Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation poses challenges for cardiac care
Credit: CHEST Glenview, IL, Jan. 17, 2018 – Atrial fibrillation (AF) can often be asymptomatic, leading to difficulties in diagnosis and untreated risks for morbidity...
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China’s one-child generation not so selfish after all
Credit: Yoshihiko Kadoya Every generation has a tendency to despair at the next one's perceived shortcomings, and Chinese society is no different in this regard....
Motorboat noise gives predators a deadly advantage
IMAGE: This image shows a predatory dottyback eyeing up a juvenile Ambon damselfish. Credit: Christopher Mirbach A pioneering new study shows the rate fish are...
New study compares sexual practices among older and younger HIV-infected women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2017–A new study that compared HIV-positive women over 50 years of age with their...
Are women and minorities adequately represented in new drug testing?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 7, 2017–A new study to assess the effects of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Ongoing HIV replication replenishes viral reservoirs during therapy
WHAT: In HIV-infected patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART), ongoing HIV replication in lymphoid tissues such as the lymph nodes helps maintain stores, or reservoirs, of...
Rural nursing homes are falling behind in health information…
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 million older Americans depend on nursing...
New book provides insights on the AIDS pandemic — past, present, and future
Credit: Springer Nature Dynamic leaders spearheaded the global response to the emergence of AIDS, but found themselves hampered by structural weaknesses in the United Nations,...
Kent State chemists create microscopic environment to study cancer…
Credit: Photo provided by Kent State University According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920...
Study raises concern of significant under-reporting of child abuse…
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Only 20 percent of medically diagnosed child abuse and neglect cases in U.S. Army dependent children between 2004 and 2007...
Key research priorities for agricultural microbiomes identified
Credit: James Kremer A coordinated effort to understand plant microbiomes could boost plant health and agricultural productivity, according to a new Perspective publishing March 28...
Discovery of unsuspected flexibility offers new pathway to cancer drug…
Credit: Kathryn Faith Blood vessels are the supply lines of the human body, bringing nutrients and oxygen to cells and carrying away waste. Controlling the...
UMass Amherst study suggests father’s environmental exposure…
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Early results from a larger, ongoing study led by environmental health scientist Richard Pilsner at the University of Massachusetts...
HPV vaccine is effective, safe 10 years after it’s given
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 29, 2017) – A decade of data on hundreds of boys and girls who received...
‘Simple, but powerful’ model reveals mechanisms behind…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, Fla. – Dec. 18, 2017 – All things must come to an end. This is particularly true for neurons,...
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