Cancer immunotherapy might benefit from previously overlooked immune players
Credit: UC San Diego Health Cancer immunotherapy -- efforts to boost a patient's own immune system, allowing it to better fight cancer cells on its...
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A naturally occurring antibiotic active against drug-resistant tuberculosis
Credit: Murakami Laboratory, Penn State A naturally occurring antibiotic called kanglemycin A is effective against Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause tuberculosis, even in drug-resi..
Full, but still feasting: Mouse study reveals how urge to eat overpowers a signal to stop
Credit: Akil laboratory, University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - Almost everyone knows the feeling. You're at a restaurant or a holiday meal, and your...
Affordable Care Act: Study finds surprising gaps in HIV care providers’ knowledge
Credit: University of Virginia Communications A new study has revealed surprising gaps in some HIV medical providers' knowledge of the Affordable Care Act, with more...
Even the best healthcare facilities can do more to prevent infections
NEW YORK (Sept. 20, 2018) -- Healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 55 percent by systematically implementing evidence-based infection prevention and control strategies,...
In cardiac injury, the NSAID carprofen causes dysfunction of the immune system
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are commonly used as inflammation blockers worldwide. However, recent clinical data show these painkillers can...
NIH funds Ohio University faculty research into extending lifespan
ATHENS, Ohio (Sept. 20, 2018) - A new federally-funded research project at the Ohio University Edison Biotechnology Institute and Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine could...
Opioid controlled substance agreements safely reduce health care visits, Mayo study finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The medical community has long known that patients on long-term opioid therapy often have significantly more health care visits. But adhering to...
A one-way street for salt
Credit: Jennifer Böhm A growing world population means that more food is needed which in turn may require more land to grow food crops. More...
Nerve cells in the human brain can ‘count’
Credit: © Photo: Rolf Müller/UKB-Ukom How do we know if we're looking at three apples or four? Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Tübingen...
SNMMI 2018-2020 Wagner-Torizuka Fellowship recipients announced
Reston, Va. (September 20, 2016) - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018-2020 SNMMI...
First study of benefits and risks of dementia screening for family members of older adults
INDIANAPOLIS - With the support of a new $3 million, five-year National Institute on Aging grant, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center...
New research finds annual well visit increases likelihood of preventive services
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study assesses the effect of receiving an Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) between 2011 and 2013 on the...
In depression the brain region for stress control is larger
Credit: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 322 million people worldwide were affected by depression in 2015--4.4 percent of the world's...
Intestines modify their cellular structure in response to diet
Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science Baltimore, MD-- Body organs such as the intestine and ovaries undergo structural changes in response to dietary nutrients that can...
