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Once inside the human body, infectious microbes like Salmonella face a fluid situation. They live in a watery world, surrounded by liquid continually flowing over and abrading their cell surfaces--a property known as flu...

Even today, the specter of the Black Death looms over society. The disease, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, began a deadly march through Eurasia starting in the mid-14th century, killing hundreds of thousands al...

National Health Service chief revealed that most of the agency's budget is spent on fighting the obesity crisis. Simon Stevens believes that sugar tax would save the government billions of taxpayer's money.

Soon, patients with kidney failure may not have to rely on dialysis machines for treatment. A new wearable artificial kidney developed by experts in California can allow patients to perform dialysis even at home.

Children with high-risk neuroblastoma will survive longer if given two stem cell transplants. Researchers also found that giving an additional immunotherapy on top of chemotherapy increases survival rates significantly.

USPSTF recently released new syphilis screening recommendations, from once a year to every three months among high-risk groups. Syphilis rates in the U.S. are increasing since 2000, when authorities thought they were clo...

Doctors can now tailor the type of antidepressant treatment they prescribe their patients to produce better outcomes through the use of a newly developed blood test. This new diagnostic focuses on identifying inflammatio...

An analysis of sports and exercise research discovers a gender disparity wherein women are highly underrepresented. In an editorial, experts share that the biggest barrier is the woman's menstrual cycle and how this gend...

Children born at late term are more likely to perform better in cognitive tests than those born at full term. However, late-term children also have a higher chance of developing health problems by the time they reach sch...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- For every person with Alzheimer's there are about three people who take care of them. That's more than 15 million caregivers in America. One Alzheimer's expert wanted people to see the ...

NEW YORK CITY. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A condition that you've probably never heard of can wreck a child's health and self-esteem. Pectus, or chest wall deformities, are fairly common. As many as one in 500 kids are born w...

DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg told a Senate committee that they need the help of lawmakers to effectively control the sale and use of synthetic drugs. The agency has monitored an increase in the use of the drugs in the count...

(American Chemical Society) Warm weather means beach vacations and pool-dipping for many of us. It also signals a season of slathering on sunscreen to avoid getting burned. Someday, those products could be enhanced with ...

(American Chemical Society) In the annals of cancer research, a protein known as KRas has become notorious. Part of a family of proteins implicated in 30 percent of cancers, KRas is considered a highly desirable but defi...

(Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory) Scientists have long known that many diseases have a strong genetic component, but they are only recently paying more attention to the role played by the relationship between g...

(University of Copenhagen The Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences) A new study from Rigshospitalet and EDMaRC finds a strong association between late onset of puberty and subsequent semen quality. This is the first st...

(University of Sheffield) Sperm with shorter heads and longer tails are better at fertilising eggs, study reveals. A distinctive subset of sperm are selected inside the female for fertilization. Research may produce clue...

(St. Michael's Hospital) - Eating barley or foods containing barley significantly reduced levels of two types of 'bad cholesterol' associated with cardiovascular risk, a St. Michael's Hospital research paper has found.

(Elsevier Health Sciences) Identifying the cell of origin is crucial to understanding how a tumor develops and metastasizes and for developing targeted therapies. Researchers have found evidence supporting a lymphatic en...

(Elsevier Health Sciences) A new technology suitable for practical clinical testing can detect KRAS gene mutations in lung and colorectal cancers and could thereby facilitate targeted therapies, according to a new report...

(University of Vermont) A new study on a tablet-based tool offers a potential solution for hospitals facing shortages of time and psychiatry staff while aiming to meet The Joint Commission's mandate for suicide risk asse...

(American Osteopathic Association) A research team from Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Durin Technologies, Inc., has announced the development of a blood test that leverages the body's immune respons...