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Don't Be Fooled: 5 Probiotics Myths
Probiotics are often touted as a way to improve health, but what exactly do these "good" bacteria do for us? Here are some common myths about probiotics.
Gene discovered that activates stem cells for organ regeneration in Planarians
Researchers announced the discovery of a gene zic-1 that enables stem cells to regrow a head after decapitation in flatworm planarians. Professor Christian Petersen and Ph.D. student Constanza Vásquez-Doorman of...
Why Apple's Health App Means No More Guesswork (Op-Ed)
Apple Health will be an aid to doctors and patients both.
Scientists retract studies about making stem cells
NEW YORK (AP) -- Scientists who reported in January that they'd found a startlingly simple way to make stem cells have withdrawn that claim, following accusations...
New compound blocks 'gatekeeper' enzyme to kill malaria
Researchers are homing in on a new target for malaria treatment, after developing a compound that blocks the action of a key 'gatekeeper' enzyme essential for malaria parasite survival. The...
Study examines neurological outcomes for TBI treatments
In patients with a traumatic brain injury (TBI), neither the administration of the hormone erythropoietin (EPO) or maintaining a higher hemoglobin concentration through blood transfusion resulted in improved neurological outcome...
Poor physical, financial health driven by same factors
Poor physical health and financial health are driven by the same underlying psychological factors, finds a new study. Researchers found that the decision to contribute to a 401(k) retirement plan...
PM warns of antibiotic resistance
Medicine could soon be "cast back into the dark ages" unless action is taken to tackle the growing resistance to antibiotics, David Cameron says.
Polymers that can be fine-tuned for optimal effect could help fight multidrug-resistant infections
The rise of drug-resistant microbes is a major challenge facing medicine. The World Health Organization's 2014 report on global surveillance of antimicrobial resistance warns of the very real possibility of...
Adults stop anti-rejection drugs after stem-cell treatment reverses sickle cell disease
Half of patients in a trial have safely stopped immunosuppressant […]
Beta-carotene bioavailability of orange-fleshed honeydew
Eating fruits and vegetables is not often thought of as a "treatment." But according to researchers, there are more than 100 million people worldwide who have vitamin A deficiency, and...
Q&A: Mozambique’s education minister on PhDs for growth
Augusto Jone Luís says building higher education is vital to developing the country’s energy and mineral sectors.
MGMT Protein Expression Predicts Effectiveness Of Brain Cancer Chemotherapy
Researchers have identified a biomarker that predicts whether glioblastoma – the most common form of primary brain cancer – will respond to chemotherapy. "Every patient diagnosed with glioblastoma is treated...
Locusts may choose where to invade based on temperature, researchers find
Discovery could help Australian scientists to develop ways to prevent locust plagues and has implications for climate change research Continue reading...
Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, has throat cancer
Kate StantonNEW YORK, July 1 (UPI) -- JPMorgan Chase's CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement that he has "curable" throat cancer.
Crackdown on Florida clinics leads to decline in deaths, report finds
Public health officials have identified a sharp decline in overdose deaths involving prescription painkillers for the first time in a decade.
Sunscreen Users Motivated By Emotion, Not Data
There's a reason scare journalism is so popular - people respond to it. If you ask most people why they should use sunscreen, they will tell you it prevents skin cancer,...
Unapproved device buys time for new pair of lungs
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jon Sacker was near death, too sick for doctors to attempt the double lung transplant he so desperately needed. His only chance: An...
Improved screening assay for buprenorphine in umbilical cord
Researchers have improved umbilical cord screening assay for buprenorphine by reducing the positive result cutoff from 1.0 ng/g down to 0.5 ng/g. The improved umbilical cord buprenorphine assay gives the...
Research on inflammasomes opens new therapeutic avenues for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Patients with varying severity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may have the same painful symptoms, but does this mean that the cause of their illness is the same and that they...
Nearly 80 percent of US deaths in first three decades of life are due to unintentional injury or violence
A new report on unintentional injury and violence in the United States has found that prevention strategies across society show a great deal of promise in preventing unintended deaths and...
This exoskeleton has been approved for personal use
Spinal cord injury patients can stand upright and walk thanks to ReWalk, the first exoskeleton approved for home use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the US.
The South prescribes more painkillers, CDC says
NEW YORK (AP) -- Powerful painkillers have been driving the nation's rising rate of overdose deaths, and now the government is singling out the states where...
John Maunsell Takes Helm of Neuroscience Institute at University of Chicago
John Maunsell, PhD, a pioneering researcher in the neuroscience of vision and editor-in-chief of the prestigious Journal of Neuroscience, has been appointed inaugural director of the Grossman Institute for Neuroscience,...
Seeing your true colors: Standards for hyperspectral imaging
Today, doctors who really want to see if a wound is healing have to do a biopsy or some other invasive technique that, besides injuring an already injured patient, can...
Kids’ me time may boost brainpower
Unstructured play may give kids more opportunity to exercise their executive function, complex cognitive function that includes resisting impulses and paying attention.
2009 Swine Flu Pandemic Wasn't Due To International Air Travel - Study
The H1N1 2009 pandemic influenza virus, known informally as 'swine flu', has remained a hot topic in science and culture. The science and medical community, including former FDA deputy commissioner Dr....
Dairy Farmers, Keep Flies Guessing by Alternating Pesticides
Old-fashioned fly swatters may be the most foolproof housefly killer, but for dairy farms, insecticides are the practical choice. Flies spread disease and a host of pathogens that cost farms...