Tag: Medicine/Health

Cell atlas of great ape forebrain development illuminates dynamic gene-regulatory features that are unique to humansCredit: Enrique Guisado Triay Since ...

Scientists work toward a rapid point-of-care diagnostic test for Lyme disease

Credit: NIAID WHAT: A study published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology describes a new rapid assay for Lyme disease ...

Diabetes: A next-generation therapy soon available?

By identifying a protein that helps regulate blood glucose and lipids, researchers at UNIGE hope for the rapid development of ...

NIH scientists develop test for uncommon brain diseases

Samples of cerebrospinal fluid used to detect tauopathiesCredit: NIAID WHAT: National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists have developed an ultrasensitive ...

Assessment of circularized E7 RNA, GLUT1, and PD-L1 in anal squamous cell carcinoma

The cover for issue 57 of Oncotarget features figure 2, 'Overall survival analysis of GLUT1, PD-L1, and histologic architecture,' by ...

Oxygen in hyperbaric chamber provides relief after radiotherapy

Credit: Photo by Anders Kjellberg Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can relieve self-reported symptoms and side-effects of radiotherapy against cancer in ...

New textbook explains human epigenetics to undergraduates

Credit: Springer The world's first undergraduate textbook on epigenetics focusing on humans has just been released by University of Eastern ...

How hunger makes food tastier: a neural circuit in the hypothalamus

Researchers at the National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Okazaki identify the neural pathways that cause hunger-induced increases in the ...

Factors that predict obesity by adolescence revealed

Credit: i-yunmai Three simple factors that predict whether a healthy weight child will be overweight or obese by adolescence have ...

Society is rejecting facts; medical researchers can help

Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University One study says coffee is good for you, while another study says that it's ...

Bolivian forager-farmers with amazing heart health are split over what makes a good life

Lifestyle may be central to maintaining health in a small society undergoing change in livelihood and nutrition, Baylor University researcher ...

In Baltimore, lower income neighborhoods have bigger mosquitoes

Larger mosquitoes better at transmitting disease, put residents at riskCredit: CDC (Millbrook, NY) Low-income urban neighborhoods not only have more ...

Syphilis infection rates in dialysis patients exceed general population

Credit: Phil Jones, AU senior photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 15 , 2019) - Syphilis rates, like other sexually transmitted disease ...

Sweetened drinks represented 62% of children’s drink sales in 2018

None of the 34 top-selling sweetened children's drinks met expert recommendations for healthier drinks for childrenCredit: Bill Kelly, Kelly Design ...

Study: Nonsurgical treatment options effective for sinus issues

A new study shows medication, not surgery, can be a successful therapeutic option for severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polypsCredit: ...

WVU researcher to help target victims of rural sex trafficking through new mobile app

Credit: West Virginia University A West Virginia University School of Medicine researcher is developing an app to train key personnel ...

UTA leads multi-institution effort to attack unsafe medication use, make patients safer

PROMIS lab takes on medication misuseCredit: UT Arlington Each year, U.S. hospitals record more than 700,000 emergency room visits and ...

Improving research with more effective antibodies

Scientists demonstrate flaws in protein detection tools, and outline a solutionCredit: The Neuro A new study points to the need ...

New study may have the reason why heart medication gives muscle pain

Credit: McMaster University Hamilton, ON (October 15, 2019) - A study from McMaster University has found a potential mechanism explaining ...

Sleep apnea treatment associated with lower health care costs