The economic recession impacts many aspects of our lives including an increase incidence of food insecurity. This can have serious consequences for those…
Lupus is an autoimmune disease that causes widespread inflammation and organ damage. Children with lupus show early signs of atherosclerosis — the fatty…
Approximately 600,000 hysterectomies are performed in the United States annually to treat benign disorders of the pelvis. More than two-thirds are performed…
Examining the blood “metabolomics” profile of smokers immediately after they had a cigarette revealed activation of pathways involved in cell death,…
An international consortium of researchers, led by Professor Nick White of the Wellcome Trust-Mahidol University-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Programme in…
The study, spearheaded by scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and involving collaborators at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of…
Now, using intense X-rays from the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL) at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory,…
The report, “Global Food Safety: Keeping Food Safe from Farm to Table,” is based on a colloquium convened by the Academy in 2009. Colloquium participants with…
The beneficial effects of six months of testosterone treatment on muscle mass, strength and quality of life in frail elderly men are not maintained at six…
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a type of aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that accounts for approximately 40 percent of lymphomas among adults. If…
This report was published in the Nov. 2 online edition of the American Journal of Nephrology.The study, led by researchers at UC and the Cincinnati VA, showed…
According to an article published in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (“The Effect of Presbyopic Vision Corrections on Nighttime Driving…
Researchers at the Department for Ophthalmology at the University of Tuebingen, Germany, have shown in a study that a light-sensitive chip, implanted beneath…
“Today's primary care physicians are often overwhelmed by the complex needs of patients with multiple chronic health challenges, such as diabetes, high blood…
The research findings are available online in Nitric Oxide: Biology and Chemistry, the peer-reviewed journal of the Nitric Oxide Society and will be available…
“Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery is the most common effective treatment for morbid obesity,” said Andras Hajnal, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, Department…