Children with sickle cell disease who experienced major complications such as pain and lung disease early in life are at no greater risk for stroke or death during later childhood, new research from UT Southwestern Medical Center shows.
Joslin researchers discover protein that causes blood vessel leakage and swelling in eyes with diabetic retinopathy. Discovery one day could lead to new treatments for eye diseases and brain swelling caused by head injury, stroke and other conditions.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered new details about how bacteria generate energy to live.
A new technique employs RNA to turn on genes could lead to therapeutics for conditions in which nudging a gene awake would help alleviate disease, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center say.
Health effects from childhood exposure to traffic pollution can last a lifetime in children. Living near a major highway or busy road in a city may halt lung development affecting lung function.
What is nanotechnology? How is nanotechnology expected to transform medicine and health care in the future? How can nanomedicine help the truly needy in developing countries? And what are the challenges of ensuring that nanotechnology meets the specific health needs of Third World peoples? These questions are the focus of an event and live Web cast at noon Tuesday, Feb_27 in the 5th Floor Conference Room of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
A recent study by a Saint Louis University researcher confirms findings that about half of the U.S. population has a version of a gene that causes them to metabolize food differently, putting them at greater risk of developing diabetes.
Should you leave your comfortable job for one that pays better but is less secure? Should you have a surgery that is likely to extend your life but poses some risk that you will not survive the operation?
With $2.5 million in new support from the National Institute of Mental Health, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Adult and Child Mental Health Center, Inc. are evaluating the effectiveness of Assertive Community Treatment.
What really happens after you place an order for a Big Mac or a Whopper with Cheese?