Tag: Medicine/Health

Psychologist receives Society for Personality and Social Psychology Legacy Award Ximena Arriaga, professor of psychological sciences at Purdue University, has ...

Vitamin D and immune cells stimulate bone marrow disease

(right column) The bone marrow of mice with vitamin D receptors knocked out is occupied by spindle-shaped... view more The ...

How a fungus can cripple the immune system

Research team from the University of Jena clarifies the mechanism of gliotoxin, a mycotoxin from the fungus Aspergillus fumigatusCredit: Jan-Peter ...

Researchers develop human cell-based model to study small cell lung cancer

Credit: Chen et al., 2019 Researchers from Weill Cornell Medicine have used human embryonic stem cells to create a new ...

Scientists discover genes that help harmful bacteria thwart treatment

Two genes may make staph infections resistant to copper, a powerful antibacterial agentCredit: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...

The 2008 recession associated with greater decline in mortality in Europe

Study analyzes the impact of the economic crisis on the number of deaths recorded in 15 countriesCredit: Photo by chuttersnap ...

New drug brings unexpected hope in targeting cancer cells

Credit: N/A An unexpected finding in pre-clinical platelet studies by Baker Institute researchers could provide a novel approach to targeting ...

Gummy-like robots that could help prevent disease

Credit: EPFL Human tissues experience a variety of mechanical stimuli that can affect their ability to carry out their physiological ...

The American College of Chest Physicians updates guidelines on PAH

Glenview, Illinois - The American College of Chest Physicians® (CHEST) announced the publication of updates to the evidence-based guidelines on ...

Report from prestigious NIH-funded conference looks to biological 'pillars of aging'

Drug-resistant tuberculosis: High mortality rate due to inaccurate tests

Credit: Courtesy of Kathrin Zuercher Around ten million people around the world develop tuberculosis every year and 1.5 million people ...

Size and time impact outcomes when mechanical clot removal used for large core strokes

American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 8, Session MEII Thursday Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 7, 2019 ...

New 'Trojan horse' cancer treatment shows early promise in multiple tumor types

A brand new type of cancer drug that acts as a 'Trojan horse' to get inside tumour cells has shown ...

Comprehensive review analyzes vocal-cord restoration in 18 Grammy Award-winning singers

Treatment of elite vocalists provides insight into the treatment and management of vocal-cord disease in non-performers A retrospective review of ...

Intensive blood pressure lowering safe for clot-buster-treated stroke patients, but…

American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 6, Session MEII Thursday Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 7, 2019 ...

Prior dengue infection protects against Zika

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 7, 2019 - The higher a person's immunity to dengue virus, the lower their risk of Zika infection, ...

Reversal agent decreases life-threatening bleeding

American Stroke Association Late Breaking News Brief - Abstract LB 7, Session MEII Thursday Main Event HONOLULU, Feb. 7, 2019 ...

What happens when sand fleas burrow in your skin?

Credit: Feldmeier, et al. (2018) Tungiasis, a tropical disease associated with poverty, is caused by the penetration of female sand ...

Finding clues to a functional HIV cure

Mason researcher helps identify a T cell marker that could help lead to improved treatment for HIV, cancer patients.Credit: Photo ...

Relationship counseling encourages couples HIV testing