Roadblocks to research: UNC bioethicist addresses lack of HIV studies in pregnant women
CHAPEL HILL, NC -UNC School of Medicine's Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment ...
Cows may offer clues to improving fertility in women
Credit: G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. – A Michigan State University researcher has received a $1.65 million ...
The secret to safe DNA repair
(Edmonton) Michael Hendzel knows all too well that there is little that people can do to control the stability of ...
Just in time for open enrollment, free educational resources on health…
Credit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY–November 2, 2017–Open enrollment season brings many questions about health insurance, and a newly relaunched ...
Skin vaccination with microneedle patch, influenza fusion protein improves efficacy of flu…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA — A boosting skin vaccination with a biodegradable microneedle patch and protein constructed from sequences ...
Medication that treats parasite infection also has anti-cancer effect
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) Osaka Researchers, in partnership with other Japanese and U.S. scientists, report a new gene target, ...
Double whammy for triple negative breast cancer
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science A promising new combination therapy for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer has been ...
Defects in cell’s ‘waste disposal system’ linked to…
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine An international study has shed new light on the genetic factors associated with Parkinson's disease, ...
In crafting new treatments for hemophilia, a ‘less is more’ approach
Credit: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Hematology researchers have found that blocking the role of a common protein may offer ...
Can omega-3 help prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Brain SPECT imaging shows possible link
Credit: William S. Harris, PHD Amsterdam, NL, May 19, 2017 – The incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is expected to ...
New research opens door to understanding human tonsil cancer
Researchers at Simon Fraser University and the BC Cancer Agency have developed a groundbreaking method to identify and separate stem ...
Researchers: Too much information can be a good thing
Credit: University of Illinois In the world of health care, the phrase "too much information" — or TMI — can ...
Metastatic breast cancer cells use hedgehog to ‘evilize’ docile neighbors
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in Nature Communications shows that ...
Optimizing workplace design for Health: UA Institute on Place and Wellbeing at Greenbuild
Credit: Photo: UAHS Office of Public Affairs TUCSON, Ariz. – The health of millions of office workers–and the cost of ...
New study hopes to empower parents of children with autism
Credit: Boston Medical Center Early diagnosis and intervention for a child with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can help change the ...
Stimuli fading away en route to consciousness
Credit: (c) Photo: Christian Burkert Whether or not we consciously perceive the stimuli projected onto our retina is decided in ...
PET imaging of atherosclerosis reveals risk of plaque rupture
Credit: Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Department of Electrical Engineering DENVER, Colo. – A new study shows ...
Breastfeeding for two months halves risk of SIDS, study finds
Credit: UVA Health System Breastfeeding for at least two months cuts a baby's risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome almost ...
Starvation causes atypical cell death
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Cell death group of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Cristina Muñoz-Pinedo, ...
Cold plasma will heal non-healing wounds
Russian scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Joint Institute for High Temperatures of the Russian ...
