Antibiotics found to weaken body’s ability to fight off disease
Credit: Sanjay Suchak, University Communications Adding another reason for doctors to avoid the overuse of antibiotics, new research shows that a reduction in the variety...
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Study finds black children face higher risk of death post surgery
Credit: Lisa W. Buser Memphis, Tenn. – A recent study, Race, Preoperative Risk Factors, and Death After Surgery, has found that black children are more...
Researchers find experimental drug can help fight debilitating side effect of ovarian…
Women who have ovarian cancer often develop a condition called ascites, which is a buildup of fluids in the abdomen. The most common treatment for...
Environmental factors may contribute to the development of some childhood cancers
Environmental factors may be a contributory cause in the development of some childhood cancers, leading scientists have revealed. Experts at Newcastle University, UK, have carried...
Scientists uncover why sauna bathing is good for your health
Credit: UEF Over the past couple of years, scientists at the University of Eastern Finland have shown that sauna bathing is associated with a variety...
Two Group A Streptococcus genes linked to ‘flesh-eating’ bacterial infections
Credit: Joshua Leiberman, University of Maryland Baltimore Group A Streptococcus bacteria cause a variety of illnesses that range from mild nuisances like strep throat to...
Duplicate DNA a hallmark of tick genome
IMAGE: Researchers sequence the genome of the Lyme-disease-causing tick and find lots of duplicative elements. Credit: Anirudh Dhammi, NC State University Researchers have sequenced the...
Why humans (and not mice) are susceptible to Zika
Flaviviruses–such as Zika, dengue, and yellow fever–have emerged as human (and other primate) pathogens because of their ability to specifically overcome our anti-viral defenses. In...
Research points to development of single vaccine for Chikungunya, related viruses
What if a single vaccine could protect people from infection by many different viruses? That concept is a step closer to reality. Researchers at Washington...
A special bond: New receptors discovered for Helicobacter pylori
Credit: M. Rohde/HZI Helicobacter pylori is a spiral bacterium that can colonize the human stomach – sometimes with fatal consequences. A research group led by...
Spider’s web inspires removable implant that may control type 1 diabetes
Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – For the more than 1 million Americans who live with type 1 diabetes, daily insulin injections are literally a...
Experimental ‘enhancer’ drug may boost conventional therapies for deadly pediatric brain cancers
Credit: Eric Raabe Laboratory studies suggest that an experimental drug already in early clinical trials for a variety of adult cancers might enhance radiation and...
Cardiologist Stavros Drakos, MD, named on Forbes’ ‘Physician Honor Rol’
Credit: University of Utah Health Salt Lake City, Utah — Dec. 6, 2017 — University of Utah Health cardiologist Stavros Drakos, MD, PhD, FACC is...
Scientists use parasite’s internal clock to attack sleeping sickness
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – The parasite that causes deadly sleeping sickness has its own biological clock that makes it more vulnerable to medications during...
Why do young adults post harmful personal content on social media?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Aug. 22, 2017 — A new study looked at self-presentation of potentially damaging content on social...
