Only a minority of intensive care units (ICUs) in smaller, community, and regional ICUs in the United States hire intensivists
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Study confirms that bromeliads contribute to mosquito breeding in Miami
With vector-borne diseases posing an increasing public health threat to communities in South Florida and elsewhere, a new study led
Continue reading »Observing brain plasticity during cello training
Music acquisition provides an excellent model of neural plasticity, and has become a hot research subject in neurology. Music performance
Continue reading »Is there a link between diabetes and Parkinson’s disease?
People with type 2 diabetes may have an increased risk of having a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease later in life,
Continue reading »Researchers peer inside cells to spy on cancer’s on-off switch
Forty years after researchers first discovered it in fruit flies, a once-obscure cluster of proteins called PRC2 has become a
Continue reading »Deficient letter-shape knowledge and awareness despite massive visual experience
Despite seeing it in nearly every book, newspaper, and email message, people are essentially unaware of the more common version
Continue reading »New discovery about the brain’s water system may prove beneficial in stroke
Water is transported from the blood into the brain via an ion transporter, according to a new study on mice
Continue reading »Parents see cancer prevention potential as best reason for HPV vaccination
Parents of adolescents believed that the potential to prevent certain types of cancer is the best reason for their children
Continue reading »Study suggests siblings of people with RA are at increased risk of acute coronary syndrome
The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrate an increased risk
Continue reading »60 sickened so far in salmonella-tainted melon outbreak
(HealthDay)—Federal, state, and local health officials are investigating a salmonella outbreak linked to fruit salad mixes that has sickened 60
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