Protein transport channel offers new target for thwarting pathogen
Luiz Bermudez, a professor in OSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine Credit: Karl Maasdam CORVALLIS, Ore. – A bacterium that attacks people suffering from chronic lung...
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Mosquito sex protein could provide key to controlling disease
Credit: Photo by Alex Wild If you thought the sex lives of humans were complicated, consider the case of the female Aedes aegypti mosquito, bringer...
Study suggests handwashing compliance in child care facilities is insufficient
Credit: Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology Arlington, VA, November 29, 2016 – Child care personnel properly clean their hands less than a...
Ancient skulls shed light on migration in the Roman empire
Credit: NC State University Skeletal evidence shows that, hundreds of years after the Roman Republic conquered most of the Mediterranean world, coastal communities in what...
Certain heart fat associated with higher risk of heart disease in…
Credit: Rick Sciullo/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Jan. 30, 2017 – A higher volume of a certain type of fat that surrounds the heart is significantly associated with...
NRL scientists find high prevalence of antibiotic resistance in Kenya
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Lt. Cmdr. Michael Prouty-NAMRU-2 (Released) WASHINGTON – Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant global public health problems and is...
Adaptive radiotherapy reduces pneumonitis while controlling lung cancer
Credit: Department of medical physics, Aarhus University, Denmark. Vienna, Austria: Lung cancer patients who are treated with radiotherapy can develop an inflammation of the lung...
AGS guidance on diversity proves ‘seeing’ older patients is about more than seeing age
IMAGE: New guidance from the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) aims to transform approaches to healthcare for our increasingly diverse older population. Developed by a committee...
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...
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...
