A racial gap in kidney transplants closes but work remains
A racial gap in kidney transplants appears to have closed, a 13-year study found.
Aug 31, 2015
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Religion, physicians and surrogate decision-makers in the intensive care unit
Religious or spiritual considerations were discussed in 16 percent of family meetings in intensive care units and health care professionals only rarely explored the patient's or family's religious or spiritual ideas, according ...
Aug 31, 2015
Epigenomic changes are key to innate immunological memory
A research team led by Keisuke Yoshida and Shunsuke Ishii of the RIKEN Molecular Genetics Laboratory has revealed that epigenomic changes induced by pathogen infections, mediated by a transcription factor called ATF7, are ...
Aug 31, 2015
'Happy Meals' bill could improve healthfulness of fast food meals for kids in NYC
A bill to improve the nutritional value of fast food restaurant meals marketed to children—like McDonald's Happy Meals—could have a wide enough impact to reduce calories, fat, and sodium, according to a new study led ...
Aug 31, 2015
