HIV test performed on USB stick
Credit: Imperial College London / DNA Electronics Scientists have developed a type of HIV test on a USB stick. The device, created by scientists at...
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One egg per day associated with 12 percent reduced risk of stroke
Credit: Egg Nutrition Center Park Ridge, Ill. (November 1, 2016) – On the heels of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans that placed no daily...
First successful wild whale shark health assessments performed
Credit: Georgia Aquarium ATLANTA (Aug. 2, 2017) – For the first time ever, scientists successfully performed health assessments, including collecting blood and biological samples, taking...
Study finds 75 percent of first-time moms plan to follow vaccine schedule
Athens, Ga. – First-time expectant mothers who do not plan to follow the recommended childhood immunization schedule differ in a number of ways from mothers...
Inflammation from mosquito bites may enhance viral infection
The itchy, red welts that appear after being bitten by a mosquito may help any viruses the insect is carrying pass on to a new...
World-renowned virologist named 2016 GCHERA World Agriculture Prize…
Credit: University of Alberta Dr. Lorne Babiuk, a world-renowned virologist, highly acclaimed for his international leadership in vaccine development and research in veterinary infectious disease...
Does good-tasting food cause weight gain?
Credit: Paola Nogueras PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 15, 2016) – Does eating good-tasting food make you gain weight? Despite the common perception that good-tasting food is unhealthy...
Among farmworkers, immigrants are less likely to use SNAP
Credit: UC Regents 2017 The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — formerly known as "food stamps" — that helps low-income individuals and families purchase...
Dental hygiene, caveman style
Credit: Karen Hardy Bits of wood recovered from a 1.2-million-year-old tooth found at an excavation site in northern Spain indicate that the ancient relatives of...
Partnership for a healthy brain
Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Center LA JOLLA–(Sept. 14, 2017) Salk Institute scientists have discovered that an interaction between two key proteins helps regulate and maintain the...
TTUHSC El Paso Faculty publish cardiology textbook
Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas – A textbook guiding cardiologists on the latest treatments in...
To prevent infection after C-section, chlorhexidine better than iodine
IMAGE: Chlorhexidine-alcohol skin prep is superior to iodine-alcohol for preventing infection after C-section. Women undergo more cesarean sections each year in the United States than...
Listening to the patient’s voice: A more patient-centered approach to medication safety
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Communication between patients and clinicians that is patient-centered, taking into account patient concerns and preferences has important implications fo..
CNIC researchers discover a new target for the treatment of fatty…
IMAGE: This is an image of fatty liver. Credit: CNIC Two proteins, p38 gamma and p38 delta, control the accumulation of fat in the liver,...
When one twin gets cancer, other faces higher risk
A large new study of twins has found that having a twin sibling diagnosed with cancer poses an excess risk for the other twin to...
