Zika virus spread undetected for many months, NIH-supported study…
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Genetic analysis of samples collected as the Zika virus (ZIKV) spread throughout the Americas after its introduction in 2013 or 2014 has...
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Paternal aging and its possible link to neurodevelopmental disorders
Credit: Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are on the...
App prompts sexual health testing for young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men
Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA) October 25, 2016 – The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is funding a project to investigate a personalized web app that...
New studies question the treatment of female infertility with stem cells
It has been claimed that a treatment for female infertility will be available by stem cell therapy. But a new study by Swedish researchers from...
Study: Struggling to get your kids to eat healthy? ‘Don’t…
Credit: Douglas Levere, University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. — Varied diets and persistence in exposing infants and children to healthy foods, even when they don't...
Johns Hopkins Health System Reduces Unnecessary Transfusions With New Blood Management Program
Credit: Keith Weller A five-year effort across the Johns Hopkins Health System to reduce unnecessary blood transfusions and improve patient care has also resulted in...
When should doctors treat short children and teens with growth…
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia When is it appropriate to treat short children with growth hormone? The answer is not always clear-cut, as many parents...
New MRI tech could help doctors detect heart disease with better accuracy
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New Yor BINGHAMTON, NY- Doctors might be able to better detect any disease or disorder that involves inflammation thanks...
Zika virus in Brazil kills brain cell, impairs intra uterine growth of mice fetuses
The Zika virus strain circulating in Brazil was shown to be able to infect and cause damage to mice fetuses. In stem cell cultures of...
Enzyme behind immune cell response revealed
Credit: Monash university Monash University researchers have revealed the role played by an enzyme that is pivotal to the process of clearing infection in the...
‘Human chronobiome’ study informs timing of drug delivery, precision medicine…
Credit: Scientific Reports; Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Symptoms and efficacy of medications – and indeed, many aspects of the human body itself...
New method to grow womb lining and mimic menstrual cycle in the laboratory dish
Credit: Matteo Boretto, et al. Scientists at KU Leuven (University of Leuven), Belgium, have succeeded in growing three-dimensional cultures of the endometrium, the uterus' inner...
Team establishes first diagnostic criteria for idiopathic multicentric castleman disease
Credit: David Fajgenbaum, MD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – More than six decades after Castleman disease (CD) was first described, a...
Eldercare Workforce Alliance recognizes Rep. Jan Schakowsky for policy leadership
Credit: (C) 2017, Eldercare Workforce Alliance The Eldercare Workforce Alliance (EWA) today recognized Rep. Jan Schakowsky with its Award of Honor for her decades of...
Fructose consumption linked to the increase of liver disease among…
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, The Netherlands, February 14, 2017 – Recent research suggests that dietary fructose intake may increase serum uric acid concentrations and...
