Health
Can cold weather cause a cold?
The bitter winter elements can be brutal on the body. But is there any truth that you can "catch a cold" if not properly dressed outside?
Jan 18, 2024
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Neuroscience
Brain stimulation decreases involuntary shaking, researcher finds
Neurosurgical treatment with deep brain stimulation in a relatively new target area has been shown to relieve involuntary tremors in Parkinson's disease and Essential Tremor for up to at least five and 10 years after treatment ...
Dec 4, 2023
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Q&A: The intersection of fertility, Zika, COVID-19, climate conditions, urbanicity and inequality
In 2020, then a sociology professor at the University of Texas at Austin and principal investigator of Decode Zika, Letícia Marteleto was leading a team interviewing 4,000 women in Pernambuco, the Brazilian state hit hardest ...
Dec 1, 2023
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Gastroenterology
Country of birth is a key factor in assessing risk for conditions favorable to stomach cancer development
Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have found that country of birth—not just geographic region—is a key risk factor for gastric intestinal metaplasia, ...
Nov 28, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Norovirus: What to know and how to avoid it
Noroviruses are usually more widespread in the fall and winter, but you can get sick from the virus any time of the year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says norovirus is the leading cause of vomiting ...
Nov 10, 2023
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Health
Don't wait to get this year's flu vaccine
Flu season is upon us again, and while case numbers in Texas remain relatively low, a physician with Texas A&M University Health Services says the best time to get vaccinated is right now.
Oct 27, 2023
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Neuroscience
Researchers develop new approach to improve visual perception training
Constant training improves the capacities of human perception. Just as years of practice hone the senses of smell and taste of sommeliers, for example, so too are experienced radiologists able to spot anomalies in X-rays ...
Oct 25, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Study shows how 'superbacteria' were prevented from spreading in a large tertiary hospital
Rapid identification of patients contaminated by "superbacteria" known as "carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae" (CRE), with early isolation of these patients, reduces transmission in hospital emergency departments. However, ...
Oct 2, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers uncover aberrant natural killer cell subtype
A team led by Prof. Tian Zhigang and Prof. Peng Hui from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), in collaboration with Prof. Zhang Zemin from Peking University, have ...
Sep 12, 2023
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Genetics
3D genome analysis reveals secrets to antibody diversity
One of the remaining mysteries of immunology is the exact mechanism that B cells use to generate millions of antibodies with different specificities to protect us from the plethora of pathogens in the environment.
Sep 7, 2023
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