Bacteria responsible for middle ear infections, pink eye and sinusitis protect themselves from further immune attack by transporting molecules meant to destroy them away from their inner membrane target, according to a study from Nationwide Children's Hospital. The study, published in the...
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) Board of Directors has recently approved and released an evidence-based clinical practice guideline (CPG) on "The Treatment of Supracondylar Humerus Fractures." Andrew Howard, MD, pediatric orthopaedic surgeon, medical director of the Trauma...
I am a sophomore in high school and I haven't dated before but I want to.
One of the things is, I'm not sure how much of a common interest I would need to have with someone before starting to date them, or if we need any at all. What would be some things couples usually bond over?
Also...
Whether you're trucking it back to your parents' house on the Greyhound, or flying first-class across the country to be with the one you love, if your holiday travel plans involve a boarding pass or ticket, they'll also probably involve other peoples' germs. Because unfortunately, 'til the...
how many you actually have a dream about a "bun in the oven". literally, i have had a dream about a "bun in the oven" and i've had pregnancy signs. i also dreamed that i missed my period and i had another dream were i took 2 pregnancy test and they came out positive. my period is late and but i...
A new study indicates that many patients undergoing spine surgery have low levels of vitamin D, which may delay their recovery. In a study of 313 patients undergoing spinal fusion surgery, orthopaedic surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis found that more than half had...
your religion?
@ John Arguelles: 1)Are you saying that the Christian Bible is not interpreted correctly when
translated?
2) "...someone says...Jesus is Messiah..." Christians base their belief on this by...
my 2000 vw beetle TDI is having transmission problems. is this common?? i have had the transmission fluid changed recently bit is still occurring. any ideas or suggestions??
A new study published in CMAJ discovered that, since the 2003 introduction of Canada's Common Drug Review, the number of drugs covered by public drug plans has considerably decreased. There are 19 public drug plans in Canada. In 2010, these plans accounted for approximately 39% of the projected...
i have been sick with cough, sore throat, nasuea, runny nose for months now. probably 3 months. it never fully goes away. and along with that, i have headaches everyday, but the headaches in the past 3 months have been some of my worst ones ever. is there something further wrong? besides saying...
Strong, incompatible views are common in biomedicine but are largely invisible to biomedical experts themselves, creating artificial barriers to effective modeling of complex biological phenomena. Researchers at the University of Chicago explored the diversity in views among scientists...
I'm very excited to have the opportunity to interview Don Prothero this coming Sunday on Atheist Talk Radio. If you are local to the Twin Cities, you can listen in on AM 940. If not, you can get there via the Minnesota Atheist web site (where you will have to pretend you live in a twin cities...
More than three-quarters of cancer patients have insufficient levels of vitamin D (25-hydroxy-vitamin D) and the lowest levels are associated with more advanced cancer, according to a study presented on October 2, 2011, at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology...
Richard Holbrooke, John Ritter, Lucille Ball, Jonathan Larson and Great Britain's King George II were all taken by the same silent killer: an acute aortic dissection. Now, scientists led by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Baylor College of...
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a therapy for a potentially deadly type of infection common in catheters, artificial joints and other "in-dwelling" medical devices. Their findings appear in the Open Access Journal PLoS Pathogens. The therapy targets fungal infections...