It would be easy to look at a photo from the 1980s and conclude that things have changed. Many have…
Is the most effective weight-loss strategy really that hard?
Dietary self-monitoring is the best predictor of weight-loss success. But the practice is viewed as so unpleasant and time-consuming, many…
How a certain bacterium communicates and makes us sick
Researchers have uncovered the unique way in which a type of Gram-negative bacterium delivers the toxins that make us sick.…
Estrogen made by neurons important to making memories
Estrogen in the brain is important to keep neurons communicating and memories being made, scientists report.
Early life stress alters helping behavior of meerkat offspring
Parents make sacrifices to allow their children to have better lives than they did, but this isn’t the case for…
Fat cells work different ‘shifts’ throughout the day
Fat cells in the human body have their own internal clocks and exhibit circadian rhythms affecting critical metabolic functions, new…
High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Hyponatremia: An Unsolved Gordian Knot
In a previous issue of The American Journal of Medicine, Israel and Grossman1 reported that high levels of high-density lipoprotein…
Altruism – A Quality Required of Medical School Applicants
We read with interest the recent article by Tammaro et al1 Altruism: A Story in Three Acts and were truly…
Induction and decay of functional complement-fixing antibodies by the RTS,S malaria vaccine in children, and a negative impact of malaria exposure
Leading malaria vaccine, RTS,S, is based on the circumsporozoite protein (CSP) of sporozoites. RTS,S confers partial protection against malaria in…
Likelihood of tick bite to cause red meat allergy could be higher than previously thought
The original hypothesis was that humans developed the red meat allergy after being exposed to the alpha-gal protein through a…