Cancer death disparities linked to poverty, lifestyle factors nationwide
New Haven, Conn. -- Yale researchers have identified factors that may contribute to widening cancer death disparities among counties across the United States. These factors,...
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Researchers discover how fatal biofilms form
Credit: Levchenko Lab/Yale University New Haven, Conn. - By severely curtailing the effects of antibiotics, the formation of organized communities of bacterial cells known as...
nTIDE September 2018 Jobs Report: Promising job gains for americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - October 5, 2018. The key economic indicators for Americans with disabilities resumed their upward trend, according to today's...
Energy insecure New Yorkers face multiple health risks
Nearly one-third of Washington Heights residents surveyed report problems with lack of heat in the winter and/or paying their electric bills. The study by researchers...
New function of a key component in the immune system discovered
The complement proteins that circulate in our blood are an important part of our immune system. They help identify bacteria, viruses and other harmful organisms,...
Typical mutations in children of radar soldiers
Credit: © Jean-Tori Pantel The offspring of radar soldiers exposed to high doses of radiation during their service experience more genetic alterations than families without...
Sink traps are surprising source of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in ICU
NEW YORK (October 5, 2018) -- During a nationwide outbreak of healthcare-associated infections of an antibiotic-resistant bacteria, an Israeli hospital traced repeated infections of patients...
New cancer vaccine platform a potential tool for efficacious targeted cancer therapy
Credit: Vincenzo Cerullo Researchers at the Faculty of Pharmacy have developed PeptiENV, a cancer vaccine platform, which can be used to improve the therapeutic efficacy...
Gene signature predicts outcome after spinal cord injury
Scientists have determined a gene signature that is linked to the severity of spinal cord injury in animals and humans, according to a study in...
Studies needed on impact of cannabis use on puberty
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Oct. 5, 2018) - McMaster University researchers say there is an urgent need for studies on the physical health effects...
Boston Medical Center, Boston University receive $1.58M CDC grant in efforts to reduce fetal alcohol spectrum disorders
BOSTON-- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affects approximately 1 in 20 children in the United States. These catastrophic and irreversible disorders are entirely preventable if...
How to make a lab-on-a-chip clear and biocompatible (with less blood splatter)
Credit: Sanaz Habibi and Ben Jaszczak/Michigan Tech Microfluidic devices can take standard medical lab procedures and condenses each down to a microchip that can balance...
Study links individual HPV types to HIV infection
Credit: Genevieve Casanova, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- An international research team led by a scientist at the University of California, Riverside, has for the...
How has children’s body image changed over time?
Results from a Chinese nationwide survey indicate that the prevalence of childhood overweight/obesity nearly tripled from 6.5% to 16.8% from 2000-2011, but children's perception of...
The urban training intervention increases physical activity in COPD patients
Credit: David Lee / Unsplash Increasing physical activity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a key strategy - and a major challenge...
