IMAGE: Scientists are working to accelerate the administration of a typhoid conjugate vaccine in typhoid endemic regions in Africa and Asia view more Credit: Typhoid Vaccine Acceleration Consortium (TyVAC) BALTIMORE, MD., March 6 — Each year there are nearly 11 million cases of typhoid, a disease that is spread through contaminated food, drink and water. Researchers…
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BUFFALO, N.Y. — An international panel of the foremost researchers on infectious disease and antimicrobials has formed new guidelines on the use of polymyxins, a class of antibiotics employed as a last resort to treat deadly, drug-resistant bacteria. The guidelines, published last month in Pharmacotherapy, set new standards for the clinical use of polymyxins, including…
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IMAGE: Many factors contribute to worsening asthma symptoms, such as serum vitamin D levels, obesity, and high indoor air pollution. view more Credit: NIEHS A new study finds vitamin D may be protective among asthmatic obese children living in urban environments with high indoor air pollution. The study out of John Hopkins University School of Medicine,…
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African-Americans in major U.S. cities are significantly more likely to live in «trauma deserts» with limited access to advanced emergency medical care, according to new research from the University of Chicago Medicine. The study also shows the academic medical center’s new Level 1 Trauma Center led to a seven-fold reduction in Chicago’s access disparity. The…
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IMAGE: Infographic showing declines in the economic indicators for people with disabilities, and increases for people without disabilities view more East Hanover, NJ — March 8, 2019 — Job numbers showed slight declines for Americans with disabilities, while the numbers improved for Americans without disabilities, according to today’s National Trends in Disability Employment — Monthly Update…
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The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a bill on Thursday that would ban abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, mimicking laws in other states that have been struck down by the courts and drawing the criticism of both advocates and opponents of abortion rights. The measure, House Bill 77, would tightly restrict the window…
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IMAGE: James Luyendyk, a professor of pathobiology in the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, has shown in a new study that the blood-clotting protein fibrinogen may hold the key… view more Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. — The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate. But some patients…
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IMAGE: Neural Engineer Qi Wang has won an NSF CAREER Award to develop new technologies for restoring and enhancing sensory functions and cognition through brain-machine interfaces. view more Credit: Jane Nisselson/Columbia Engineering New York, NY—March 05, 2019—Qi Wang, assistant professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation,…
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IMAGE: Elizabeth Phillips, MD, right, Katherine Konvinse, MS, and colleagues have identified a gene that increases the risk for a severe and potentially life-threatening reaction to the commonly prescribed antibiotic vancomycin…. view more Credit: Photo by Anne Rayner Researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and colleagues have identified a gene that increases the risk for a…
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Children with Type 1 diabetes have only one option to control their blood sugar: insulin treatment. Ravaged by an autoimmune disease that attacks their own pancreas and islets — microscopic clusters of cells that sense blood sugar and produce insulin — patients are forced to rely on insulin from an external source.…
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