Keeping at arm’s length won’t protect you from catching an infectious disease, according to new research by Queensland University of Technology which reveals airborne viruses can spread far and wide.
Consumer Reports ranked “The Volumetrics Eating Plan,” based on research by Barbara Rolls, the holder of the Guthrie Chair of Nutrition at Penn State, as the top-rated diet in its new June issue, released today (May 8).
The focus of work in the Neurosciences Department?s Neurobiology Laboratory at the University of the Basque Country?s Faculty of Medicine and Odontology is the investigation of the molecular and cellular bases of neurodegenerative illnesses ? those that affect the brain and the spinal cord.
A new test may be able to identify women at risk for breast cancer long before a lump appears on a mammogram, according to the makers of the new test, called Halo? Breast Pap Test System.
The antiviral drug peramivir might offer humans significant protection during a pandemic of the avian influenza virus H5N1, according to results of mouse studies conducted by investigators at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Dr. Eric E. Whitaker, state public health director, today announced mosquito samples collected in DuPage County have been confirmed as the first positive test results in Illinois this year for West Nile virus.
While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open diseased heart arteries, they should not be used for patients who need to have noncardiac surgery a short time after an interventional heart procedure. A presentation at the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions in Orlando by cardiologists at Jefferson Medical College indicates that for these patients, bare metal stents provide a safer choice.
The Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative signed an agreement today to address a major obstacle in AIDS vaccine development: the design of candidate vaccines to elicit neutralizing antibodies against HIV.
Over the last year, it’s been rare to utter the word “stent” without at least thinking “thrombosis,” an uncommon but serious complication that’s been on the minds of interventional cardiologists and patients alike.
Adult bone marrow stem cells may help cure certain genetic eye diseases, according to University of Cincinnati researchers. Scientists have completed a study using mice which showed that bone marrow stem cells can switch roles and produce keratocan, a natural protein involved in the growth of the cornea?the transparent, outer layer of the eyeball.