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Previous dengue infection could protect against Zika-associated damage

The Zika virus outbreak in Latin America has affected over 60 million people up to now. The infection can have potentially fatal consequences for pregnant women and their unborn children: many children have subsequently been born with malformations of the head, or so-called microcephaly.

18 May 2019

A member of light-sensitive protein family plays role in adjusting skin color

A team of Brown University researchers found that opsin 3 -- a protein closely related to rhodopsin, the protein that enables low-light vision -- has a role in adjusting the amount of pigment produced in human skin, a determinant of skin color.

18 May 2019

Using health IT to reduce disparities in healthcare

An innovative health information technology program helps primary care providers to detect and manage depression and posttraumatic stress disorder in traumatized refugees, reports a study in a special June supplement to Medical Care.

18 May 2019

New tool provides standards for describing characteristics and use of cell therapies

Cell therapies including so-called "stem cells" are increasingly being marketed and used for the treatment of musculoskeletal disorders - despite questions about these treatments and their effectiveness.

18 May 2019

Mining 25 years of data reveals new insights into predicting the age of onset for Huntington disease

Investigators at the University of British Columbia/Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics and BC Children's Hospital have examined more than 25 years of data to reveal new insights into predicting the age of onset for Huntington disease.

18 May 2019

Harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie's central basin pose toxic threat

Harmful algal blooms pose a unique toxic threat in Lake Erie's central basin, new research has found.

18 May 2019

BMC develops EHR-based screener to address patients' unmet social needs

Boston Medical Center has implemented a social determinants of health screener for primary care patients in order to better identify and address patients' unmet social needs.

18 May 2019

Public health concerns as MPs' connection to organization part-funded by tobacco industry revealed

No fewer than 25 serving Conservative MPs, including several leadership candidates, are connected to an organisation part-funded by the tobacco industry and responsible for a series of attacks on public health initiatives, reveals an investigation by The BMJ.

18 May 2019

Microsoft and Birmingham City University are developing new system to assist people with disabilities

Microsoft and Birmingham City University are developing new technology to help people with disabilities become more independent in the workplace.

18 May 2019

Cytek Biosciences Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

Cytek Biosciences Inc., a leading provider of advanced flow cytometry instrumentation, today announced that its Quality Management System (QMS) has achieved ISO 9001:2015 certification.

From Cytek Biosciences 18 May 2019

New model captures flexibility of working memory

A new article in Neuron from Princeton University neuroscientists Flora Bouchacourt and Tim Buschman presents a new model of working memory.

17 May 2019

CHLA researcher receives $3.7 million NIH grant to study development of neural circuits

Pat Levitt, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Simms/Mann Chair in Developmental Neurogenetics, received a $3.7M grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study development of neural circuits.

17 May 2019

Gut microbiome diversity can be explained by dietary habits and evolution history

What determines the composition of microorganisms in the digestive tract of animals? A large study by the Vienna University of Technology and the Karl Landsteiner University Krems together with the MPI Tübingen has now gone into this puzzle.

17 May 2019

New findings could be used as vaccination strategy for sexually transmitted infections

In a study published today in the Nature Communications, researchers from King's College London have shown how skin vaccination can generate protective CD8 T-cells that are recruited to the genital tissues and could be used as a vaccination strategy for sexually transmitted infections

17 May 2019

New type of insulin could prevent hypoglycemia in diabetics

Researchers at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering have created a new type of insulin that could prevent hypoglycemic episodes among people who use the hormone to manage their diabetes.

17 May 2019

Study: In the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social differences in food consumption

Biochemical analysis of human remains has become a key feature in our understanding of past peoples. Ancient DNA and Stable Isotope Analysis are now considered primary sources of information in the study of the geographic mobility of populations, their genetic affinities, and their diet.

17 May 2019

Experts Suggest Compulsory Measles Vaccination in Children Could Prevent Epidemic

Experts have suggested that compulsory measles vaccines before children start attending school may be necessary to prevent increasing disease incidence rates worldwide.

17 May 2019

Cedars-Sinai’s Music for Healing program provides medical benefits

On the worst day of her life, Rebecca Woolf found comfort in the most unexpected way. As her husband lay dying in his hospital bed, the sound of a harp wafted in.

17 May 2019

Adult-onset inflammatory bowel disease tied to higher mortality

While the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease) in adulthood is tied to a higher mortality, the actual number of deaths has been falling, a Swedish study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Gut reports.

17 May 2019

‘Sham’ sharing ministries test faith of patients and insurance regulators

Sheri Lewis, 59, of Seattle, needed a hip transplant. Bradley Fuller, 63, of nearby Kirkland, needed chemotherapy and radiation when the pain in his jaw turned out to be throat cancer. And Kim Bruzas, 55, of Waitsburg, hundreds of miles away, needed emergency care to stop sudden —and severe — rectal bleeding.

17 May 2019

Medical News

Previous dengue infection could protect against Zika-associated damage

A member of light-sensitive protein family plays role in adjusting skin color

Using health IT to reduce disparities in healthcare

New tool provides standards for describing characteristics and use of cell therapies

Mining 25 years of data reveals new insights into predicting the age of onset for Huntington disease

Harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie's central basin pose toxic threat

BMC develops EHR-based screener to address patients' unmet social needs

Public health concerns as MPs' connection to organization part-funded by tobacco industry revealed

Microsoft and Birmingham City University are developing new system to assist people with disabilities

Cytek Biosciences Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

New model captures flexibility of working memory

CHLA researcher receives $3.7 million NIH grant to study development of neural circuits

Gut microbiome diversity can be explained by dietary habits and evolution history

New findings could be used as vaccination strategy for sexually transmitted infections

New type of insulin could prevent hypoglycemia in diabetics

Study: In the prehistoric age, for thousands of years there were no social differences in food consumption

Experts Suggest Compulsory Measles Vaccination in Children Could Prevent Epidemic

Cedars-Sinai’s Music for Healing program provides medical benefits

Adult-onset inflammatory bowel disease tied to higher mortality

‘Sham’ sharing ministries test faith of patients and insurance regulators

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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