Vitamin D helps treat lethal drug-resistant TB
Vitamin D has been found to speed up the clearance of tuberculosis (TB) bacteria from the lungs of people with multi-drug resistant TB, according to...
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Why your kid's strep throat keeps coming back
A combination of genetic and immunological factors makes some children susceptible to the bacteria that cause strep throatCredit: Dr. Yu Kato, La Jolla Institute for...
More than enough on our plates
Tackling the obesity crisis by shrinking fish and chips A smaller portion of fish and chips has been embraced by takeaway owners and customers, research...
Microbial manufacturing
Study unravels how microbes produce key compound used to fight cancer For decades, scientists and doctors have known that bacteria in soil were capable of...
Male Y chromosomes not 'genetic wastelands'
When researchers say they have sequenced the human genome, there is a caveat to this statement: a lot of the human genome is sequenced and...
USDA grant to blend data with agriculture for improved production
Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to prepare graduate and...
Cilostazol-combo antiplatelet therapy reduced risk for recurrent stroke
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 3, Session MEI Opening Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 6, 2019 -- Stroke survivors taking a...
Intense IV blood sugar control doesn't improve stroke outcomes
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 1, Session MEI Opening Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 6, 2019 -- Intravenous (IV) insulin did...
Ambulance nitroglycerin patch to lower blood pressure did not improve stroke outcomes
American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 2, Session MEI Opening Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 6, 2019 -- Lowering blood pressure in...
UNC-led team awarded $5.1 million for cervical cancer prevention in Malawi
CHAPEL HILL -- Backed by a $5.1 million grant, University of North Carolina and University of Malawi College of Medicine physicians and scientists will launch...
OU study finds insects crave salt and search grasslands for the limiting nutrient
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma team from the Geographical Ecology Group has published a new study in the journal Ecology on the...
A very small number of crops are dominating globally. That's bad news for sustainable agriculture
Four crops alone comprise close to 50 per cent of all crops grown globallyCredit: University of Toronto Scarborough A new U of T study suggests...
In their DNA: Rotator cuff stem cells more likely to develop into fat cells
February 6, 2019 - Why are fat deposits more likely to occur after tears of the shoulder's rotator cuff, compared to other types of muscle...
How landscape plants have an impact on the carbon footprint
Activities and inputs in landscape plant production that can be modified to reduce carbon footprint A study out of the University of Kentucky provides a...
New study examines the way estrogen affects methamphetamine addiction
Research identifies one possible explanation for why male and female rats react differently to methamphetamineCredit: Sarah Pack, Medical University of South Carolina Male rats have...
