SAN DIEGO–(Business Wire)–In an effort to educate and inform policy makers and key civic leaders about emerging trans-boundary issues and challenges related to the spread of tuberculosis in the San Diego-Tijuana border region, the International Community Foundation has published “Tuberculosis in the San Diego-Tijuana Border Region: Time for Bi-National Community-Based Solutions.” The report is the […]

(Newswise)–Scientists from The Scripps Research Institute have provided an answer to the 40-year-old mystery of how certain genetic mutations lead to Type 1 diabetes. This new molecular understanding could lead to novel therapies for Type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune diseases. The study was published in an advanced, online issue of the “Journal of Clinical […]

(Newswise)–Millions of people are afflicted with inflammatory bowel diseases, such as Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, and 30 percent of new cases occur in childhood. Mucin 1 (MUC1), an epithelial mucin that has been shown to elicit both an immune response and to have altered glycosylation in disease, may be a noninvasive indicator of the […]

(Newswise)–Approximately 7 percent of elementary school children across the bi-state, Kansas City metropolitan area are infected with the fungus Trichophyton tonsurans (T. tonsurans), the leading cause of ringworm in the U.S., according to a new study published today in Pediatrics. This is the largest study to date aimed at defining infection prevalence of the scalp […]

(Newswise)–When a child develops red, watery eyes, it could be just allergies – or it may be the sign of a more serious eye condition, according to a leading pediatric ophthalmologist. According to Bibiana Jin Reiser, M.D., M.S., a pediatric ophthalmologist with The Vision Center at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles, “Red, itchy, watery eyes can […]

(Newswise)–A study in rodents shows the growth of new neurons, also known as neurogenesis, lessens the severity of stroke and dramatically improves function following a stroke. The research, undertaken at the Buck Institute for Age Research, suggests that drugs shown to promote neurogenesis in rodents could have benefits for human stroke victims and that those […]

(Newswise)–More than one in four elderly Americans lacked the capacity to make their own medical care decisions at the end of life, according to a study of 3,746 people to be published April 1 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Those who had advance directives – including living wills or durable powers of attorney […]