New HSS study finds hope in understanding and better treating scleroderma
Credit: HSS Scleroderma is a terribly debilitating disease with no effective treatments and the mortality rates are still upwards of 20%-50%, the highest of any...
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Uncovering the early origins of Huntington’s disease
Credit: Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology and Molecular Embryology at The Rockefeller University With new findings, scientists may be poised to break a long impasse...
Pennsylvania hospital neurosurgeons perform first focused ultrasound…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – John Lukens recently became the first patient in Pennsylvania to receive MR-guided Focused Ultrasound Treatment (MRgFUS) for Essential Tremor (ET)....
Global task force tackles problem of untreatable cancers and disease…
Many cancer therapies are highly toxic, and even when they appear to work, a significant percentage of patients will experience a relapse after only a...
Regions with stricter firearm laws experience fewer pediatric gun-related injuries
Credit: Children's National Health System CHICAGO — Regions of the United States with stronger firearm legislation had lower rates of Emergency Department (ED) visits for...
Researchers observe reduction in sexual violence among high school…
Credit: University of Kentucky Center for Research on Violence Against Women LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 8, 2017) — University of Kentucky researchers have observed a significant...
Tailored sexual health messages urgently needed for young female tourists, expert says
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer With both tourism and casual "hookup" sex on the rise among college-age adults, there's an urgent need for gender-sensitive...
Following Presidential action, AGS renews call for bipartisan collaboration
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Presidential action to alter current law risks undermining progress made by Congress, the American people, and a cadre of...
Novel framework powered by 3-D MRI accurately predicts pregnancies…
Credit: Children's National Health System WASHINGTON – During the millions of pregnancies that occur in the United States every year, expectant moms learn oodles about...
Researchers find link between air pollution and heart disease
Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found a link between higher levels of a specific kind of air pollution in...
In autism, too many brain connections may be at root of condition
A defective gene linked to autism influences how neurons connect and communicate with each other in the brain, according to a study from Washington University...
Juvie talk
Credit: Richard Ross With his legs outstretched, T. barely fits the diameter of the small animal pen that surrounds him. Clad in an orange jumpsuit,...
Cancer cells use secret tunnels to communicate and smuggle cancer…
A new discovery published in the Nov. 2015 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that cancer cells use previously unknown channels to communicate with one...
Evidence suggests migratory birds are not a reservoir for highly pathogenic flu viruses
The H5 avian influenza A virus that devastated North American poultry farms in 2014-15 was initially spread by migratory waterfowl, but evidence suggests such highly...
A bioactive molecule may protect against congestive heart failure…
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Heart attacks provoke an acute immune response. Leukocytes rush to the heart muscle to remove dead cells and begin building...
