New head lice treatment approved for use in USA
A new prescription head lice treatment, developed by University of Melbourne Associate Professor Vern Bowles, has been given Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval, allowing
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Sweet-taste perception changes as children develop
Compared with adults, children and adolescents are less sensitive to the sweet taste and need 40% more sucrose in a solution for them to detect
Study examines why strokes are so deadly for people of African descent
African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, yet there has been little investigation of if
Alteration of calcium channel signaling may explain the mechanism of autism spectrum disorder
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a heterogeneous disorder initiated early in development and characterized by abnormal social communication. Accumulating evidence supports the idea that specific
A hard journey to a future free of hepatitis in Africa
The World Health Organization has announced additional efforts to eliminate hepatitis by 2030. The overall strategy calls for the prevention of new infections through universal
A simpler, high-accuracy method to detect rare circulating tumor cells in blood samples
Metastasis—the development of tumor growth at a secondary site—is responsible for the majority of cancer-related deaths. It occurs when the primary tumor site sheds cancerous
Bone marrow transplant study finds breast cancer risk in young women who received total body irradiation
A new study examining long-term outcomes of blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) found that patients who received total body irradiation (TBI) at age 30 or