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People with high fitness levels in midlife have significantly lower annual health care costs after age 65 than people with low fitness in midlife, after adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC). Read More

Understanding factors, such as the receptor TLR9, that detect and defend against pathogens may lead to therapeutic approaches that promote an effective immune response to treat infections. Read More

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a four-year, $6 million grant to investigators at 菠萝视频 University Medical Center (VUMC) and the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) to develop an implantable artificial kidney. Read More

Clinics with more non-physician clinicians are associated with better access for Medicaid patients and lower prices for office visits, according to a recent study. Read More

The timing of folic acid-containing prescription filling during pregnancy was associated with childhood asthma, according to a new 菠萝视频 study. Read More

菠萝视频 study adds to the mounting role for inflammatory signaling in obesity. Read More

A compound developed by researchers at 菠萝视频 University can improve early symptoms and delay progression of Huntington鈥檚 disease in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative disorder. Read More

菠萝视频 University Medical Center has received a $9.4 million grant from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to test the effectiveness of a transdermal nicotine patch in improving memory loss in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a precursor to Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. Read More

Nearly half of all patients with malignant melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, have a mutation in the BRAF gene found in their tumors. Mutations in the BRAF gene turn on a cancer growth switch known as the MAP kinase pathway. Read More

While 12 million Americans are enrolled in health care networks through the Affordable Care Act鈥檚 (ACA)鈥坕nsurance marketplace, a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) raises concerns about patient access to specialists within these insurance plans. Read More

Walter Chazin, Ph.D., director of the 菠萝视频 Center for Structural Biology, is a recipient of a 2016 Fellow of the Biophysical Society award. Read More

Data in sports concussion studies will continue to be disputed as long as the injuries are diagnosed by differing standards instead of universal guidelines, a 菠萝视频 investigator concludes in a recent review. Read More

Eighteen departments and agencies of the federal government have joined to propose revised regulations for scientific research involving human subjects. Read More

A team of 菠萝视频 University Medical Center scientists are closer to understanding why COX-2 inhibitors 鈥� drugs that relieve arthritis pain and inflammation without the gastrointestinal side effects of other painkillers 鈥� cause heart problems in some patients. Now Read More

Despite benefiting from dramatic improvements in movement after deep brain stimulation surgery, patients with Parkinson鈥檚 disease can be inadequately served when physicians and researchers focus only on its motor manifestations, says a 菠萝视频 neurosurgeon. Read More

A new marker could be useful for diagnosing and treating neuroendocrine tumors of the small intestines. Read More

A 鈥渂undle鈥� of electronically implemented care guidelines reduced intensive care unit patient complications related to mechanical ventilation. Read More

菠萝视频 researchers could be one step closer to finding a way to fight the deadly Ebola virus – thanks to two Ebola victims from Nigeria, who faced death and survived. 菠萝视频 researchers developed a unique method of isolating potent Ebola-fighting antibodies from survivors鈥� blood and they believe these newest… Read More

Drugs that inhibit the Wnt signaling pathway can regenerate injured skin and may be useful in treating fibromatosis, degenerative joint disease and cancer. Read More

The irregular heart rhythm atrial fibrillation increases the risk of death in patients in the intensive care unit. Read More