BU finds tight pants and pubic-hair removal increase risk of vulvodynia
Risk of chronic vulva discomfort and pain nearly doubled by removing hair from mons pubis, or wearing tight-fitting jeans or ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Clinical trial at CU Anschutz will test injectable vs. oral medications to treat HIV
Many forget to take daily pills, experimental injectable drugs last longer Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, ...
NIH trial tests long-acting HIV medication for people unable to stick to daily regimens
LATITUDE study compares monthly injectable antiretroviral therapy to daily oral drugsCredit: NIAID A clinical trial to evaluate long-acting antiretroviral therapy ...
How Nipah virus spreads from person to person: Lessons from 14 years of investigations
Largest-ever study of Nipah virus transmission concludes that older male patients and patients with respiratory problems are more likely to ...
Routine sickle cell disease screening among migrants may help save lives
Data serve as call to action for greater attention to SCD screening and training of providers (WASHINGTON, May 9, 2019) ...
Personalized ‘Eye-in-a-Dish’ models reveal genetic underpinnings of macular degeneration
Credit: UC San Diego Health Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is one of the most common causes of vision loss in ...
In lab, SLU researchers flip pain switch in spinal cord cells
New findings suggest paradigm shift in understanding nerve pain pathwayCredit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Facing an urgent need ...
North York General study shows safest method for prostate cancer biopsies
TORONTO, May 9, 2019 - The Gale and Graham Wright Prostate Centre at North York General Hospital (NYGH) is advancing ...
What’s the chemistry behind the home pregnancy test? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 9, 2019 -- There are many ways to find out if you're pregnant. ...
Fooling nerve cells into acting normal
Discovery by MU scientists could inform future studies related to spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis and epilepsyCredit: University of Missouri ...
The heart ‘talks’ to fat cells, Temple scientists discover
Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Like sending a letter through the mail or ...
Peering into the past, scientists discover bacteria transformed a viral threat to survive
A new study from Indiana University shows bacteria evolved new genes from viral attackers, a discovery that could help advance ...
Does sunscreen compromise vitamin D levels?
Sunscreen can reduce the sun's adverse effects, but there are concerns that it might inhibit the body's production of vitamin ...
Neurodevelopmental disorders may be rooted in genetics and mitochondrial deficits
In a model of DiGeorge/22q11 Deletion Syndrome, George Washington University researchers found a connection between mitochondrial dysfunction and cortical under-connectivity ...
Athletes with sickle cell traits are at more risk to collapse: here’s why
TAMPA, Fla. (May 9, 2019)- A recent study published in Southern Medical Journal, led by researchers from the University of ...
Painting a fuller picture of how antibiotics kill
Machine learning reveals metabolic pathways disrupted by the drugs, offering new targets to combat resistance CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Most antibiotics ...
Stem cells provide information about neuron resilience in ALS
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have developed a stem cell based model in order to study the resilience and ...
Smart drug design to prevent malaria treatment resistance
Malaria treatment resistance could be avoided by studying how resistance evolves during drug development, according to a new paper published ...
Patient registries could help control spread of antibiotic bacteria
Even with modest participation rates, a computer simulation found that health care facilities using a patient registry could yield regionwide ...
Detection of unusual hybrid schistosomes in Malawi
LSTM's Professor Russell Stothard is senior author on a new paper in which researchers from the UK and Malawi have ...
