The full financial cost of a heart attack or stroke is twice as much as the medical costs when lost
Real cost of heart attacks and strokes: Double the direct medical expense
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Insulin receptor and gene expression: Unexpected connection between insulin receptor and gene expression opens new doors for insulin-related disease research
The discovery of insulin in the 1920s marked the breakthrough in the almost 3,500-year-long mystery of diabetes, a disease first
Protein key to charcot-marie-tooth, other nerve diseases: Finding in laboratory mice also may shed light on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and related disorders
A new study provides critical insight into a little-known, yet relatively common, inherited neurological condition called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The findings
Is your melanoma hot enough for immunotherapy?
Melanomas tend to be “hot” or “cold” — if they’re hot, immunotherapy lights melanoma tumors like beacons for elimination by
Natural gene therapy for intractable skin disease discovered
Pathogenic gene mutations causing a type of intractable skin disease can be eliminated from some parts of patients’ skin as
Study identifies possible causes of and protectors against premature birth: Seven bacteria and immune factors in the vagina and cervix may be the key to predicting and preventing premature birth
Seven types of bacteria and certain immune factors in a woman’s vagina and cervix may be responsible for increasing the
Different bacteria use same cell surface molecule to invade tissue and promote infection: Blocking bacteria-molecule interaction might prevent many deadly illnesses
A new study identifies a single molecule as a key entry point used by two types of dangerous bacteria to
New cell subtypes classified in mouse brain
It’s been estimated that the human brain contains roughly 100 billion neurons, together completing countless tasks through countless connections. So
Experimental drug lowers serum phosphate in phase 3 trial of hemodialysis patients: Tenapanor blocks intestinal phosphate absorption
An investigational drug that blocks intestinal phosphate absorption may help reduce the dangerously high blood levels of phosphate commonly seen
Wide variations in how well or poorly people age: United States ranks 54th between Iran (53rd) and Antigua and Barbuda (55th)
At what age do you feel 65? A 30-year gap separates countries with the highest and lowest ages at which