Pediatrics
Could this widely used food additive cause celiac disease?
Myths about gluten are hard to bust. Intolerance, allergy, sensitivity, hypersensitivity. What is what?
Jan 3, 2019
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Ophthalmology
Sleeping in contact lenses puts you at risk of dangerous infection
Contact lenses are worn by an estimated 45 million Americans. Improper care or wear, like going to sleep without removing your lenses, can lead to infections of the cornea like microbial keratitis, which can lead to serious ...
Dec 19, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
With a focus on high-risk patients, SLU researcher eyes eliminating TB for good
In a recent paper published in PLOS One, Soumya Chatterjee, M.D., assistant professor of infectious diseases, allergy and immunology at Saint Louis University, presents data to show that a focus on high-risk tuberculosis ...
Dec 18, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
To better treat COPD, scientists look to tailored approaches for deadly lung disease
Valerie Chang kept waking up breathless in the middle of the night. As a regular swimmer and non-smoker, she figured it was a fluke, a remnant of her childhood asthma, perhaps.
Nov 9, 2018
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Immunology
Machine learning tool predicts the potential of peptides as immune activators
The immune system keeps T cells under control by regulating precisely when they can respond to a pathogen. For instance, helper T cells only turn "on" if other immune cells, such as antigen-presenting cells (APCs) present ...
Oct 23, 2018
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Immunology
Cell death protein also damps inflammation
Inflammation is one strategy your body uses to fight infection, but if it gets out of control it can kill instead of heal. In the Sept. 18 issue of Immunity, UConn Health immunologist Vijay Rathinam and colleagues show how ...
Oct 1, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Pneumococcal DNA predicts course of infection
In addition to revealing information about a patient's condition, pneumococcal DNA also appears to provide information about the course of an infection. In the next issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Radboudumc researchers ...
Jul 6, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Spleen microbes of wild animals change with tick-borne illness
Anaplasmosis, a tick-borne febrile disease, can be carried by wild mammals before being transmitted to humans through a tick bite. Now, researchers reporting in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases have found that Anaplasma bacteria ...
Jul 5, 2018
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A common but little-known condition afflicting women
When Rachel, 25, made an appointment to see her GP, she wasn't surprised by the diagnosis of thrush.
May 21, 2018
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Inflammatory disorders
Researchers make significant discovery around how inflammation works
A research team from Queen's University Belfast, in collaboration with an international team of experts, have made ground-breaking insights into how inflammatory diseases work.
Apr 23, 2018
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