Jose Javier Bravo-Cordero microscopy research. Credit: Bravo-Cordero / Annenberg Cells secrete type of collagen to stay dormant and wake up when collagen levels decrease. Mount…
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Over 6,000 study participants, who lost more than 50 pounds and kept the weight off more than three years, offer tips to succeed. About one…
New research published in the Journal of Sleep Research has examined how sleep might be impacted by media use—such as watching movies, television, or YouTube…
Young children touch everything — carpets, tabletops, toys, clothes, etc. — and then touch their mouths and faces. This makes them especially vulnerable to thirdhand…
A new model, available as an online calculator, estimates the impact of dietary changes on life expectancy. A young adult in the U.S. could add…
A high resolution microscopic image of a neutrophil extracellular trap (NET). Neutrophils (colored green) are white blood cells that help the immune system fight off…
Study author Jingru Sun removes a vial of bacteria from a refrigerator in her research lab. Credit: Washington State University Research led by Washington State…
Researchers have discovered two peanut allergy treatments for children that are both highly effective at inducing remission. The research, led by the Murdoch Children’s Research…
This Super Bowl Sunday, millions of Americans will reach for avocados to make guacamole, a standard go-to snack for game day. But that green goodness…
There are a lot of health factors to keep in mind as we navigate through the dietary day: calories, carbohydrates, protein, saturated fat, vitamins and…
MIT researchers have designed an ingestible capsule that, after being swallowed, can attach itself to the lining of the stomach and inject RNA. Credit: courtesy…
Preventing Pandemics Costs Far Less Than Controlling Them – “Prevention Really Is the Best Medicine”
Tens of billions spent on habitat and surveillance would avoid trillions of annual costs. We can pay now or pay far more later. That’s the…
Squamous epithelial cell biofilms observed in bronchoalveolar lavage from children with protracted bacterial bronchitis or bronchiectasis. Representative maximum intensity projections of bronchoalveolar lavage stained with…
Delivering what has been so challenging to produce, researchers present an engineered analog of tooth enamel – an ideal model for designing biomimetic materials –…
A widely available and affordable drug, heparin, limits lung damage when inhaled by COVID-19First identified in 2019 in Wuhan, China, Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is…
UC Riverside-led team develops new computational method that applies techniques from statistical physics mathematical models in epidemiology. During the SARS-CoV-2Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2…
Two for one: Repeated seasonal influenza vaccines also provide kids better protection against future flu pandemics, researchers find. Researchers at McMaster University have found that…
Findings can help ease supply constraints. N95 respirators are commonly used in hospitals worldwide to protect healthcare personnel from infectious pathogens. During the COVID-19First identified…
Men with sex addiction may have elevated levels of the hormone oxytocin. Cognitive behavioral therapy may help reduce hypersexual behavior and oxytocin levels. Men with…