Inpatient satisfaction improved by five-minute intervention, study…
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Researchers reveal new links between heart hormones, obesity, and…
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Study: Patients receive most opioids at the doctor’s office, not the ER
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Study links athletic performance to mortality
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Tissue engineers recruit cells to make their own strong matrix
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Daniel Alford, M.D., M.P.H., receives National Award from the American…
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How marriage may protect transgender couples
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Immune cells derived from specialised progenitors
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Monocytes have many faces
Credit: © Foto: Barbara Frommann/Uni Bonn When the immune system mobilizes its troops, antigen-presenting cells play an important role. They ...
Oral devices reduce sleep apnea but may not affect heart disease risk factors
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Stepping up the hunt for genetic diseases
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Uncovering origins of developmental brain disorders could eventually…
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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
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The secret to safe DNA repair
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Just in time for open enrollment, free educational resources on health…
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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
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Double whammy for triple negative breast cancer
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