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Science 2.0 Approach To Monitoring Kidney Transplant Patients
A new data analysis technique in the journal PLoS Computational Biology improves monitoring of kidney patients and could lead to changes in the way we understand our health. The research uses the...
Risk factors for chronic kidney disease are present decades before diagnosis
Risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) are present and identifiable 30 years before diagnosis, according to a new study. The findings suggest avenues for future research to determine whether...
Notorious pathogen forms slimy 'streamers' to clog up medical devices
A group of researchers from the US has moved a step closer to preventing infections of the common hospital pathogen, Staphylococcus aureus, by revealing the mechanisms that allow the bacteria...
One in 10 deaths among working-age adults in U.S. due to excessive drinking, report finds
Excessive alcohol use accounts for one in 10 deaths among working-age adults ages 20-64 years in the United States, according to a new report. Excessive alcohol use led to approximately...
Cancer Drug Rapamycin May Lead To Gene Therapy For Blood Disorders
Scientists working to make gene therapy a reality say they have figured out how to bypass a blood stem cell's natural defenses and efficiently insert disease-fighting genes into the cell's...
Fight Parasites, Unleash A Dormant Virus
Signals from the immune system that help repel common parasites like tapeworms, roundworms and other helminths can inadvertently cause a dormant viral infection to become active again, which may explain...
Telemedicine Catches Retinopathy Of Prematurity Blinding Disease In Premature Babies
About 450,000 (12 percent) of the 3.9 million babies born each year in the United States are premature. Thanks to modern medicine, the number of preterm infants who survive has...
Comprehensive review of treatments for depression in cancer patients
When depression co-exists with cancer, patients may be at an increased risk of death from cancer and from suicide. Antidepressants are commonly prescribed, but the evidence on their efficacy is...
Salmonella's Achilles' heel: Reliance on single food source to stay potent
A potential Achilles’ heel for Salmonella has been identified by researchers: the bacteria’s reliance on a single food source to remain fit in the inflamed intestine. When these wily bugs...
Noroviruses cause around a fifth of all cases of acute gastroenteritis worldwide
Noroviruses are a leading cause of acute gastroenteritis (diarrhea and vomiting) across all age groups, responsible for almost one-fifth of all cases worldwide. New estimates highlight the importance of developing...
App focused on making obese adults less sedentary
More sedentary time, regardless of physical activity levels, is associated with greater risk for obesity, cardiovascular disease and mortality. However, a smartphone-based intervention can produce short-term reductions in sedentary behavior...
Keira Knightley says her 'Begin Again' character dresses for women, not men
Karen ButlerNEW YORK, June 26 (UPI) -- Keira Knightley says the cotton, print dresses and ripped, slouchy jeans her character wears in "Begin Again" are meant to appeal to women,...
Make-Up Artists Talk Contact Lens Safety | Video
If not used properly, contact lens can cause serious eye damage. Make up effects designers, artists from 'America Horror Story', as well as an eye doctor talk about the how...
Bachmann-Strauss Foundation's Impact Grant Funds Breakthrough in Dystonia Research
The mystery of why dystonia occurs, and what can prevent or treat it, has long puzzled doctors, who have struggled to help their suffering dystonia patients. Now, with support from...
University of Utah Ophthalmologist Receives $100,000 from Research to Prevent Blindness
Research to Prevent Blindness, a New York-based foundation, has announced that University of Utah researcher Wolfgang Baehr, Ph.D., will receive the Nelson Trust Award for Retinitis Pigmentosa--and an accompanying $100,000...
Chinese Navy ships arrive in Hawaii for military exercise
Ed AdamczykHONOLULU, June 26 (UPI) -- Ships of the Chinese Navy arrive in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor to participate, for the first time, in a biennial international naval exercise.
WATCH: 'Code Black' clip shows overcrowding in U.S. ERs
Aileen GraefLOS ANGELES, June 26 (UPI) -- The new documentary "Code Black" shows overcrowding in U.S. emergency rooms and how hospitals struggle to help patients in an overburdened system.
Dozens in Boston hospitalized for drugs and alcohol after Avicii concert
Matt BradwellBOSTON, June 26 (UPI) -- Nearly 40 people were hospitalized and dozens more treated, in what police are describing as a "mass casualty incident" at a DJ Avicii concert...
Society of Toxicology Applauds Center for Scientific Review's Creation of Toxicology Study Section
The newly announced NIH Systemic Injury from Environmental Exposure (SIEE) study section represents the culmination of a decade of effort by the Society of Toxicology to more closely align the...
Good Night, Margaret
When Margaret “Muffi” Lavigne and Chris Plum, both with muscular dystrophy, met at the Hospital for Special Care in New Britain, Conn., their lives took an unexpected turn.
Case of swine flu detected at shelter for undocumented children
Aileen GraefSAN ANTONIO, June 26 (UPI) -- An unaccompanied minor who entered the U.S. from Central America has been confirmed to have the first case of swine flu in a...
Canadian Blood Services says supply at seasonal 5-year low
Canada's blood supply is at a five-year low for this time of year, Canadian Blood Services says in appealing for life-sustaining donations.
Slaying bacteria with their own weapons
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned last fall that the U.S. faces "potentially catastrophic consequences" if it doesn't act quickly to combat the growing threat of antibiotic-resistant infections,...
HIV hides in growth-promoting genes
The discovery that HIV can trigger infected cells to divide means scientists may need to rethink strategies for treating the virus that causes AIDS.
Unemployment insurance fight renewed in House, Senate
Gabrielle LevyWASHINGTON, June 26 (UPI) -- Bills to renew emergency unemployment insurance were introduced to revive an effort that seemed all but dead last month when a Senate-passed deal expired.
Resistance to antibiotics: New rapid diagnosis
A rapid diagnostic test for multi-resistance to broad-spectrum antibiotics has just been developed by researchers. This new test allows the identification, in less than two hours, of multidrug-resistant strains of...
Sensitive to skin wetness? New fabric for sports clothing developed
A Loughborough University PhD student’s award winning research into the body’s sensitivity to skin wetness could influence the design of a major international retailer’s sports clothing.
The New Old Age Blog: For Elderly Patients, a Sharper Focus
Reading glasses should be a staple supply at facilities treating seniors, a psychiatrist suggests.