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WASHINGTON–Valley fever is endemic to hot and dry regions like the southwestern United States and California’s San Joaquin Valley, but a new study predicts climate change will cause the fungal infection’s range to more than double in size this century,…

Postdocs and new investigators will participate in peer review

Washington, DC – September 16, 2019 – Researchers have engineered a plasmid to remove an antibiotic resistance gene from the Enterococcus faecalis bacterium, an accomplishment that could lead to new methods for combating antibiotic resistance. The research is published this…

Showcasing the latest research and innovations in the specialty, Oct. 19-23, Orlando

The first-ever evaluation of a commercial sexual exploitation prevention program finds that young teenagers are at less risk for commercial sexual exploitation after participating in the Boston-based My Life My Choice curriculum.

New guidance for identifying infections may artificially improve hospital performance

Scientists at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona shed light on how the genome organizes groups of genes linked to specific processes, like the release of toxins

Report outlines psychological factors underlying ignorance about racial wealth gap

University of York scientists are part of an international team which has discovered how a parasite responsible for spreading a serious tropical disease protects itself from starvation once inside its human host.

Patients who attend ‘Heart School’, as almost every patient in Sweden is invited to do after a first heart attack, live longer than non-participating patients. This is shown in a new study, by researchers at Uppsala University, published in the…

Workplace health policy statement tackles equity for women, underrepresented minorities

Locating AEDs in more accessible locations may lead to increased bystander defibrillation and survival

Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The summaries are not intended to substitute for the full articles as a source of information. 1. Daily aspirin may…

some positive effects and that further research is required

Lymphomas in the central nervous system are rare but dangerous. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now discovered which molecular mechanism leads to lymphomas forming metastases in the central nervous system. Using a mouse model, the researchers…

A world first study reveals how gut bacteria impact blood sugar levels

Four substances isolated from Mimosa caesalpiniifolia were found to be more effective against thrush and candida than was fluconazole; Brazilian researchers are developing an ointment

Using a systems biology approach, Brazilian researchers identified several genes that can be explored as therapeutic targets and as biomarkers of predisposition to chronic joint pain

Those who have the mutation clear an infection without an excessive immune response

Although banned as a food additive, pulegone is unregulated in tobacco products

New research presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 Sept) suggests that a 16-week vegan diet can boost the gut microbes that are related to improvements in…

The excessive growth of a baby in the womb, a common complication of gestational diabetes, begins weeks before women are tested for the disease, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes…

Meal type and size are the most important factors influencing the accuracy of carb-counting for the control of blood sugar in type 1 diabetes, according to new research being presented at this year’s European Association for the Study of Diabetes…

New research presented at this year’s Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, Spain (16-20 Sept) shows that use of the contraceptive pill and longer menstrual cycles are associated with a higher risk…

Bottom Line: For adolescent girls but not boys, bigger waistlines and greater fat mass were associated with being an evening chronotype who prefers going to bed and waking up later and greater social jet lag because of later sleep timing…

A prestigious triennial award is administered by the Russian Academy of Sciences and is aimed at contributions to evolutionary physiology.

People with colon and rectal tumors prone to ‘immune overdrive’ don’t do well if they concurrently have an immune-suppressive tumor microenvironment, City of Hope researchers say

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — A team of researchers, including faculty at Binghamton University, have developed machine learning algorithms which can successfully identify bullies and aggressors on Twitter with 90 percent accuracy. Effective tools for detecting harmful actions on social media are…

USC scientists discover coral equip their offspring with beneficial algae colonies to help them cope with rising ocean temperatures