Medical Wellness

Home visits for asthma: A win for both patients and payers

Nearly 1 in 10 children have asthma, according to government statistics, and in low-income parts of Boston, nearly 16 percent of children are affected. A…

Deadly carbon monoxide prevents miscarriage

Too little HO-1 can lead to a restriction in the growth of the fetus and even in fetal death and miscarriage. New research published in BioMed Central's open…

Scientists prove Turing's tiger stripe theory

The study, funded by the Medical Research Council and to be published online in Nature Genetics, not only demonstrates a mechanism which is likely to be widely…

Faulty fat sensor implicated in obesity and liver disease

The protein GPR120 is found on the surface of cells in the gut, liver and fat tissue and allows cells to detect and respond to unsaturated fatty acids from the…

A surprising molecular switch

In a standard biology textbook, cells tend to look more or less the same from all sides. But in real life cells have fronts and backs, tops and bottoms, and…

Researchers See Differences in Autism Brain Development as Early as 6 Months

The changes in brain development that underlie autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be detectable in children as young as 6 months, according to research…

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