Biomarkers may provide early warning of lung problems in 9/11…
Credit: ATS Oct. 31, 2017–Blood biomarkers appear to be an early-warning signal for the accelerated loss of lung function and airway obstruction in firefighters who...
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Program for parents improves ADHD behaviors in young children
Credit: Courtesy of UNC's Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute. A program that focuses on strengthening parenting skills also improves symptoms of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Diso..
Scripps Florida scientist wins $2 million grant to study childhood…
Credit: Photo by James McEntee JUPITER, FL – May 31, 2017 – Assistant Professor Seth Tomchik of the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute...
Penn team characterizes the underlying cause of a form of macular degeneration
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Named for Friedrich Best, who characterized the disease in 1905, Best disease, also known as vitelliform macular dystrophy, affects children and...
Canadian study of gender-affirming surgery highlights patients’ long, frustrating…
Credit: University of British Columbia Access to gender-affirming surgery has improved in British Columbia over the past couple of years, but transgender people needing to...
Researchers define burden of Hepatitis in Democratic Republic of the…
Credit: Jonathan Parr Chapel Hill, NC – Hepatitis C virus is a curable infectious disease, but treatment remains unavailable in resource-limited settings like the Democratic...
‘Dry eye’ linked to chronic pain syndromes
IMAGE: This is Anat Galor, M.D., M.S.P.H., associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, and the lead author of a groundbreaking study,...
How to eliminate pain tied to tooth decay
Dual discoveries at USC propose a promising method to regrow nonliving hard tissue, lessening or even eliminating pain associated with tooth decay, which the National...
Healthy diet could decrease gestational diabetes risk for South Asian women
Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (Aug. 10, 2017) – South Asian women in Ontario are at high risk for gestational diabetes, but a change in...
More sprints in top-class football necessitates new and individualized…
Credit: Photo: Torsten Arpi Today's top-class football is characterised by more short sprints than in the past. In English Premier League, high-intensity running has increased...
Improving the neuron factory — new modulator of stem cell…
Credit: CECAD Cologne Since their discovery in 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells are a glimmer of hope for many diseases. But further research of the...
UTSW study identifies a way to prevent burn injury infection — without antibiotics
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Dec. 20, 2016 – A new way to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria by blinding them rather than killing them proved highly...
Cardiac stem cells from young hearts could rejuvenate old hearts, new…
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (EMBARGOED UNTIL AUG. 14, 2017, AT 10 A.M. EDT ) – Cardiac stem cell infusions could someday help reverse the aging...
High levels of physical activity may worsen asthma control in young females
Among 526 adolescents and young adults who were asked about their exercise habits, those with asthma tended to report more physical activity than those without...
With $8.6 million grant from NIH, UCLA-led consortium will map the heart’s nervous system
Credit: UCLA/Caltech A consortium directed by UCLA's Dr. Kalyanam Shivkumar has received a three-year, $8.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to map...
