Animals All animal work received prior approval from the University of Calgary Health Science Animal Care Committee and was in accordance with the Canadian Council on Animal Care Guidelines (approve… [+14924 chars]
Download logoHealth authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are investigating a suspected case of Ebola virus disease, in the countrys eastern province of North Kivu. The countrys Nationa… [+1343 chars]
ByUniversity of Minnesota Medical SchoolAugust 20, 2022 Researchers have found that metformin, a commonly prescribed diabetes medication, lowers the odds of emergency department visits, hospitalizat… [+5738 chars]
50 with 40 posters participating Removing urine from wastewater and using it as fertilizer has the potential to decrease nutrient loading in water bodies and boost sustainability by making use of a … [+5629 chars]
TTHealthWatch is a weekly podcast from Texas Tech. In it, Elizabeth Tracey, director of electronic media for Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, and Rick Lange, MD, president of the Texas Tech Unive… [+13174 chars]
A psoas abscess is an accumulation of pus in the muscular compartment of the iliopsoas. It can originate from a primary or secondary source. Hematogenous or lymphatic seeding from a distant place cau… [+10522 chars]
CALIFORNIA At school pickup, Ms Janet Perez always looks for the neon orange backpack that makes her six-year-old son, Jayden, so easy to spot. But on a recent spring afternoon in Perris, California,… [+11524 chars]
It's sometimes said that you can smell fear, when, in fact, the signals that generate fear are often multi-sensory. A fire, for instance, has heat, smoke, and smell to give it away. An eagle flying … [+4018 chars]
Introduction In polytrauma patients, it is crucial to identify the severity of the injuries to ensure patient safety and survival. Polytrauma leads to hypotension and hypoperfusion, which results in… [+23647 chars]
Background: The activity level of the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), as it is now called, is considered low. Despite early preventive lockdown measures and… [+27842 chars]
Asthma is thought to affect more than 250 million people worldwide and is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Research into a cure for the condition would make a major differen… [+2715 chars]
Comment on this story Come on, you know you do it. Whether youre in the trusted company of your spouse or sneaking a quick one when you think nobodys looking, we all pick our noses. Other primates … [+5321 chars]