Hospital gowns retain superbugs even after being treated with disinfectant
Surgical gowns and other apparel masks, footwear, gloves) fill two needs: 1. protecting patients from microorganisms conveyed by the surgical team or patients themselves,...
Atypical eating behaviors may be a new diagnostic indicator for autism
Atypical eating behavior may include severely limited food preferences, hypersensitivity to food texture or temperatures, and pocketing food without swallowing. Such action is a...
Designer plants one step closer to growing low-cost medical, industrial proteins
Vaccines help protect individuals from lethal infections before they interact with the disease. Antibodies may likewise help reduce the symptoms of the infection brought...
Newly discovered molecules show promise in eradicating cancer stem cells
Effective management of advanced cancer requires systematic treatment, including small molecules that target unique features of aggressive tumor cells. In the meantime, tumors are...
Quitting alcohol may improve mental well-being, health-related quality of life
The association of moderate alcohol consumption with specific disorders, including heart disease and cancers, has been well documented. The evidence of the broader impact...
Autistic adults are vulnerable to many types of negative life experience
Mental health conditions, for example, anxiety and depression, are incredibly normal in autistic adults. Negative life experiences increase the risk of anxiety and depression...
Study aims to improve acne in women
Scientists at the Universities of Bristol and Southampton want to check whether Spironolactone is useful for treating acne in women. For this, they are...
Scientists just eliminated HIV from the genomes of living animals
Existing HIV treatment focuses on the use of antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART suppresses HIV replication however does not dispose of the virus from the...
Scientists hijack bacteria’s homing ability
Until now, stem cells- taken and grown from patients- have been used to regenerate damaged tissue. And the fascinating is, such treatments also showed...
Physical and mental illnesses combined increase emergency department visits
Individuals with both physical illness and mental disorders visit the emergency department more frequently than people with a various physical disease or mental illness...
Low Vitamin D at birth raises risk of higher blood pressure in kids
Lack of Vitamin D since birth to early childhood is linked to hypertension in adults. However, it remains unclear to what degree vitamin D...
Scientists found a promising cure for baldness
Everybody loses hair. It is normal to lose around 50-100 hairs consistently. It makes clumps of hair fall out, which prompts hairless patches on...