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(Walter Reed Army Institute of Research) Rhesus macaques previously infected with dengue or yellow fever viruses appear to be neither more nor less susceptible to severe infection with Zika virus, according to new resear...

A recent survey of HelloMD members who use Cannabidiol products reveals that nearly half discontinued taking pharmaceutical drugs. Eighty percent believe CBD is very effective.

Scientists reveal that kitchen sponges may be more dangerous than originally believed and should be replaced weekly. Cleaning or sterilizing sponges do not remove bacteria.

News They used three methods to obtain sensor data: the gel and sensors alone and in combination with memory foam padding ... Contributed Author: Michael Miller, Phys.org

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News Her research began in 2016 after her grandfather began showing symptoms of diabetic retinopathy in 2013. ... Staff Author: Lexie Metzler Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News The 3-D structure better mimics the architecture and functionality of complex human tissue compared to 2-D monolayers of cell models ... Contributed Author: American Institute of Physics

News When applied to tissue with pressure, the fabric hook flexes downward exposing the hook tip to the tissue face ... Contributed Author: University of California - Riverside Topics: Medical Diagnostics

Since recording began in 1975, suicide rates among teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 have increased. Among female teenagers in the age group, the suicide rates saw a peak back in 2015.

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) Injuries are a leading cause of death -- and completely preventable. To bolster research in this area, the U-M Injury Center just received new federal funding.

(Academy of Finland) Intergenerational relations include various forms of help and support but also tensions and conflicts. Although relations with in-laws are the subject of many anecdotes and proverbs across cultures, ...

(University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has received a grant worth nearly $1.6 million over four years from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to help red...

(University of Manchester) A team of scientists from Liverpool John Moores University, the University of Manchester, Aarhus University and Newcastle University, have developed a way of producing 3-D data to show the card...

(University of Iowa Health Care) Platelets, the cells in blood that enable clotting, are highly reliant on their ability to metabolize glucose, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Iowa.

(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a set of tools to observe, monitor and quantify how misfolded proteins associated with Parkinson's di...

(University of Iowa Health Care) Heart tissue from patients with heart failure exhibits increased levels of Cdk8 protein. Mimicking this increased Cdk8 expression in transgenic mouse hearts alters gene expression in a wa...

(Houston Methodist) Cancer researchers are closer to creating a blood test that can identify breast cancer patients who are at increased risk for developing brain metastasis, and also monitor disease progression and resp...

(Jackson Laboratory) A new five-year federal research grant totaling $3,322,009 to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) will fund studies of a new mouse model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

(University of South Florida (USF Health)) Lifestyle intervention is the best approach in preventing Type 2 diabetes. However, most patients don't follow through in having a balanced diet and exercise. Prescribing metfor...

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Pulmonary fibrosis can possibly be attributed to a kind of cellular aging process, which is called senescence. This has been shown by researc...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Using a new profiling procedure invented by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital permitted them to elucidate the role of immunoresolvents -- molecules that help resolve inflammat...

(Sanford-Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute) A new drug zeroes in on mutated nuclear receptors found in cancer and leaves normal proteins alone.