Pregnant women

Swine Flu - H1N1 influenza

Swine flu is the common name given to a relatively new strain of influenza (flu) that caused a flu pandemic in 2009-2010. It is also referred to as H1N1 influenza (because it is the H1N1 strain of...

Smoking

Smoking tobacco and cigarettes has long been associated with lung cancer and other respiratory conditions such as COPD. Since this link has become common knowledge, there has extensive programs to h...

Organic polymers show sunny potential

A new version of solar cells created by laboratories at Rice and Pennsylvania State universities could open the door to research on a new class of solar energy devices.Read more about Organic polymers...

MD Anderson/GSK Form Latest Academia/Industry Collaboration, With Oncology Focus

University of Texas’ MD Anderson Cancer Center has teamed up with GlaxoSmithKline to develop antibodies that activate OX40. Anderson officials said the deal could be worth as much as $335 million ov...

Vitamin D Levels In Hip Fracture Patients Not Improved By Living In A Sunny Climate

While it is well known that a majority of hip fracture patients of all ages and both sexes have insufficient or deficient levels of vitamin D, a new study presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the A...

Living in a sunny climate does not improve vitamin D levels in hip fracture patients

While it is well known that a majority of hip fracture patients of all ages and both sexes have insufficient or deficient levels of vitamin D, a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of...

UT MD Anderson scientists uncover the nuclear life of actin

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Actin, a protein with a well-known job in the cytoplasm and an active role in muscle contraction, moonlights in the nucleus. It's function there was...

Study finds no improvement of vitamin D levels in hip fracture patients who live in sunny climate

While it is well known that a majority of hip fracture patients of all ages and both sexes have insufficient or deficient levels of vitamin D, a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of...

1 in 13 Pregnant Women Drinks, CDC Says

THURSDAY, July 19 (HealthDay News) -- Drinking among pregnant women in the United States remains an important public health issue, with almost 8 percent of expectant mothers reporting alcohol use, a n...

GlaxoSmithKline in deal with MD Anderson on cancer drugs

(Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline signed a collaboration agreement with the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to develop new drugs that promote a patient's immune system to attack cancer based on discove...

Not as sunny as advertised.

Not-so-sunny outlook for organic photovoltaics.

Advanced view factor analysis method for radiation exchange.

A raster-based method for determining complex view factor patterns is presented (HURES model). The model uses Johnson and Watson's view factor analysis method for fisheye lens photographs. The entire...

Antagonistic effects of cadmium on lead accumulation in pregnant and non-pregnant mice.

People are frequently exposed to combinations of contaminants but there is a paucity of data on the effects of mixed contaminants at low doses. This study investigated the influence of cadmium (Cd) on...

Sunny hours and variations in the prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren according to the International Study of Asthma and Allergies (ISAAC) Phase III in Spain.

The objective of this study was to estimate the relationship between the prevalence of asthma in schoolchildren aged 6-7 years and 13-14 years and the mean annual sunny hours (MASH) in Spain, and to e...