Tag: Medicine/Health

February 20, 2019

Researchers at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the ...

Preventing 'cell wall remodeling' may hold key to defeating intransigent super bugs

CWRU receives $3.34 million NIH grant to better understand how bacteria resist antibioticsCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine ...

Epidemiological model lends insight to chlamydia outbreak in Japan

Credit: Toshikazu Kuniya, SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. Mathematical models that quantify the dynamics of infectious diseases are crucial predictive ...

A lack of antibody diversity may make the elderly more susceptible to the flu

Credit: Henry et al./Cell Host & Microbe The influenza vaccine may be less effective in the elderly because their B ...

A shared past for East Africa's hunter-gatherers

A genomic analysis suggests African hunting and gathering groups diverged from a common ancestry, and underscores the role of infectious ...

Spending bill recognizes crucial global health goals

The 2019 spending bill passed by the House and Senate Thursday that the President has announced he will sign, reflects ...

Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease

February 18, 2019

Discovery may also help scientists develop childbed fever vaccineCredit: NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) HOUSTON-(Feb. 18, ...

Suicide system in tuberculosis bacteria might hold key to treatment

February 18, 2019

Credit: EMBL Hamburg Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top ten causes of death worldwide. In 2017, 10 million people ...

Physicists pinpoint a simple mechanism that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics

February 18, 2019

Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University Physicists at McMaster University have for the first time identified a simple mechanism used by ...

Stable ischemic heart disease in the older adult

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, ...

Diabetes mellitus and stable ischemic heart disease

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, ...

Epidemiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutic targets in stable ischemic heart disease

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, ...

Contemporary management of patients with stable ischemic heart disease

In the current issue of Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications (Special Issue on Stable Ischemic Heart Disease, Volume 3, Number 3, ...

Children carry evidence of toxins from home flooring and furniture

Vinyl flooring and fire retardant furniture foam apparently to blameCredit: Duke Photo DURHAM, N.C. -- Children living in homes with ...

Drug combination may become new standard treatment for advanced kidney cancer

Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON - A combination of two drugs - one of them an immunotherapy agent - could ...

Art Institute of Chicago unveils key findings in African art thanks to medical technology

Credit: Ada Turnbull Hertle Endowment CHICAGO--On February 16, the Art Institute of Chicago announced the results of significant new research ...

PET/CT imaging agent shows promise for better diagnosis of acute venous thromboembolism

Credit: Kim C, Lee JS, Han Y, et al. A first-in-human study featured in the February issue of The Journal ...

Large-scale window material developed for PM2.5 capture and light tuning