Bug-borne disease monitoring project finds deer ticks on the rise in Midwest
Credit: Image courtesy USDA ARS BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new environmental monitoring project at Indiana University has found increased numbers of the ticks that carry...
NEWS INDEX
Don’t force women to risk death, injury by having a baby
Laws should not force women to risk death and injury by having a baby, according to a QUT legal academic who has says abortion can...
By forming clots in tumors, immune cell aids lung cancer’s spread
CHAPEL HILL - University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers have found that by helping to form clots within tumors, immune cells that...
Adolescents with hay fever have higher rates of anxiety and depression
Credit: Istock ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, IL - (MAY 24, 2018) - Although allergies affect more than 50 million Americans, they are occasionally misunderstood and can be...
400 million year-old evolutionary arms race helps researchers understand HIV
Understanding the evolution of a 400 million-year-old anti-viral protein that first emerged in marine life, is helping researchers get the upper-hand on human immunodeficiency virus...
Research hones interventions for kids with developmental language disorder
Credit: University of Kansas | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In an average kindergarten class of 30 students, about two are experiencing developmental language disorder,...
Will treating sleep apnea with CPAP improve sexual quality of life?
Bottom Line: Long-term use of continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) treatment for obstructive sleep apnea was associated an improvement in sexual quality of life for...
Bid to beat obesity focuses on fat that keeps us warm
A new technique to study fat stores in the body could aid efforts to find treatments to tackle obesity. The approach focuses on energy-burning tissues...
Cancer cells co-opt pain-sensing ‘wasabi receptor’ to survive oxidative stress
At a glance: Some cancers express unusually high levels of a neural calcium channel known as the 'wasabi receptor,' which plays a role in detecting...
A system of check and balances in the blood
Credit: Manuela Baccarini Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) give rise to blood and immune cells of the body, and are therefore essential for our survival. The...
Sepsis patients treated and released from emergency departments do well with outpatient follow-up
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center. National guidelines assume that all patients who're diagnosed with clinical sepsis in an emergency department will be admitted to the hospital...
Children and adolescents in high-risk environments more likely to become violent adults
Children and adolescents who grow up with one or more of these environmental risk factors are likely to resort to violence, aggression and crime as...
ESMO emphasises importance of cancer on the global health agenda
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology LUGANO, Switzerland, 24 May 2018 - At the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA) in Geneva, Switzerland, (1) ESMO,...
Geriatrician leads £2.1 million trial into Parkinson’s disease
(University of Bristol) A UK-wide trial into Parkinson's disease led by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol is set...
Study finds black Americans face education, income barriers to healthy behaviors
Credit: University of Iowa Better educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the gap of cardiovascular health behaviors--including smoking, physical activity, and...
