IMAGE: This is Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., Chief Research Officer at Children’s National view more Credit: Children’s National Vittorio Gallo, Ph.D., Chief Research Officer at Children’s National, was inducted into Alpha Omega Alpha (AΩA), a national medical honor society that since 1902 has recognized excellence, leadership and research in the medical profession. «I think it’s great to…
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A new study has found a high incidence of headaches in pediatric stroke survivors and identified a possible association between post-stroke headache and stroke recurrence. Headache developed in over a third of participating children, on average six months after the stroke. Fifteen percent of patients suffered another stroke, typically in the first six to 12…
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IMAGE: Journal of Women’s Health is a core multidisciplinary journal dedicated to the diseases and conditions that hold greater risk for or are more prevalent among women, as well as diseases… view more Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 12, 2019—A new study has shown that the relationship between pornography and intimate…
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IMAGE: Zooming in on the norovirus structure at near atomic detail view more Credit: Joshua-Tor lab/CSHL 2019 Cold Spring Harbor, NY — Noroviruses are a leading cause of food-borne illness outbreaks, accounting for 58% of all outbreaks and cause 685 million cases worldwide each year. There is no effective therapeutic against them. Having knowledge of the…
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The promise of new treatments for sickle cell disease, a group of inherited red blood cell disorders, has never been so great, but it will only be realized if there is constant investment in health policies such as programs for screening newborns, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, where most cases occur. This point is made in…
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Among all major cancers, pancreatic cancer has the highest rate of death — 93 percent of patients die within five years of diagnosis. Treating the disease is difficult not only because the tumors spread quickly, but because of a muscle-wasting condition called cachexia that affects at least 80 percent of people with pancreatic cancer. However,…
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IMAGE: Penn Nursing’s Salimah H. Meghani, PhD, MBE, RN, FAAN, Associate Professor of Nursing & Term Chair of Palliative Care; Associate Director of the NewCourtland Center for Transitions and Health; and… view more PHILADELPHIA (June 12, 2019) — To reduce the number of people who may misuse, abuse, or overdose from opioids, multiple national agencies including…
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SAN ANTONIO — Recently unemployed people with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea have a higher risk of having lost a job multiple times, according to preliminary results from a new study. Results show that individuals with undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnea were more likely to have experienced multiple involuntary job losses. Compared to participants who did not…
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Wikipedia is one of the most successful online communities in history, yet it struggles to attract and retain editors who are women — another example of the gender gap online. In a recent University of Washington study, researchers interviewed women «Wikipedians» to examine the lack of female and non-binary editors in Wikipedia. The team identified…
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IMAGE: Gavin King and a team of scientists used this atomic force microscope, bottom right, to study the movement of the E.coli proteins. Unlike previous studies where proteins were frozen, the… view more The flow of traffic through our nation’s highways and byways is meticulously mapped and studied, but less is known about how materials in…
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