A medicine licensed to treat psoriasis worsened symptoms in patients with severe asthma, according to trial results published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, which was…
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Metabolic remodeling during early mouse embryo development
A research team led by Prof. Zhang Jin from the Zhejiang University School of Medicine and the team led by Dr. Hu Zeping from the Tsinghua University School of Pharmaceutical…
Hypoxia imaging and combination therapy aid immunotherapy treatment of solid tumors
Immunotherapy using checkpoint inhibitors can work well to treat cancer, but only a minority of patients respond to therapy. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have now shown—in…
Nurses as parents exemplify link between poor sleep and daily stress, study shows
A new paper in the peer-reviewed Journal of Sleep Research details how nurses who also are parents might be more susceptible than other groups to daily stress aggravated by poor…
Breakthrough in keyhole heart valve replacement
Cardiovascular disease remains the number one cause of death worldwide. Aortic stenosis—the narrowing of the valve that controls blood flow from the heart—is one of the most common heart valve…
A ‘dented’ internal clock provides insight into shift workers’ weight gain and diabetes
A study of "dented" internal clocks seems to have provided evidence for a theory as to why people who work late or irregular hours are susceptible to weight gain and…
Workplaces can do better to support women following miscarriage, says study
A new study led by the University of Sydney has found 68 percent of women who returned to work following a miscarriage reported receiving no support or negative support from…