Category: Disease and Conditions

Public Release: 24-Oct-2018 American Chemical Society Another flu season is here, which means another chance for viruses to mutate. Already, most influenza A viruses contain a mutation that confers resistance against one class...

Public Release: 11-Jan-2018   Study by the University of Bonn shows that even after a change to a healthy diet, the body’s defenses remain hyperactive University of Bonn   IMAGE: Prof. Dr. Eicke Latz and Dr....

Public Release: 10-Jul-2017   The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice   IMAGE: In a recent JAMA paper, Dartmouth Institute Assistant Professor Paul Barr and colleagues examined the laws...

Public Release: 9-Mar-2017   Researchers discover why mice scratch in response to other mice scratching Washington University School of Medicine   Caption Itching is a highly contagious behavior. When we see someone...

Public Release: 17-Jan-2017   The JAMA Network Journals   Among adults with a previous physician diagnosis of asthma, a current diagnosis could not be established in about one-third who were not using daily asthma...

Public Release: 9-Aug-2016   UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – August 9, 2016 – Twenty percent of people hospitalized are released before all vital signs are stable, a pattern that is associated with an...

Public Release: 14-Apr-2016   The USC-led study findings challenge assumptions that increased longevity is a sign of good health University of Southern California   The USC-led study examined life expectancy trends and...

Public Release: 23-Mar-2016 Does a common parasite play a role in rage disorder?   University of Maryland School of Medicine In recent years, a common parasitic infection – as many as a third of the world’s...

Public Release: 2-Mar-2016   University of Nottingham Eating meat from animals grazed on land treated with commonly-used agricultural fertilisers might have serious implications for pregnant women and the future...

Public Release: 26-Jan-2016   Drexel University By comparing birth records over a period of nine years, Drexel researchers found that the children of mothers who took a certain asthma medication during pregnancy faced an...

Public Release: 25-Jan-2016   University of Bristol   In what is believed to be the biggest study of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) — also known as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) — in children to date,...