Medicine, Health Care Sugars in Human Mother’s Milk… Published: August 21, 2017.Released by Vanderbilt University Mother’s milk, which consists of a complex and continually changing blend of proteins, fats and sugars, helps protect babies against bacterial infections. A team of…
Medicine, Health Care Comparison of Screening Recommendations Indicates… Published: August 21, 2017.Released by Wiley When to initiate screening for breast cancer, how often to screen, and how long to screen are questions that continue to spark emotional debates. A new…
Medicine, Health Care Behavior Theory May Offer Key… Published: August 21, 2017.Released by Yale University New Haven, Conn. – It is still common for infants to be placed in unsafe sleeping positions by their caregivers, report researchers from Yale and…
Credit: Brunel University People prone to falls could be safer pottering round at home with smart mobile 3-D software to help healthcare workers measure their surroundings. With more people older than 80 around than ever before, falls, and injuries and…
How can parents, caregivers and educators talk with children about racial turmoil and recent news events in the U.S.? Several Mayo Clinic experts say the best approach is proactive and direct. “I would recommend asking questions to see what your…
This digitally-colorized scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image shows Salmonella bacteria (red) invading an immune cell (yellow). Salmonella Typhi is the cause of typhoid fever. Researchers at Duke have discovered human genetic variation can impact both invasion of Salmonella into cells…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration gave 3M’s new rapid sterilizing test kit the thumbs-up last month, meaning that hospitals can verify that surgical instruments are sterilized at low temperatures in just 24 minutes instead of the former four-hour time…
In this April 19, 2010, file photo, Johnson’s baby powder is squeezed from its container. On Monday, Aug. 21, 2017, a Los Angeles County Superior Court spokeswoman confirmed that a jury has ordered Johnson Johnson to pay $417 million in…
Credit: University of California – Santa Barbara Fewer trips to the dentist may be in your future, and you have mussels to thank. Inspired by the mechanisms mussels use to adhere to inhospitable surfaces, UC Santa Barbara researchers have developed…
Transmission electron microscope image of negative-stained, Fortaleza-strain Zika virus (red), isolated from a microcephaly case in Brazil. The virus is associated with cellular membranes in the center. Credit: NIAID For the first time, researchers are using proteomics to examine proteins…
The Ebola virus, isolated in November 2014 from patient blood samples obtained in Mali. The virus was isolated on Vero cells in a BSL-4 suite at Rocky Mountain Laboratories. Credit: NIAID Two Johns Hopkins materials science graduate students and their…
