Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Will going out in the cold give you a cold?
Many of us have heard: "Don't go outside without a coat; you'll catch a cold."
Dec 16, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
'Hunker down' stress genes boosted in women who live in violent neighborhoods
The chronic stress of living in neighborhoods with high rates of violence and poverty alters gene activity in immune cells, according to a new study of low-income single Black mothers on the South Side of Chicago.
Mar 11, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
Outdoor activities and skin cancer: What you need to know
Exercise has been associated with a lower risk for certain types of cancer, such as breast, colon, and prostate. But skin cancer is a lingering concern for those spending time outside.
Jun 8, 2023
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HIV & AIDS
Plaque composition, immune activation explain cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected women
A Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has discovered a possible mechanism behind the elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in women infected with HIV, a risk even higher than that of HIV-infected men. In ...
Dec 13, 2013
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Immunology
A year of COVID-19 lockdown is putting kids at risk of allergies, asthma and autoimmune diseases
"Eat dirt!" is a phrase I remember well. It was in the title of an article published by Harvard University environmental health professor, Dr. Scott T. Weiss, and it captured my attention while I was learning about an immunological ...
Mar 10, 2021
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Detecting sickness by smell
Humans are able to smell sickness in someone whose immune system is highly active within just a few hours of exposure to a toxin, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association ...
Jan 23, 2014
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Cardiology
Researchers identify immunosuppressive pathway that helps newborn hearts regenerate in mouse models
When the heart is injured, as in a myocardial infarction, the damaged heart muscle cannot regenerate—instead, scar tissue forms. Cardiomyocytes, the heart muscle cells that generate contractile force, are lost for good. ...
May 16, 2024
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Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Finding flicker's therapeutic pathway, opening the door to non-invasive treatments for neurodegenerative diseases
Annabelle Singer was a postdoctoral researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology when she helped develop a light and sound therapeutic system that opened the door to a hopeful future of non-invasive treatments ...
Aug 31, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Improving equine health: Research studies vaccinations to protect newborn foals
A Kansas State University veterinary medicine student is investigating ways to improve horse vaccinations and defend them against pathogen challenges at an early age.
Apr 4, 2012
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Immunology
Mind the gap: How new insight into cells could lead to better drugs
Professor Dan Davis and his team at the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research, working in collaboration with global healthcare company GSK, investigated how different types of immune cells communicate ...
Nov 19, 2014
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