Diseases and Conditions Archives

09/18/2019

Autoantibodies in pregnancy: A cause of behavioral disorders in the child?

Dysfunctions in the maternal immune system that occur during pregnancy could possibly lead to impaired brain development in the unborn

09/03/2019

Patients with cardiac devices do not adhere to driving ban

Nearly one-third of patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) resume driving despite it being medically contraindicated — a practice

08/19/2019

Researcher decodes the brain to help patients with mental illnesses: Study demonstrates that network-level brain activity can detect specific types of mental effort

Approximately 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental illness in a given year. Severe mental illnesses cause

08/15/2019

Moderate to heavy drinking during pregnancy alters genes in newborns, mothers: Tests for prenatal exposure to alcohol and related health issues

Mothers who drink moderate to high levels of alcohol during pregnancy may be changing their babies’ DNA, according to a

08/12/2019

Early study results suggest 2 Ebola drugs saving lives

Two of four experimental Ebola drugs being tested in Congo seem to be saving lives, international health authorities announced Monday.

08/07/2019

Medical mistrust impacts African American men’s preventive health, but racism also matters

Mistrust of health care providers, fueled by painful experiences with racism, makes African American men more likely to delay routine

07/13/2019

New technology improves atrial fibrillation detection after stroke

A new method of evaluating irregular heartbeats outperformed the approach that’s currently used widely in stroke units to detect instances

07/03/2019

Superhydrophobic ‘nanoflower’ for biomedical applications

Plant leaves have a natural superpower — they’re designed with water repelling characteristics. Called a superhydrophobic surface, this trait allows

06/25/2019

Habitat loss linked to global emergence of infectious diseases

Auburn University researchers have published a new hypothesis that could provide the foundation for new scientific studies looking into the

06/24/2019

Death toll in Indian encephalitis outbreak rises to 152

India’s Supreme Court on Monday directed state and national authorities to file reports to the court on an encephalitis outbreak