Whooping cough booster vouchers don’t boost immunization rates…
IMAGE: This is Alison Buttenheim PhD, MBA, an Assistant Professor of Nursing and an Assistant Professor of Health Policy at the University of Pennsylvania School...
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Depressed with a chronic disease? Consider alternative therapies
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS – Nov. 6, 2017 – Scientists are finding more evidence that commonly prescribed antidepressants aren't effective in people battling both depression...
Study shows drug lowers levels of biomarker linked to ALS
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery A new study finds that a decades-old drug used to treat malaria lowers levels of a biomarker linked to the...
Blood test predicts prostate tumor resistance
Credit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM When bacteria develop antibiotic resistance, treatment with these medications becomes ineffective. Similarly, tumor cells can also change in such a...
Anti-HIV drug for adults is safe, effective in children exposed to…
HIV-infected children exposed in the womb to nevirapine, a drug used to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission, can safely and effectively transition to efavirenz, a similar...
New study finds that vaccinating mothers against flu can protect…
Each year, influenza causes between 250,000 and half a million deaths around the world. Pregnant women and young infants have a higher risk of complications...
Why do some head knocks cause more damage than others?
Credit: Pinton Lab, UNC-Chapel Hill CHAPEL HILL, NC – Veteran sailors know that rogue waves can rise suddenly in mid-ocean to capsize even the largest...
Remicade® developer funds new super-resolution microscope at Scripps Florida
IMAGE: Through their foundation, Iris and Junming Le have funded a new microscopy facility on the Scripps Florida campus. Credit: (LILA PHOTO) JUPITER, FL –...
Plant’s POEM: ‘No need to fertilize, for increase in seed…
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University, have made a key discovery that the contents in pollen tubes alone can increase the...
Positive sign in America’s food fight
Is there light at the end of the “diabesity” tunnel? New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention seem to confirm that recent...
College of American Pathologists Releases First Annual Report
Report summarizes accomplishments of over 18,000 pathologist members CAP's First Annual Report. "This is our story. It's the single, best, and most accurate source of...
MD Anderson-led study develops prediction model for lung cancer risk in never smokers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new personalized assessment tool that could better...
Steps toward a promising therapy for a rare bone disease
Credit: Bil Zelman La Jolla, Calif., Aug. 3, 2017 – Patients with multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE)–a rare disease that causes the growth of multiple benign...
Buzzing the vagus nerve just right to fight inflammatory disease
Credit: Georgia Tech / Robert Butera Is a treatment only making things better or maybe also making some things a little worse? That can be...
Doctors gain a greater understanding of skin cancer using tattoos
Credit: University of Huddersfield CANCER is on the rise and the need to be empathetic when giving a patient their diagnosis and throughout treatment is...
