The proposal is put forward by three hypertension experts in a Viewpoint published early Online and in an upcoming edition of The Lancet. All three experts are…
A hernia is produced when the content of the abdominal cavity protrudes through a weakened natural orifice of the abdominal wall such as the inguinal canal,…
In a development that may lessen the epidemic of diarrhea-related deaths among children in developing countries, scientists in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate…
A research team at the University of Chile Clinical Hospital in Santiago, led by A. Veronica Araya, MD, assistant professor, showed that decreased food intake…
Although BK channels have been linked to a rare, familial form of epilepsy, their involvement in other types of seizure disorders has never been demonstrated….
One particular synapse type, cholinergic, uses the chemical transmitter acetylcholine to communicate between nerve cells. Cholinergic synapses are essential…
New research out of the University of Delaware (UD) indicates that patients who have undergone total knee arthroplasty (TKA) need to relearn the proper…
“[Children] living very close to a major road are likely to be exposed not only to a higher amount of traffic-derived particles and gases but also to a more…
In research published June 4 in the online journal PloS One, researchers say they've identified a molecular trick that may explain part of the bacteria's…
The use of the growth hormone in oral implantology has managed to regenerate the bone and hasten the integration between the bone base and the dental implant….
While levels of the so-called “hunger hormone” ghrelin are known to increase when a person doesn’t eat, findings by UT Southwestern scientists suggest that the…
This radiotherapy procedure involves the administration of higher daily doses of radiation but with a total dose equivalent to conventional ones. In this way…
The scientists studied the brain activity of healthy subjects as they performed a task that was part of a training program and two untrained tasks. Their…
This according to results of the Swefot national clinical study, which is to be presented at an international rheumatology congress in Paris by scientists from…
The Antarctic station Concordia is located in one of the most hostile environments on the Earth. Built on an ice plateau at 3 200 m altitude, exposed to…
This is consequently having a large impact on the health of the nation.Research at the University of Leicester reports the outcome of combining the results…