Tag: Medicine/Health

Credit: JACI Anaphylaxis is a systemic allergic reaction that can affect the skin, the gastrointestinal tract, the respiratory system and ...

Children’s finger length points to mothers’ income level

- links with diseases that begin in the wombCredit: John Manning, Swansea University Low-income mothers feminize their children in the ...

School closures may not reduce coronavirus deaths as much as expected

Extensive simulations seek the ideal distancing scenario to reduce severe coronavirus cases with minimal social disruptionCredit: Jiannan Yang, Qingpeng Zhang, ...

Expanded spina bifida guidelines cover care from newborn to adult

Noted experts present scientifically-based guidelines for spina bifida care to the worldwide community of clinicians and investigators to improve patients' ...

Porous materials unfavorable for coronavirus survival

Why coronavirus survives for less time on porous materials and the implications for the safety of different materials in schools, ...

Biomaterials could mean better vaccines, virus-fighting surfaces

Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.Credit: ...

Covid-19 vs conservation – how the northern white rhino rescue programme overcame challenges

Credit: www.biorescue.org/Leibniz-IZW The BioRescue research project, a programme aiming at saving the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, exemplifies the challenges ...

COVID-19 infections in the U.S. nearly three times greater than reported, model estimates

Credit: Images by Jungsik Noh via GitHub DALLAS - Feb. 8, 2021 - World health experts have long suspected that ...

Findings of study comparing analgesics in acute post-trauma pain

Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM DES PLAINES, IL -- The combination of a ...

Notes of discomfort: Study keys in on trends in marching band members’ pain

Credit: Photo by Zachary C.Person, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Marching band members in leadership roles are more likely to feel ...

New “molecular” tool helps shed light on individual synapses in brain cells

Scientists engineer a light-activated protein that can be used to study single synapses of neuronsCredit: Hideji Murakoshi Neurons are the ...

The invisible killer lurking in our consumer products

Credit: MostPhotos/Tatiana Mihailova Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials - unbeknownst to ...

1918 pandemic second wave had fatal consequences

Credit: Archive of the History of Medicine, University of Zurich In the event of a pandemic, delayed reactions and a ...

Study seeks to better understand how COVID-19 and cancer intersect

MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers join nationwide study to examine long-term outcomes of cancer patients diagnosed with COVID-19Credit: MUSC Hollings ...

Researchers develop data tool that may improve care

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Feb. 8, 2021 - With the aid of sophisticated machine learning, researchers at UPMC and the University ...

New book says by engaging in rapid frequent screening we can control the pandemic

The pandemic information solutionCredit: Joshua Gans February 8, 2021 New Book Says by Engaging in Rapid Frequent Screening We Can ...

Kessler Foundation to study effects of MS disease-modifying therapy on cognitive fatigue

Dr. John DeLuca leads team in novel study of the effects of a MS disease-modifying agent on the symptoms of ...

Death by suicide? Drug overdoses muddy waters for investigators, amplify mental health crisis

Credit: West Virginia University Classifying a death as suicide may be easiest for medical examiners and coroners in the western ...

New drug target for Ebola, Marburg viruses

UIC research published in PLOS PathogensCredit: Jenny Fontaine/UIC Ebola and Marburg are among the most deadly viruses, with mortality rates ...

Molecular sleuthing identifies and corrects major flaws in blood-brain barrier model