For kids with autism, food can be a fight
EMORY (US) — Children with autism spectrum disorders are five times more likely to have issues with eating, including tantrums at meals and extreme pickiness. Continue…
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 7:43 - 17 Comments
Health & Medicine - Jan 2, 2013 18:39 - 10 Comments
Is preservative in vaccines worth the risk?
EMORY (US) — Public health experts recommend keeping thimerosal, a commonly used preservative, in the global vaccine supply. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 17, 2012 11:58 - 0 Comments
How Ebola sneaks past immune system
EMORY (US) — The Ebola virus uses a protein decoy to undermine and evade the immune response of its infected host, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jun 14, 2012 11:50 - 0 Comments
Being scared twice locks memory in brain
EMORY (US) — Scientists have achieved greater insight into how fleeting experiences become memories in the brain. (more…)
Top Stories - May 31, 2012 11:07 - 0 Comments
‘Key step’ closer to universal flu vaccine
EMORY (US) — Researchers have discovered that the pandemic 2009 H1N1 vaccine can generate antibodies that protect against a variety of flu strains. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 28, 2012 16:08 - 0 Comments
To find mutations, read the whole exome
EMORY (US) — Geneticists are even closer to sequencing a patient’s entire genome to discover the source of his or her disease. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 9, 2011 11:46 - 0 Comments
New DNA letter may have distinct function
EMORY (US) — Scientists have mapped the patterns formed by a sixth nucleotide—a new DNA letter discovered in 2009—in the brains of mice, observing how its pattern of distribution changes during development and aging. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 3, 2010 12:04 - 1 Comment
Most meds for kids miss the dose
EMORY / NYU (US) — Giving kids the correct dose of medicine is a little like a guessing game. Almost all top-selling, over-the-counter liquid meds for children contain inconsistent dosing directions and measuring devices. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 29, 2010 12:13 - 0 Comments
Killer virus protein chews up RNA
EMORY (US) — Using X-rays, researchers have identified the structure of a key protein from Lassa virus, which infects 100,000 to 300,000 people every year in West Africa—and kills 5,000. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2010 12:07 - 0 Comments
Diaper’s dirty little secret: Estrogen
EMORY / UNC-CHAPEL HILL (US) — Instead of blood or saliva samples, researchers now have a noninvasive way to measure an infant’s estrogen levels—data from dirty diapers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 6, 2010 12:03 - 2 Comments
Predicting health needs before disease
EMORY (US) — Delivering care in the future may focus on predicting health needs rather than waiting for disease to begin. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jul 21, 2010 11:17 - 4 Comments
Melting needles make vaccines painless
EMORY/GEORGIA TECH (US)—A patch with hundreds of microscopic needles that dissolve into the skin could make it possible to painlessly administer vaccines—while providing improved immunization against diseases such as influenza. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jun 3, 2010 13:42 - 0 Comments
Migrants on the move with tuberculosis
EMORY (US)—To reduce the incidence, spread, and severity of tuberculosis, government policies must ensure that all patients have easy access to diagnosis and treatment, according to a commentary published in The Lancet. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 8, 2009 11:37 - 0 Comments
To sniff out muscle repair, follow the nose
EMORY (US)—When muscle cells need repair, it turns out they use odor-detecting tools found in the nose to start the process. And if it weren’t for a team of—ahem—nosy researchers, it’s a connection that could have continued to go unnoticed. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 17, 2009 13:30 - 1 Comment
Progesterone’s double life
EMORY (US)—Twenty-five years ago neuroscientist Donald Stein began to suspect that women’s brains differed from men’s when it came to recovering from traumatic brain injuries. Specifically, Stein observed that female lab rats recovered more readily than males—thanks to progesterone. (more…)
