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Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA – Doctors in Penn Medicine's Division of Plastic Surgery recently performed their 5,000th free flap reconstructive surgery — in which tissue...

Penicilliosis, caused by the fungus Talaromyces marneffei, is a major opportunistic infection in Southeast Asia. A study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases reports that...

HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2015 – Cyberattacks are no longer a question of if, but when. It's become a regular occurrence to hear of breaches hitting...

Credit: Jeff Clarke School officials focused exclusively on bullying prevention efforts might want to consider the findings of a new study showing the highly damaging...

Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, February 13, 2017 – Sepsis is a major public health problem and the focus of national quality measures and performance improvement...

Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa – An enzyme found in the fluid around the brain and spine is giving researchers a snapshot of what...

Credit: ©Laboratoire Bourquin – UNIFR/UNIGE The use of nanoparticles — small, virus-sized elements developed under laboratory conditions — is increasingly widespread in the world of...

Credit: Harvard Medical School Four Harvard Medical School scientists are among 86 recipients nationwide honored by the National Institutes of Health High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program....

Credit: Penn Nursing (PHILADELPHIA, PA – January 27, 2017) – – Just as primary care provider shortages are becoming acute, retail-based clinics in pharmacies and...

A study in Japanese patients with diabetic retinopathy has questioned the benefit of treat-to-target intensive versus standard statin therapy. The late-breaking results from the EMPATHY...

Credit: Saint Louis University With a $416,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), SLU scientists will continue work to cure hepatitis B, building...

Credit: John Soares Laurie J. Goodyear Ph.D., Senior Investigator and co-Head of the Section on Integrative Physiology and Metabolism at the Joslin Diabetes Center, and...

Credit: Susan McClellen, University of Iowa Health Care Marketing and Communication Researchers aiming to understand why autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are more common in boys...

Credit: Professor Jaramillo/University of Warwick Cells can be programmed like a computer to fight cancer, influenza and other serious health conditions – breakthrough research by...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – In a study of patients entering the hospital for acute stroke, researchers have increased their understanding of an association between certain types...