Plague is an endemic disease in Madagascar. Each year there is a seasonal upsurge between September and April, especially in…
Probing the mystery of drug resistance: New hope for leukemia’s toughest cases
A medical researcher has made it his mission to figure out why leukemia treatments cure some patients but not others.…
The fluid that feeds tumor cells
Biologists have found that the nutrient composition of the interstitial fluid that normally surrounds pancreatic tumors is different from that…
PCV10 pneumococcal vaccine has big impact in Kenya, even among unvaccinated individuals
A vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae, a major cause of childhood illness and mortality in the developing world, sharply reduced the…
Don’t Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns
The DNA testing company, which has 10 million customers, misses nearly 90 percent of people with risky BRCA mutations. It…
How inflammation causes gastric cancer
Researchers have solved the decades-old mystery of how stomach bacterium Helicobacter pylori causes gastric cancer. Using mouse models and human…
Why comic-style information is better at preparing patients for cardiac catheterization
Before undergoing surgery, patients must be fully informed about what the procedure entails. The complex nature of the information involved…
Child welfare: Uninformed, overwhelmed clients; unrealistic agency expectations
Contracted private agencies provide approximately 33 percent of foster care placement services and 59 percent of family preservation services. State…
Sleep Apnea: Oral appliance could help you (and your partner) sleep better
Researchers measured a novel treatment for sleep apnea and found positive results. By measuring patients lying down flat, the researchers…
‘Lovely,’ ‘pleasant’ and ‘scientific’ — Medical student evaluations differ by gender and minority status
In the largest analysis to date of narrative medical school evaluations, researchers have found significant differences in how female and…