For children undergoing immunotherapy – a promising treatment for peanut allergies – uncomfortable side effects can induce anxiety, perhaps to
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New Tools to Help Women with Physical Disabilities Make Decisions about Pregnancy
Becoming a mother is often a very personal decision for a woman. “For a woman with a physical disability, making
Many Women Get Unnecessary Mammograms Before Breast Reduction Surgery
Each year, thousands of younger women with no known risk of breast cancer get mammograms before having breast reduction surgery.
How the Body Fights Cancer and Intruders
The human body’s immune system is like a vast team of special agents. Certain cells called T cells each individually
Any way you slice it, nutrition studies are controversial
For every study that warns against the health perils of coffee, there’s another that points to java as the key to
NIH scientists explore tick salivary glands as tool to study virus transmission and infection
The salivary glands of some tick species could become important research tools for studying how viruses are transmitted from ticks
Sleep loss heightens pain sensitivity, dulls brain’s painkilling response
When we’re in pain, we have a hard time sleeping. But how does poor sleep affect pain? For the first
New precision medicine procedure fights cancer, advances treatment for pets and humans
In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists at the University of Missouri have helped advance a patient-specific, precision medicine treatment for bone cancer in
Study: Soft drinks, hard work and hot weather are recipe for kidney disease risk
It’s pretty common to see construction workers and other manual laborers stop into a convenience store on lunch to grab
Research Brief: Sustainable bioenergy from native prairies on abandoned agricultural lands
In an ongoing effort to discover the ideal conditions to grow alternative biofuels that offer more environmental benefits, University of
