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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Specific immune cells linked to severe organ damage in systemic sclerosis

Treating rare diseases can be complicated at the best of times, and it gets even more complicated when different patients with the same disease exhibit different symptoms. Now, researchers from Japan have reported a cellular ...

Surgery

Blood test can spot early liver transplant issues to prevent organ failure

Liver transplant is a lifesaving surgery, but a significant number of patients experience organ rejection or other complications. Now a study by scientists from Georgetown University and MedStar Health describes how a single ...

Medical research news

Genetics

New study decodes genetic influences on brain structure

A research team has identified genetic factors that influence the shape of subcortical brain regions—far beyond volume measurements. The results could open up new approaches for the early detection of neurological and mental ...

Addiction

New opioid testing techniques could lead to better therapies

As the opioid epidemic persists across the United States, a team of researchers from Brown University has developed new diagnostic techniques for detecting opioid compounds in adults with opioid use disorder and infants with ...

Medications

Common antibiotic found 99.9% effective against typhoid

Cornell researchers have identified an antibiotic, rifampin, that is 99.9% effective against Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever. Researchers also predict that rifampin will work on other life-threatening ...

Health

Climate change linked to dangerous sleep apnea

Sleep apnea will become more common and more severe due to global warming, leading to increased health and economic burdens across the globe, warn Flinders University sleep experts.