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(University of California - San Diego) By analyzing the FDA database of adverse drug effects, UC San Diego researchers discovered that people who received Botox injections -- not just in the forehead -- reported depressi...

(JAMA Network) Researchers review evidence on the risks of aerosolization and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from patients to health care workers during endoscopy of the upper aerodigestive tract.

(Elsevier) In a report in The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, published by Elsevier, researchers at Augusta University and PerkinElmer Genomics describe a cheaper, rapid, and accurate pooling strategy for the RT-PCR-ba...

(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) A team of LSU Health New Orleans pathologists published what is believed to be the first case report on pathologic findings of vasculitis of the small vessels of the he...

(University of Ottawa) The University of Ottawa's Faculty of Medicine has awarded 58 clinical research chairs to top clinician-scientists in a five-year, $40 million investment to drive clinical research excellence and e...

(Anglia Ruskin University) New research has found that paying greater attention to internal bodily sensations can increase our appreciation of our own bodies.

(American Cancer Society) An updated cervical cancer screening guideline from the American Cancer Society reflects the rapidly changing landscape of cervical cancer prevention in the United States, calling for less and m...

Convalescent plasma therapy, an old-school weapon against deadly illnesses, gives coronavirus patients a dose of virus-fighting antibodies. Here's what else you should know about "survivors' blood."

These patient cases from an emergency room in New York City show the coronavirus affects more than the lungs. The heart can also suffer.

There's a correct way to put face masks on and take them off.

(RCSI) Researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences are leading a new €3m study to investigate the real-world effects of the newest cystic fibrosis medications as they become available for people with...

(University of Southern California - Health Sciences) Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life, experts say.

(Rutgers University) Behavioral and nicotine replacement therapies offered together can help people who are incarcerated quit smoking, according to Rutgers researchers.

(Albert Einstein College of Medicine) A new study shows how chronic psychological stress leads to painful vessel-clogging episodes--the most common complication of sickle-cell disease (SCD) and a frequent cause of hospit...

(JAMA Network) Researchers looked at changes in opioid prescribing rates and level of pain control in patients who had hip or knee replacement in the U.S. from 2014 to 2017.

(St. Jude Children's Research Hospital) Research shows that severe hearing loss in childhood cancer survivors is associated with neurocognitive deficits independent of type of therapy.

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) Tumours found to evade the immune system by telling immune cells to produce immunosuppressive steroids. Researchers discovered that immune T cells from mouse skin and breast tumours secr...

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) According to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the implementation of social distancing policies corresponded with significant reduction...

(Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) To fight viruses, cells can deploy defence enzymes that progressively destroy viral genome. However, this degradation mechanism is not effective against epidemic viruse...

(Duke University Medical Center) A vaccine for HER2-positive breast cancers that is being tested in a clinical trial at Duke Cancer Institute is part of an effective, two-drug strategy for enlisting the immune system to ...

(University of Southern California) Two new USC reports describe a challenging obstacle course for patients to access Alzheimer's disease treatments once they become available.

(University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio) Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found fewer structures called primary cilia in the brains of mice born with Fragile X...