Tag: Public Health

October 3, 2019

Credit: Helena Lopes We spend our days looking at them, talking to them, and touching them. They increasingly consume our ...

Most kidney transplants between people with HIV have long-term success

Recipients living with HIV show no indication of secondary infection with donor HIV strainCredit: NIAID People living with HIV who ...

Research to focus on small molecule that can help fight breast cancer

UC Riverside and City of Hope awarded Department of Defense grants for the collaborative projectCredit: Perry lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...

Preaching the benefits of vaccination in an increasingly skeptical world

During IDWeek2019, an annual gathering, infectious disease gurus present research insights about measles, Zika, influenza and other emerging infectious agents ...

Father’s obesity in puberty doubles the risk of asthma in his future offspring

A Norwegian study shows that boys who are obese in pre-puberty have an over two times higher risk of having ...

TTUHSC researchers use NHANES to search for hypothyroid-sleep apnea link

Study indicates hypothyroidism patients are more likely to develop the sleep disorderCredit: TTUHSC Several past studies have sought to determine ...

Discovery of new source of cancer antigens may expand cancer vaccine capabilities

Credit: Arizona State University For more than a decade, scientist Stephen Albert Johnston and his team at Arizona State University's ...

Geriatrics experts on gender equity in health care: ‘When women rise, we all rise’

High-fructose and high-fat diet damages liver mitochondria, study finds

Increases fatty-liver disease risk and metabolic syndromeCredit: Stephanie M. McPherson BOSTON - (October 1, 2019) - Researchers at Joslin Diabetes ...

Three UC San Diego researchers receive top honors with NIH Director’s Awards

Rob Knight, PhD, awarded the Pioneer Award; Omar Akbari, PhD, and Shadi Dayeh, PhD, receive the New Innovator Award, recognizing ...

Uncovering new therapeutic targets for airway inflammation in sickle cell disease

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 30, 2019--A new study by De, Agrawal, Morrone et al, ...

For the first time, UMD professor observes crystallized iron product, hemozoin, made in mammals

Findings could be used to treat sickle cell disease and malaria patients, while opening up diverse research avenues across immunology, ...

Designing a new class of drugs to treat chronic pain

UC Davis researchers receive $1.5 million grant from NIH's HEAL InitiativeCredit: UC Davis Health A UC Davis research team, led ...

Teen study reveals how schools influence e-cigarette use, outlines prevention strategies

Credit: Unsplash: Lucas Clarysse When e-cigarettes hit the U.S. market in 2007, they were promoted to adult smokers as a ...

Researchers develop program aimed at reducing dating violence among students

Credit: UTHealth A program developed to encourage healthy relationships and reduce dating violence was effective among early middle school students, ...

Building a brighter way for capturing cancer during surgery

UT Dallas bioengineer demonstrates potential for hyperspectral imaging and AICredit: The University of Texas at Dallas University of Texas at ...

Urban beaches are environmental hotspots for antibiotic resistance after rainfall

Stormwater, sewage and urban waste-stream infrastructure, such as pipes, are potential reservoirs and channels for the spread of AbR into ...

How nasty Toxoplasma parasite damages the human eye

An international study used human retinal cells to demonstrate how the Toxoplasma parasite creates a characteristic eye lesionCredit: Flinders University, ...

Ultrasound yields similar cancer detection rates after digital mammography, tomosynthesis

September 27, 2019

Dense breast ultrasound screening after digital mammography -- versus after digital breast tomosynthesis--yielded 'no significant difference' in additional cancer detection ...

Harmful metals found in vapors from tank-style electronic cigarettes