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Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center continues to rank as the No. 1 children's hospital in North Carolina by U.S. News & World Report, with nine pediatric specialties ranked among the best in the nation. Duke Children's also retained a…

In a recent study posted to the bioRxiv* preprint server, researchers assessed the role of adenoside diphosphate (ADP)-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6) in severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection. Study: ARF6 is an important host factor for SARS-CoV-2 infection…

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recent efforts to educate women with early-stage breast cancer on surgical options appear to be paying off, with rates of breast conservation on the rise and rates of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) on the decline,…

So you could have become a pro footballer when you were younger, you say? Or you were really good at chess? Perhaps you could have been a world-renowned chef? Well, maybe not anymore, we think as we get older. And…

In Italy, many women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) undergo hysterectomy despite the fact that guidelines advise against it. In fact, over the past 10 years, there has been at least a sevenfold increase in the number of patients with CIN resorting to…

A new study by RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences examining population genetics across Europe has analyzed the diverse ancestries of people living in the UK. This knowledge has the potential to inform future health research on genetic factors…

A molecule in mosquito spit has been identified as a potential new target for vaccination against a range of diseases for which there is no protection or medicine. University of Leeds Virus Host Interaction Team researchers have discovered that the…

Surgeons may significantly underestimate how long it will take women to return to normal activities following sling surgery to correct stress urinary incontinence, a new study has found. The researchers found that just over 40% of women reported returning to…

Doctors often have good reasons for running late or not prescribing medications patients want. But those reasons may not be transparent to patients. What do you wish patients knew? Source: Read Full Article

Younger patients with atrial fibrillation who had rare genetic variants associated with inherited cardiomyopathy and arrythmia syndromes were associated with a significantly higher rate of death than those without the variants, a Vanderbilt-led study has shown. The research, “Mortality Among…