Medical professors question ‘residency placement fever’
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Achieving National HIV/AIDS Strategy targets would save lives, be cost…
HIV, the AIDS virus (yellow), infecting a human immune cell. Credit: Seth Pincus, Elizabeth Fischer and Austin Athman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,...
Study: Most athletic patients return to sports, highly satisfied with ACL reconstruction
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A study at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) finds that most athletic patients who have reconstructive surgery for a torn...
Tools to understand marine biodiversity and assess the environmental…
Credit: Azti More than 250 European researchers have collaborated in developing new tools to understand marine biodiversity and assess the environmental status of our oceans,...
This necklace hears what you eat
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Carrots and apples not only taste different. They make distinct sounds when chewed. This may seem like trivial knowledge, but it's not...
New study shows HIV-infected women not using statins as recommended
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 6, 2017–A new study has shown that HIV-infected women do not use statins as recommended...
UC researchers help map future of precision medicine in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Cindy Starr CINCINNATI — Two landmark publications with one or more co-authors from the University of Cincinnati Gardner Neuroscience Institute outline a transformative approach...
Gardening worms and climate change undermine natural coastal…
Credit: Photo NIOZ Dikes could be lower if they are protected against the waves by grassy marshes. But the protective salt marsh grass is struggling...
Trial drug ineffective in preventing contrast-induced kidney injury
CHICAGO (April 4, 2016) — Patients treated with CMX-2043–an investigational drug that has previously shown some ability to protect heart muscle from damage during stenting–saw...
NIH launches HIV prevention trial of long-acting injectable medication…
Credit: ViiV Healthcare The first large-scale clinical trial of a long-acting injectable medication for HIV prevention in sexually active women has begun. The study in...
New map details threat of Zika across Europe, US
Credit: University of Kansas | KU News Service LAWRENCE — With Zika sparking anxiety at the Summer Olympic Games in Brazil, and now being transmitted...
Mouse model yields possible treatment for autism-like symptoms in rare…
About half of children born with Jacobsen syndrome, a rare inherited disease, experience social and behavioral issues consistent with autism spectrum disorders. Researchers at University...
New way of growing blood vessels could boost regenerative medicine
In addition the technique to grow the blood vessels in a 3D scaffold cuts down on the risk of transplant rejection because it uses cells...
UTSW study finds innate immunity connection to rare, fatal childhood disease
DALLAS – Aug. 2, 2016 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found an important innate immunity role for a gene linked to a rare,...
New blood thinner better at preventing recurrent blood clots than…
Credit: The Ottawa Hospital An international research team with prominent Canadian leadership has found that the blood thinner rivaroxaban is as safe as aspirin, and...
