Medical Wellness

Early HIV treatment dramatically increases survival in patients co-infected with tuberculosis

Boston, Mass. – Timing is everything when treating patients with both HIV and tuberculosis. Starting HIV therapy in such patients within two weeks of TB…

African-Americans more likely to donate kidney to family member

The retrospective study, published in the September/October online issue of the journal Clinical Transplantation, compared medical records of all former…

Researchers find possible link between bacterium and colon cancer

In a study published online in the journal Genome Research, investigators report the discovery of an abnormally large number of Fusobacterium cells in nine…

Study Shows that New DNA Test to Identify Down Syndrome in Pregnancy is Ready for Clinical Use

The test can be offered as early as 10 weeks of pregnancy to women who have been identified as being at high risk for Down syndrome. These are the results of…

Differences in Jet Lag Severity Could be Rooted in How Circadian Clock Sets Itself

Now researchers, including a University of Washington biologist, have found hints that differing molecular processes in an area of the brain known as the…

Nearly 1 in 4 people with psoriasis may have undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis

New research from the National Psoriasis Foundation reveals that nearly one in four people with psoriasis—the most common autoimmune disease in the country,…

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