Prosthetic material could help reduce infections from intravenous catheters

byTexas A&M University College of EngineeringHand replica made of Ecoflex. Credit: Majed Othman AlthumayriIn the holiday movie The Grinch, makeup artists are reported to have spent several h

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Prosthetic material could help reduce infections from intravenous catheters

byTexas A&M University College of EngineeringHand replica made of Ecoflex. Credit: Majed Othman AlthumayriIn the holiday movie The Grinch, makeup artists are reported to have spent several h

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Water fluoridation helps prevent tooth decay. How growing opposition threatens a 70-year-old health practice

by Amal Noureldin,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainDriving through downtown Dallas, you might see a striking banner hanging at the U-turn bridge, near the Walnut Hill exit on Cen

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Water fluoridation helps prevent tooth decay. How growing opposition threatens a 70-year-old health practice

by Amal Noureldin,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainDriving through downtown Dallas, you might see a striking banner hanging at the U-turn bridge, near the Walnut Hill exit on Cen

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WHO gives first approval of TB test

Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe World Health Organization announced Thursday it had given a first-ever green light to a test for tuberculosis—a disease which killed 1.25 million people last year.Xpert MT

Updated on: December 21,2024 0

WHO gives first approval of TB test

Credit: CC0 Public DomainThe World Health Organization announced Thursday it had given a first-ever green light to a test for tuberculosis—a disease which killed 1.25 million people last year.Xpert MT

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A new at-home test will soon be available for chlamydia and gonorrhea

by Liz Sturgiss and Benjamin Bavinton,The ConversationChlamydia trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture. Credit: public domainAustralia'sTherapeutic Goods Administ

Updated on: December 23,2024 0

A new at-home test will soon be available for chlamydia and gonorrhea

by Liz Sturgiss and Benjamin Bavinton,The ConversationChlamydia trachomatis inclusion bodies (brown) in a McCoy cell culture. Credit: public domainAustralia'sTherapeutic Goods Administ

Updated on:December 23,2024 0

T cells also become exhausted in chronic fatigue syndrome, research finds

by Krishna Ramanujan,Cornell UniversityscRNA-seq analysis of T cells in ME. Credit:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2415119121Debilitating chr

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T cells also become exhausted in chronic fatigue syndrome, research finds

by Krishna Ramanujan,Cornell UniversityscRNA-seq analysis of T cells in ME. Credit:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences(2024). DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2415119121Debilitating chr

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Overactive bladder diagnoses found to increase after guideline publication

by Elana GotkineAn increase in overactive bladder (OAB) diagnoses was seen following publication of the first OAB guideline, and the rate of third-line therapy procedures also increased, according to

Updated on: December 21,2024 0

Overactive bladder diagnoses found to increase after guideline publication

by Elana GotkineAn increase in overactive bladder (OAB) diagnoses was seen following publication of the first OAB guideline, and the rate of third-line therapy procedures also increased, according to

Updated on:December 21,2024 0

Avian flu virus has been found in raw milk. A reminder of how pasteurization protects health

by Kerry E. Kaylegian,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs the H5N1 avian flu virus continues to spread inpoultry flocks and dairy cattle, consumers may worry about whether

Updated on: December 23,2024 0

Avian flu virus has been found in raw milk. A reminder of how pasteurization protects health

by Kerry E. Kaylegian,The ConversationCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainAs the H5N1 avian flu virus continues to spread inpoultry flocks and dairy cattle, consumers may worry about whether

Updated on:December 23,2024 0

Health and financial toll of mosquito-borne chikungunya infection likely vastly underestimated, data suggest

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe health and financial implications of the emerging threat of mosquito-borne chikungunya viral infection have most likely been signifi

Updated on: December 22,2024 0

Health and financial toll of mosquito-borne chikungunya infection likely vastly underestimated, data suggest

byBritish Medical JournalCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe health and financial implications of the emerging threat of mosquito-borne chikungunya viral infection have most likely been signifi

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How SARS-CoV-2 exploits human proteins to replicate

by Sara Lidman,Karolinska InstitutetSARS-CoV-2 infection inhibited SGs formation independent of eIF2α. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54996-3Researchers

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How SARS-CoV-2 exploits human proteins to replicate

by Sara Lidman,Karolinska InstitutetSARS-CoV-2 infection inhibited SGs formation independent of eIF2α. Credit:Nature Communications(2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-54996-3Researchers

Updated on:December 23,2024 0

Traffic noise and poverty create a dangerous cocktail for heart health

by Christine Vollgraf, Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung e.V.Associations between transportation noise exposure/low SES groups and MACE. Credit:Journal of Exposure Science & Env

Updated on: January 27,2025 0

Traffic noise and poverty create a dangerous cocktail for heart health

by Christine Vollgraf, Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung e.V.Associations between transportation noise exposure/low SES groups and MACE. Credit:Journal of Exposure Science & Env

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