New sweating discovery reveals hidden limits of body cooling
The purpose of perspiration was a mystery in 1775, when English physician Charles Brian Blagden and a few…
Cancer treatment could face landmark moment with promising vaccine
The drug, intismeran autogene, treats melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, of which the US National Cancer…
New study links cosmic radiation to higher cancer death risk in flight crews
Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers – even more than…
Scabies: Waikato University student says treatment barriers led to six infections
“Everyone’s got it all the time. And you can kind of see it,” he said. A University of…
UiA research project develops mobile app to combat world’s most neglected tropical diseases
A research project at UiA is working to combat one of the world’s most neglected tropical diseases. A…
Vancouver urgent care identified as measles exposure site after confirmed case in Clark County child
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KPTV) – An urgent care clinic in Vancouver has been identified as a measles exposure site…
Wearable sensor technology detects physical patterns linked to mental distress
Researchers have shown that measurements taken from a person’s fingertip could help identify physical patterns associated with stress,…
Discovery may help develop new treatments for immunosuppressed skin cancer patients
Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that immunosuppressed patients with non-melanoma skin cancer are not missing the key cancer-fighting immune cells found in immunocompetent patients, but those…
Funding for more GPs to remove suspected skin cancer
The funding was set to go towards upskilling more GPs to offer skin cancer services, including training in…
New stem cell vesicles accelerate diabetic wound healing
Diabetic foot ulcers are among the most serious complications of diabetes because prolonged inflammation, poor circulation, and defective…
Flexible sensing-memory integrated platform advances physiological health monitoring
A wearable health monitoring system that achieves seamless integration of sensing and memory functions is of great significance…
Researchers identify key barrier preventing self repair of heart cells
Specialized cells in our body make biological tradeoffs to do certain jobs. To support large and hardworking hearts…