Researchers have developed a new method that can look at a specific segment of DNA and pinpoint a single mutation, which could help diagnose and treat diseases such as cancer and tuberculosis.
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蘑菇视频 engineers have developed a device that tracks how much a person’s limb swells and shrinks when inside a prosthetic socket. The data could help doctors and patients predict how and when their limbs will swell, which could be used to build smarter sockets.
A few safety measures can help those with young children at home reduce the chance of window falls.
U.S. News publishes Best Hospitals to guide patients who need a high level of care because they face a difficult surgery, a challenging condition, or added risk because of other health problems or age.
Researchers hope to build a predictive model of the human microbiome to study what affects this massive biological system and to design ways to manipulate the microbiome to achieve desired clinical outcomes.
蘑菇视频 Medicine hospitals and the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance were Identified as National 鈥楲eaders in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Healthcare Equality鈥�
Funded by the NIH at $15 million over five years, the lab will be a national resource to evaluate candidate vaccines from studies around the country.
Low vitamin D levels are linked to higher risk of heart disease in whites and Chinese, but not in blacks or Hispanics. The findings underscore the importance of designing medical research that includes a diverse ethnic and racial makeup of participants.
Every middle and high school has a policy against drinking alcohol on campus, but not all students follow the rules. New research suggests students are less likely to drink if they believe their school will strictly enforce its policy.
A model of great ape history during the past 15 million years has been fashioned through the study of genetic variation in a large panel of humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans.
Ninety-one 蘑菇视频 pharmacy students became certified in TB screening through collaborative training from the State Department of Public Health, the Washington State Pharmacy Association and the 蘑菇视频 School of Pharmacy.
Thomas B. Dodson of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine will become chair the 蘑菇视频 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Sept. 1.
The 蘑菇视频 has received nearly $10 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to continue a project aimed at building a small, paper-based device that could test for infectious diseases on-demand in areas where diagnostic capabilities are limited.
The U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 unanimous decision June 13 to bar the patenting of naturally occurring genes opens up important clinical testing options for a variety of diseases.
蘑菇视频 researchers have demonstrated that when humans use brain-computer interfaces, the brain behaves much like it does when completing simple motor skills such as kicking a ball or waving. Learning to control a robotic arm or a prosthetic limb could become second nature for people who are paralyzed.
Short-term therapy from paraprofessionals improved the mental health of Congolese women who suffered sexual violence.
Older adults are assessing their neighborhoods to make them more amenable to a favorite physical activity: walking.
Exposure to diesel exhaust undermines one of the body’s protections against heart and blood vessel disease.
“The Return,” a dreamlike account of a Native woman and her baby, is an allegory for passing environmental health values to the next generation.
The 蘑菇视频 and the VA Puget Sound will be among the sites for the national RISE study. The researchers want to see if treating patients to preserve insulin secretion keeps diabetes from forming or slows its progression.
Evidence points to importance of recognizing and treating depression in people with diabetes to reduce medical complications.
A rural family medicine group is an example for other community physicians seeking to wean themselves from pharmaceutical industry influence.
Harmful effects of bullying are profound for youth struggling with identity and self-worth, and can lead to depression and thoughts of suicide.
The maternal genetic information passed down through many generations of mitochondria is still present in modern-day residents of the Lassithi plateau of Crete.
蘑菇视频 engineers have created a synthetic substance that fully resists the body’s natural attack response to foreign objects. Medical devices such as artificial heart valves, prostheses and breast implants could be coated with this polymer to prevent the body from rejecting an implanted object.
The 蘑菇视频 report recommends ways to protect the health of Native American tribes and others affected by the cleanup.
New study suggests dietary nicotine may protect against this disorder, which results from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells.
New research shows bacteria may draw other bacteria to an infection site by laying down trails of a 鈥渕olecular glue鈥� that attract free-swimming individual bacteria.
Dr. Alisa Hideg, who teaches 蘑菇视频 medical students, is grateful for the chance to move science forward toward a future with more options for other patients.
A new device will give hospitals and research labs a much easier way to separate DNA from human fluid samples to help with genome sequencing, disease diagnosis and forensic investigations.
The Erasmus virus resets 207 genes in lung cells to hamper the cells’ ability to launch an antiviral reaction. Available drugs might correct this sabotage.
Low pituitary hormone levels can mimic symptoms of depression and post-traumatic stress syndrome, but are easily treated.
The 65 workers who died from job-related injuries or illnesses in Washington state this past year will be remembered at a 蘑菇视频 event promoting safer workplaces.
Researchers found that a protein in organs that repeatedly stretch and retract can lose their functionality when exposed to sugar.
A new procedure that thickens and thins fluid at the micron level could save consumers and manufacturers money, particularly for some soap products.
The new Turbo Commander aircraft will allow the medical transport service to reach more people living in outlying rural areas of Southwest Alaska.
Latest research findings suggest the possibility of reverting TB hyper-susceptibility to TB hyper-resistance.
Neurosurgeon Eric Holland has been recruited to establish a preeminent brain cancer program at 蘑菇视频 Medicine and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute.
Dance, photography, cinema, theater and music will convey how the arts can make a difference in public health.
The genetic variants disturb the functioning of the same brain signal receptors affected by hallucinogenic drugs.