Study: Dectin-1-mediated pain is critical for the resolution of fungal inflammation — (Details)
Candida albicans infection (candidiasis) can cause skin, genital, or oral pain. Many studies have attempted to understand the source of pain in candidiasis;...
Food and herbs to support brain functions and prevent cancer
There is increasing concern about how to maintain the capability to reason and remember in our aging population. Cancer is a growing problem in...
Study: Materials chemists tap body heat to power ‘smart garments’ — (Details)
Many wearable biosensors, data transmitters and similar tech advances for personalized health monitoring have now been "creatively miniaturized," says materials chemist Trisha Andrew...
Research: New imaging method reveals HIV’s sugary shield in unprecedented detail
Photo: An artistic rendering--based on cryo-EM maps and computer simulations--shows how glycans create...
Study: New clues to improving chemotherapies — (Details)
About half of all drugs, ranging from morphine to penicillin, come from compounds that are from -- or have been derived from --...
Study: Downward head tilt can make people seem more dominant — (Details)
We often look to people's faces for signs of how they're thinking or feeling, trying to gauge whether their eyes are narrowed or...
Study shows very young children are not ticklish
The response that children who are four months of age or less give to human touch and tickling is not the result of being...
Report: New in the Hastings Center Report: Health, race, and society during Covid-19
Several essays look specifically at how racial inequality is embodied in health inequities.
Black Lives in a Pandemic: Implications of Systemic Injustice for...
Study: Investigators find that bile acids reduce cocaine reward — (Details)
Bile acids -- gut compounds that aid in the digestion of dietary fats -- reduce the desire for cocaine, according to a new...
Study: A model for use in eradicating the disease — (Details)
Eradicating peste des petits ruminants is an ambitious objective that is neveretheless looking increasingly realistic, notably thanks to a targeted vaccination strategy centring...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
