For the first time, guidelines have been developed by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for rehabilitation after a stroke.
"Previous guidelines have focused on the medical issues involved in the initial management of stroke, but many people survive a...
Loss of appetite during illness is a common and potentially debilitating phenomenon -- in cancer patients, especially, it can even shorten lifespan.
Now scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered how an immune system molecule hijacks a brain...
Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot (STAR).
Credit: Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children's National Health System
Surgeons and scientists from Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation at Children's National Health System are the first to demonstrate that supervised, autonomous...
The U.S. government has invested $1.4 billion in HIV prevention programs that promote sexual abstinence and marital fidelity, but there is no evidence that these programs have been effective at changing sexual behavior and reducing HIV risk, according to...
With a thermode — a device that looks like a microphone with a copper tip — the UF researchers applied heat to the feet of participants in a study that tested the inflammatory response to pain of older adults...
Molecular markers delineate the different cell types within an attached human embryo, shown here 12 days after fertilization. A structure called the epiblast, for example, is shown in green. The key developmental landmarks observed using this novel system accurately...
New research has showed substantial differences in the way human heart cells respond to e-cigarette smoke and conventional cigarette smoke.
Researchers from the Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC IEU) at the University of Bristol investigated how the same...
Credit: NIH - National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
A chemical byproduct, or metabolite, created as the body breaks down ketamine likely holds the secret to its rapid antidepressant action, National Institutes of Health (NIH) scientists and grantees have discovered....
Candida. Candida albicans is a yeastlike fungus naturally found in small amounts in human digestive tracts, but its overgrowth in warm, moist environments causes burning, itching symptoms, thrush (rashes in the throat or mouth).Credit: © Alex Avriette / Flickr
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Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a blood biomarker that may aid in earlier diagnosis of children with autism spectrum disorder, or ASD.
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Early intervention is the key to the best treatment for ASD, which affects...
Aggregated SOD1 protein can be seen as green dots in the cell fluid of a motor neuron in the spinal cord of an ALS patient. The red part is the nerve cell nucleus. Credit: Peter Andersen.Credit: Peter Andersen
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