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Warm weather might make you want to get outdoors and enjoy walks in the woods, picnics, gardening, and more. But tiny ticks also emerge when temperatures rise. And they can take a big bite out of warm-weather fun. Bites from infected ticks are responsible for about a half-million new illnesses each year in the U.S. …
Living with an immunocompromised condition can be challenging. It’s not unusual for patients to feel particularly vulnerable, as a layer of protection from the risks the world presents is not as effective as it once was. This means that a strong system of support in a range of areas is vital. A part of this …
IHME/Mass General Brigham study finds rates highest for Black population; largest increase seen in American Indian and Alaskan Native populations High rates of maternal mortality found in northern Mountain states and the Midwest in addition to the South, a region traditionally known to have high rates Study is the first such analysis for every state, …
The CDC has released an alert stating that malaria is a medical emergency and that anyone with symptoms should be urgently evaluated following the identification of locally acquired malaria cases in Florida and Texas within the last two months. In Florida, four cases within close geographic proximity have been identified (Sarasota County), and one case …
Image: Cells (green) becoming infected with bacteria (red). Credit: Salk Institute Worldwide, more than a million deaths occur each year due to diarrheal diseases that lead to dehydration and malnutrition. Yet, no vaccine exists to fight or prevent these diseases, which are caused by bacteria like certain strains of E. coli. Instead, people withbacterial infections …
Image: The colored areas in this microscopic image show the presence and density of VDAC channels on a cell’s mitochondria. Photo Credit: Sung Hoon Baik, Ph.D., and Cedars-Sinai. Cedars-Sinai investigators have identified several steps in a cellular process responsible for triggering one of the body’s important inflammatory responses. Their findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal …
This article, the following interview, and the accompanying video were sent to us by Fintan Dunne who is an independent journalist and broadcaster of the Beautiful Truth Net Radio Show at FintanDunne.com. Finally, A “Kryptonite” To Vanquish Viruses Rick Kiessig is the CEO, co-founder, and chief science officer at Kimer Med in Nelson, New Zealand; …
We are pursuing the dream of eternal life. We fast to stay healthy. And each year, we spend billions of kroner on treatment to make sure we stay alive. But some people turn 100 years old all by themselves. Why is that? Researchers from the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research at the University …
According to a study on herpes infections of the eye from the University of Illinois Chicago published in Science Advances, researchers are another step closer to stopping herpes infections as a new protein has been discovered that is important in viral infections, opening new paths to antivirals that could decrease the chances of reinfection. Heparanase …
It may be better to let a mild fever run its course instead of automatically reaching for medication, new University of Alberta research suggests. Researchers found that untreated moderate fever helped fish clear their bodies of infection rapidly, controlled inflammation and repaired damaged tissue. “We let nature do what nature does, and in this case, …