Feces transplantation: Effective treatment with economic benefits
From an average of 37 days in hospital to just 20 days per year; pronounced hospital cost savings follow faeces transplantation for Clostridium difficile colitis,...
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Women underreport prevalence and intensity of their own snoring
Social stigma may deter women from admitting that they snoreCredit: American Academy of Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - A new study of adults who were...
Insilico to present at the Health Horizons Future Healthcare Forum
Credit: Insilico Medicine Tuesday, April 23, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a biotech company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence,...
Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests
NIH-funded research illuminates relationship between eczema and food allergy Scratching the skin triggers a series of immune responses culminating in an increased number of activated...
Advances in cryo-EM materials may aid cancer and biomedical research
Credit: Deb Kelly / Penn State Cryogenic-Electron Microscopy (cryo-EM) has been a game changer in the field of medical research, but the substrate, used to...
UIC, Deerfield Management launch West Loop Innovations to develop new therapeutics
$65 million in translational research funding The University of Illinois at Chicago and Deerfield Management announced today the establishment of West Loop Innovations, LLC. The...
New diagnostic tool developed for global menace Xylella fastidiosa increases specificity
Credit: American Phytopathological Society St. Paul, MN (April 2019)-- The bacterium Xylella fastidiosa is notable for having a wide host range, with the ability to...
‘Activist Editor’ Richard Horton of The Lancet receives $100,000 Roux Prize
'Uncompromising commitment to advance health internationally' SEATTLE - Dr. Richard Horton, the "activist editor" of the international medical journal The Lancet, will be honored June...
Simple sea anemones not so simple after all
Tube-dwelling anemones have largest mitochondrial genome on recordCredit: Courtesy of Sergio Stampar. COLUMBUS, Ohio - The tube-dwelling anemone is an ancient sea creature that resembles...
New Cochrane Review investigates the effectiveness of nicotine replacement therapy
New evidence published in the Cochrane Library provides high quality evidence that people who use a combination of nicotine replacement therapies (a patch plus a...
Devil rays may have unknown birthing zone
Discovery is good news for conservation, but action is needed to limit fishing during birthing monthsCredit: Leo Chan Gaskins, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The...
Rare disease gives new insight into regulatory T cell function
An international study led from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden provides new insights into the regulatory T cells' role in protecting against autoimmune disease. By mapping...
When is sexting associated with psychological distress among young adults?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 23, 2019--While sending or receiving nude electronic images may not always be associated with poorer...
New approach for range prediction improves accuracy of proton therapy
Tumor therapy: Today, a new method for more accurate prediction of proton range is introduced into clinical routine for the first time worldwideCredit: OncoRay /...
Study: Why unique finches keep their heads of many colors
An underlying selection mechanism prevents one color from dominatingCredit: Copyright Marc Gardner, 2019 Ithaca, NY--There appears to be an underlying selection mechanism at work among...
