NIH funds UC San Diego Amazonian Center of Excellence in Malaria Research
Credit: UC San Diego Health The Amazonian Center of Excellence for Malaria Research, headed by Joseph Vinetz, MD, professor of medicine and tropical disease specialist...
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Study: The family dog could help boost physical activity for kids with disabilities
Credit: Oregon State University College of Public Health and Human Sciences CORVALLIS, Ore. – The family dog could serve as a partner and ally in...
MIT Portugal PhD graduate researcher developed a chatbot that already is a reference in…
Florence is an online personal health assistant that helps users to manage their health & wellness care. This “virtual friend” has evolved from being a...
Alzheimer’s drug targeting soluble amyloid falls short in a…
Credit: Columbia University Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (January 24, 2015)–A paper published today in the New England Journal of Medicine reports that solanezumab, a...
Twitter, Trump and sexual assault: A call to men for action
Credit: Unsplash.com EAST LANSING, Mich. – The social media backlash against sexual assault not only gives victims a collective outlet for disclosure, but also serves...
May smartphones help to maintain memory in patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease?
Credit: Mohamad El Haj The patient is a retired teacher who had reported memory difficulties 12 months prior to the study. These difficulties referred to...
Goodbye, login. Hello, heart scan
Credit: Bob Wilder/University at Buffalo. BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forget fingerprint computer identification or retinal scanning. A University at Buffalo-led team has developed a computer security...
People far from urban lights, bright screens still skimp on sleep
Credit: Photo by David Samson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Screen time before bed can mess with your sleep. But people without TV and laptops...
Botulinum-type toxins jump to a new kind of bacteria
Credit: Elena Hartley Enterococci are hardy microbes that thrive in the gastrointestinal tracts of nearly all land animals, including our own, and generally cause no...
Study: Site of 1st chlamydia exposure makes big difference
Credit: UT Health San Antonio San Antonio, Texas, USA – Exposing the gut to chlamydia protects against subsequent infection in the genital tract and other...
Study sheds light on rarity of disease-causing IGF mutations
Credit: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso Peter Rotwein, M.D., was recently spotlighted by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)...
Reports reveal racial and ethnic disparities in lupus rates
University of California, San Francisco’s Maria Dall’Era, MD Two new papers reveal striking racial and ethnic disparities in the incidence and prevalence of lupus, a...
UH Case Medical Center researchers publish new results from SPRINT trial
CLEVELAND – Jackson T. Wright Jr., MD, PhD, and researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center presented new results from the Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention...
UCLA researchers discover a new cause of high plasma triglycerides
Credit: Photo courtesy of Dr. Stephen Young People with hypertriglyceridemia often are told to change their diet and lose weight. But a high-fat diet isn't...
Blanket approach to asthma treatment not ideal, researchers find
University of Queensland research into the effects of dust mite and cockroach allergens has found that different types of asthma respond differently to a new...
