MEDICINE & HEALTH

90 Percent of Teens Are Victims of Intimate Partner Homicide, Study Says

MEDICINE & HEALTH 04.15.2019 14:11 PM

90 percent of the perpetrators are male, and guns are the most common weapon they used JAMA Pediatrics' new study indicates that indeed the intimate partner homicide among teens happens and 90 percent of the victims are girls.

Printing the World’s First 3D Vascularised Engineered Heart Using Patient’s Cells and Biological Materials

04.15.2019 11:51 AM

The first time scientists successfully engineered and printed an entire heart replete with cells, blood vessels, ventricles, and chambers

Researchers Restored Silenced Cancer Genes to Fight a Broad Range of Cancers

04.15.2019 10:48 AM

Findings could lead to a new strategy to fight a broad range of cancers After a due study of human colon cancer cells and mice, John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers and experts confirm that they have successfully blocked the activity of portions of a protein referred to as UHRF1 and restored the function of hundreds of cancer-fighting genes that became misregulated by the disease.

Diabetes in Children Connected to Maternal Gestational Diabetes, Study Says

04.15.2019 10:31 AM

Maternal gestational diabetes mellitus is a risk indicator of diabetes in children and youth In recent research, "Gestational diabetes associated with incident diabetes in childhood and youth: a retrospective cohort study" published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), it was discovered by researchers that children and youth of mothers with gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at risk of diabetes themselves.

FDA Sugar Labeling Policy Potentially a Cost-Effective Way to Generate Important Health Gains

04.15.2019 10:30 AM

The mandatory added sugar policy for packaged foods and beverages is set to take effect between 2020 and 2021

Congo’s Ebola Outbreak Isn’t A Global Emergency Yet

04.14.2019 10:17 AM

The UN has released a report that says that the Ebola outbreak in Congo has yet to be considered as a global emergency.

How to Train Brain to Strengthen Communication

04.14.2019 10:16 AM

People can now have access to their brain activity in real time and gain control over it The main discovery of a new study conducted at D'Or Institute of Research and Education (IDOR) indicated that brain training with neurofeedback in less than one hour leads to the strengthening of neural connections and communication among brain areas.

Experts Warn Against the Expansion of Mosquito- and Tick-Borne Diseases in Warmer Climate

04.14.2019 10:07 AM

The longer hot season will enlarge the seasonal window for the potential spread of vector-borne diseases

Actress Milla Jovovich Has an Alternative for Keto Diet

04.14.2019 10:06 AM

Milla Jovovich said a Keto diet is difficult to sustain so she made an alternative Actress Milla Jovovich told People magazine in an interview that the keto diet can be difficult to sustain.

11 Rhesus Monkeys were Genetically Engineered to Have Human Brain Genes

04.13.2019 14:36 PM

A group of Chinese scientists has implanted human brain genes into 11 rhesus monkeys. (Photo : thor Razan Ahmed)Rhesus Monkey Genetic engineering, being a direct manipulation of a living organism's genes, have advanced as it has faced many ethical issues.

A Newly Developed Artificial Chemical Receptor Will Help Viral Transduction for T-Cell Engineering

04.13.2019 14:34 PM

Chimeric antigen receptor T cell (CAR-T) otherwise known as engineering T cell immunotherapy and T cell receptor T cell (TCR-T) has emerged as a viable therapeutic strategy for treating tumors.

Hospital Patients Have “Superbug” Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria on Their Hands in Early Hospital Stay, Study Says

04.13.2019 10:44 AM

Hospitals may need to expand the effort of washing hands to their patients For many years, it has become the custom of the hospitals to get their doctors, nurses, and others to wash their hands to prevent the spread of germs.

Study Shows Poverty May Leave a Mark On Our Genes

04.13.2019 07:54 AM

Study's findings challenge understandings of genes as fixed features of our biology A person born into poverty has the possibility to overcome his economic disability.

New App Forecasts Developing Hernia Risk after Abdominal Surgery

04.12.2019 13:12 PM

App uses data to tackle issues affecting patient following surgery Following abdominal surgery, a new app can predict the chances of a patient developing an incisional hernia, utilizing big data to potentially help deal with a problem that can affect one out of every eight of these surgical patients.

Brains Use Short Rest Periods to Strength Memories

04.12.2019 13:12 PM

Rest plays a significant role in learning The National Institutes of Health researchers, in a healthy volunteers' study, discovered that our brains might solidify the memories of new skills we just practiced a few seconds earlier by taking a short rest.

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