Calorie restriction prevents asthma symptoms linked to inflammation in mice
Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a low-calorie diet prevented asthma symptoms regardless of the diet's fat ...
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Industrial chemicals pass from mother to fetus throughout pregnancy
In a study published in Environment International researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden show how PFAS industrial chemicals, which are ...
Discovery of blood vessel system in bones
Network supplies bones and helps immune cells to quickly reach the sources of inflammation A network of very fine blood ...
Novel autism mouse model based on an epigenetic gene developed
Researchers say epigenetic changes negatively affect gene, resulting in neurological disorder; mouse model offers new way to test potential therapeutic ...
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin receives 2019 AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
Dr. Cato T. Laurencin, founding director of the Institute for Regenerative Engineering and the Sackler Center for Biomedical, Biological, Physical ...
Drug shows promise to treat diet-induced osteoarthritis
Credit: Credit: QUT QUT scientists have found that a drug derived from omega-3 fatty acids can reduce osteoarthritis inflammation that's ...
New heart valve modeling technique enables customized medical care for patients
UT Austin Engineer develops a new noninvasive technique for simulating repairs to the heart's mitral valve with levels of accuracy ...
Combined SPECT and cardiac MR imaging can help guide ventricular tachycardia ablation
Credit: Hasan Imanli et al. Adding functional imaging to structural imaging of patients with ventricular tachycardia (VT) has the potential ...
RCSI researchers develop new treatment for bone infection using copper-rich glass implant
Credit: RCSI Wednesday, 30 January 2019: A team of researchers led by RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland), have ...
Clot removal beyond normal treatment time, still improved quality of life after stroke
American Stroke Association News Brief - Abstract 5, Session A1 DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2019 -- Stroke survivors have better quality ...
The first spontaneous animal model of human hypophosphatasia uncovered
A research group led by Professor Hannes Lohi at the University of Helsinki and Folkhälsan Research Center has uncovered a ...
Women less likely to receive specialized medical evaluations after stroke
American Stroke Association News Brief - Poster WMP66, Session MP6 DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2019 -- Hospitalized women with ischemic stroke ...
Fexinidazole, the first all-oral treatment for sleeping sickness, approved in DRC
PARIS and GENEVA - January 30, 2019 - Marketing authorization of fexinidazole for the treatment of Trypanosoma brucei gambiense human ...
Discovered interaction between bacteria and immune cells protects the intestinal barrier
Credit: Salvador Iborra An international study led by the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the National Centre for Cardiovascular ...
Counties with dirtier air have more stroke deaths
American Stroke Association News Release - Poster WMP57, Session MP5 DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2019 -- In a nationwide study, counties ...
Flu, flu-like illnesses linked to increased risk of stroke, neck artery tears
American Stroke Association News Release Combo - Abstract 189, Session A36 and Poster WMP49, Session MP5 DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2019 ...
Opioid epidemic fueling a rise in infection-related stroke
American Stroke Association News Release - Abstract 8, Session A2 DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2019 -- The opioid epidemic is fueling ...
'Bugs' in the gut might predict dementia in the brain
American Stroke Association News Brief - Poster WP569, Session P18 DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2019 -- The makeup of bacteria and ...
Stroke survivors' beliefs seem to reduce blood pressure
American Stroke Association News Brief - Poster WP521, Session P16 DALLAS, Jan. 30, 2019 -- Stroke survivors who believe they ...
Layered cocktails inspire new form of male birth control
Credit: Xiaolei Wang For decades, women have shouldered most of the burden of contraception. However, long-term use of female birth ...