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Researchers in this polluted city are planting thousands of trees in a bold health experiment aimed at lowering rates of cardiovascular disease.

Animal protein isn't the only way to get in this key macronutrient. Plants have protein, too -- and there are good reasons to load up on this source.

(American Geriatrics Society) The American Geriatrics Society today named Faith Atai, MD, its 2021 Clinician of the Year. An Associate Professor in the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine at McGovern Medical Sc...

(Penn State) A tiny protein of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that gives rise to COVID-19, may have big implications for future treatments, according to a team of Penn State researchers.

(University of Seville) The results of two studies suggest that people receiving this treatment regularly have a lower risk of becoming infected, and suffer a milder form of the disease if they are infected.

(Osaka University) Researchers at Osaka University have shown that SLPI, a secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor, coordinates the mutually contradictory actions of parathyroid hormone (PTH) on bone. They revealed the ge...

(Aarhus University) Over fifty years, the proportion of young Danes who sneeze, rub itchy eyes or suffer a blocked nose because of pollen has grown from 7-8 per cent in the 1970s to 24 per cent today. And for asthma, the...

(Rockefeller University) The virus that causes tick-borne encephalitis appears to trick the immune system, misdirecting it into producing inferior antibodies. But new research shows some people produce more potent antibo...

(Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) In a new commentary reviewing current research on the potential relationships among pollution, respiratory viruses and health disparities, physician-researchers at Beth Israel Deaco...

(University of California - Riverside) Exercise and a healthy diet in childhood leads to adults with bigger brains and lower levels of anxiety, according to new UC Riverside research in mice.

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) Children may not be as infectious in spreading SARS-CoV-2 to others as previously thought, according to new University of Manitoba-led research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association...

(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) Topics are wide-ranging, including kidney disease, an astronomical survey in the X-ray range and laser beam welding. A total of some €41 million for the first funding period.

(Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America) Researchers and healthcare professionals specializing in healthcare epidemiology, infectious diseases, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection prevention will meet online...

(University of California - San Francisco) During the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, emergency department doctors, nurses and other frontline staff experienced unprecedented levels of stress and emotional exhausti...

(The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine) Sets of genes associated with resistance to immunotherapy in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer of the bladder have been identified and validated by res...

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) When setting SARS-CoV-2 vaccine priorities, Canada should take a more nuanced approach that considers geographic and occupational risk exposures, as 75% of Canadian adults have at l...

(Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics) Early in the Corona pandemic, a team of immunologists from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg and physicians from the University ...

(University of Utah) Intermountain Healthcare is partnering with the University of Utah to jointly develop a new medical educational program--the first of its kind in the United States--to be used to train the next gener...

(University of Helsinki) A twin study recently completed at the University of Helsinki indicates that the machinery responsible for energy handling in fat tissue is working poorly in obesity. In the study, a clear reduct...

(University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry) It's time for a more nuanced approach to vaccine prioritization in Canada, as more contagious COVID-19 variants become prevalent and a third wave of infections thre...

(University of Nottingham) Experts have uncovered a new molecular reason why faecal transplants are highly effective in treating infections such as C. difficile (a nasty bacteria that can infect the bowel), which could l...

(University of Konstanz) Joint study by the Universities of Konstanz and Vienna shows: A sulfosugar from green vegetables promotes the growth of important gut bacteria.