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12,354 men at the age of 45 spoke about sex for a study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The study makes some discrepancies...

The immune system of the alpaca reveals a potential treatment for cancer

Credit: Salvador Guardiola and Monica Varese, IRB Barcelona The natural world often provides the answer to unsolved medical problems. On this occasion, the solution to...

Hopkins researchers use endoscope to deliver gene therapy in animal study

Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Fixing or replacing faulty genes has emerged as a key to unlocking cures for numerous devastating diseases. But if the new,...

A web-based program is as effective as group counseling for patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, October 2, 2018 - Lifestyle changes are the cornerstone of preventing and treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Scientists report...

Canada’s first ‘state of the nation’ report on children’s physical literacy

OTTAWA, October 2, 2018 - The results from a large national research project led by the Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO) at...

Study finds albiglutide reduces cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes and existing cardiovascular disease

New research presented at this year's annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) and published in The Lancet shows that...

A web-based program is as effective as group counseling for patients with NAFLD

Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, October 2, 2018 - Lifestyle changes are the cornerstone of preventing and treating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). Scientists report...

Text messages quickly track health care use during Ebola outbreak

Credit: GeoPoll Text messages aren't just a way to chat with family and friends--they are a viable method for rapidly gathering information during a public...

First experiments at new X-ray laser reveal unknown structure of antibiotics killer

Credit: Illustration: DESY/Lucid Berlin An international collaboration led by DESY and consisting of over 120 researchers has announced the results of the first scientific experiments...

Computer model may help scientists split up, reassemble proteins on command

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Splitting up and getting back together is always hard to do, but for proteins, it's almost impossible. However, a computer-guided algorithm...

Aggressive breast cancer cells hijack natural stress protector to thrive

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2018) - A member of a protein family known for protecting our cells also...

UM researchers publish discoveries on antibiotic resistance

Credit: Courtesy of Patrick Secor MISSOULA - University of Montana researchers recently published their new insights into how pathogenic bacteria resist antibiotic treatment in Proceedings...

Shorter physician encounters associated with antibiotic prescribing

1. Shorter physician encounters associated with antibiotic prescribing Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M18-2042 URLs go live when the embargo lifts Patients who received antibio..

‘Spacesuits’ protect microbes destined to live in space

Credit: Peidong Yang lab, UC Berkeley Just as spacesuits help astronauts survive in inhospitable environments, newly developed "spacesuits" for bacteria allow them to survive in...

CRISPR tames the wild groundcherry