaceflight activates cell changes with implications for stem cell-based heart repair
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Study: Better fitness in pre-pregnant women linked with less risk of gestational diabetes
Credit: University of Iowa Expectant mothers who were more fit before pregnancy are at lower risk of developing gestational diabetes, ...
Self-rating mental health as ‘good’ predicts positive future mental health
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Study examines energy and nutrient digestibility in wheat co-products fed to growing pigs
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Children’s facial recognition technology lauded by STAT for impact, novelty
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON-(April 2, 2018)-Children's facial recognition technology that enables more timely diagnoses of rare diseases and ...
Penn’s E. John Wherry receives Stand Up to Cancer’s Innovation in Collaboration Award
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - E. John Wherry, PhD, co-leader of the Abramson Cancer Center's Immunobiology Program and director of ...
Infant death study reveals dangerous sleep practices among babysitters, relatives, others
Credit: UVA Health System Babies who died during their sleep while being watched by someone other than parents often had ...
Pediatric cancer research gets a boost from St. Baldrick’s Foundation
Credit: CWRU School of Medicine Leading cancer researchers, Alex Huang MD, PhD, and Yamilet Huerta, MD have been awarded $186,405 ...
People with diabetes visit the dentist less frequently despite link between diabetes, oral health
Adults with diabetes are less likely to visit the dentist than people with prediabetes or without diabetes, finds a new ...
American Cancer Society awards new research and training grants
The American Cancer Society, the largest non-government, not-for-profit funding source of cancer research in the United States, has approved funding ...
Unraveling the immunopathogenesis of Johne’s disease
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Protein analysis enables precise drug targeting
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Researchers from MIPT and several U.S. and Chinese universities have solved the structure of one ...
Flood risk denial in US coastal communities
Rising sea levels have worsened the destruction that routine tidal flooding causes in the nation's coastal communities. On the U.S. ...
Higher blood pressure before pregnancy may increase miscarriage risk
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Heart defects in infant may predict heart problems in birth mother later in life
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Elevated blood pressure before pregnancy may increase chance of pregnancy loss
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