Vegetable and fish diet linked to reduced risk of high blood pressure in pregnancy
A diet rich in vegetables and fish is associated with a lower risk of developing high blood pressure, and a …
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Sex and gender differences in psychopathology
Cynthia Hartung’s recently published article recommends more consistently and systematically considering sex and gender in all aspects of psychopathology research. …
Noninvasive light-sensitive recombinase for deep brain genetic manipulation
A KAIST team presented a noninvasive light-sensitive photoactivatable recombinase suitable for genetic manipulation in vivo. The highly light-sensitive property of …
How concussions may lead to epilepsy
Researchers have identified a cellular response to repeated concussions that may contribute to seizures in mice like those observed following …
Sex differences seen in pursuit of interventional cardiology career
(HealthDay)—Unique factors dissuade female fellows-in-training from pursuing a career in interventional cardiology (IC), according to a study published online Jan. …
New combination blood test for pancreatic cancer may catch disease earlier
A new approach to pancreatic cancer screening may help doctors detect the disease in people at high risk before it …
Addressing expected challenges after resumption of HPV vaccination
In Japan, an HPV vaccination program started in 2010, and the HPV vaccine became a nationally recommended routine immunization for …
Breast cancer up to five times more likely to metastasize even 10 years after childbirth
A study by researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center and Oregon Health & Science University published today in the …
More donor livers could be used for transplantation, thanks to exciting new development
A procedure assessed by NICE and used in research led by the University of Birmingham has been hailed as an …
Pioneering surgery restores movement to children paralyzed by acute flaccid myelitis
An innovative and complex surgery involving nerve transfers is restoring hope and transforming lives torn apart by a mysterious and …
Obituary: Gerald Medoff, former director of infectious diseases, 82
Gerald Medoff, MD, an emeritus professor of medicine and beloved former director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Washington …
Anticancer drug candidate inhibits lethal aggregation of mutant tumor suppressor protein
Cancer is a multidisciplinary disease, with different mutations leading to different prognoses and treatment necessities. Among the most important mutation …
A single protein could be the key to treating hydrocephalus
The brain and spinal cord are bathed in a clear liquid, of which humans produce about a half-liter daily via …
Acute flaccid myelitis: What is the polio-like illness paralyzing U.S. children?
I experienced déjà vu when I took care of a child with acute flaccid myelitis in 2014, one of the …
Is your ‘experience diet’ making you unwell?
Just as our food diet affects our physical and emotional health, so does our “experience diet”. This is the day-to-day …
Nanoscavenger found to protect rodents against nerve agent attacks
A team of researchers from the University of Washington, the Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense and Texas A&M …
Study looking to prevent type 1 diabetes follows children into adolescence
Scientists are narrowing in on checklists of both errant genes and the environmental factors that could trigger those genes to …
Study details development of functional skills in persons with Down syndrome
When expectant parents learn their child will be born with Down syndrome, they invariably have questions about what this diagnosis …