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A team led by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research has gained new insights into the mechanism of vaccine-induced T cell immunity utilizing single-cell RNA sequencing and metabolic profiling techniques. Though numerous vaccines induce and amplify T cells, a critical part of the body’s adaptive immune system, there is still an information gap regarding

Impulsivity is also a core component of disorders like ADHD, eating disorders, substance abuse and other behavioural disorders. If the child struggles with depression, impulsivity can increase pose greater risk to his or her safety. Is your child’s behaviour erratic? It could be controlled by reduced screen time and a good night’s sleep, as per

Boy, five, who can’t walk, talk or sit is the ‘only person in the world’ to suffer from a crippling condition so rare it doesn’t have a name Ollie Lloyd has a chromosomal condition that means he cannot even lift his head He is blind, has significant hearing loss and can endure up to 100

Children born as little as three weeks premature, who consequently fall into an earlier school year are more likely to experience significant setbacks in their education after their first year of school, according to new research published today in the journal Archives of Disease in Childhood. Previous research has already shown that children born severely

Cycling to work may feel like a path to certain death – particularly if you live in a big city like London. Buses, black cabs and HGVs are less than ideal road partners, but if you take the right precautions and build up your confidence – riding to work can be incredibly liberating. Why spend

Stroke symptoms are the same as those of a mini-stroke, but what’s the difference between both conditions? A mini-stoke, also referred to as a transient ischaemic attack or TIA, is the same as a stroke except the symptoms last a short amount of time. Although the symptoms of a mini-stroke may not last as long,

Vascular dementia is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease, affecting around 150,000 people in the UK, according to the NHS. This type of dementia is caused by a reduced blood flow to the brain, which damages and eventually kills the brain cells. But who’s most at risk of this happening? The

Celebrity favorite keto diet may stop one type of cancer in its tracks by cutting off its sugar fuel, study finds Keto has been touted as effective at controlling cancer in previous mouse studies But it wasn’t clear what cancer and whether it translated to humans Researchers at the University of Texas found the diet

Bloating happens when the gastrointestinal tract is filled with gas. The condition is often accompanied by excessive gas, pain, frequent burping or belching, and abdominal rumbling. Bloating often has a direct link to what a person eats. What you put into your body has a direct impact on how a person looks and feels. This

It's not even about which moral camp you belong to. It's purely about the psychology of the child and how inappropriate content confuses or harms them. They soak in prevalent prejudices portrayed in the movie, without really knowing the complete picture. By Ritika Jain Recently, on a social media group, Kavita Bagga, a resident of

The maturation of skin microbial communities during childhood is important for the skin health of children and development of the immune system into adulthood, but only a few studies have analyzed the microbiota in young children. In a new study, investigators in China found that bacterial genera in children were more similar to those of

In recent decades, patients in Europe coming in for colectomies, or surgical procedures targeted at the colon, have not been routinely subjected to what is known as bowel preparation, where the bowel is emptied before the operation. In the United States , on the other hand, cleansing the bowel is relatively common. Several extensive retrospective

Fox News Flash top headlines for August 12 Fox News Flash top headlines for August 12 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com Talk about a hot mess. A woman who attempted so-called “vaginal steaming” suffered a second-degree burn, according to a case report in the Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology Canada. The unnamed

Jet-setters! Kylie Jenner has been celebrating her 22nd birthday with an Italian vacation, bringing her 18-month-old daughter, Stormi, along for the ride. The makeup mogul began posting pics of her trip on Saturday, August 10. “Officially my birthday,” she captioned a video of friends serenading her on a yacht. From a plate full of shots

In the two years since the Korey Stringer Institute (KSI) first assessed all 50 states and the District of Columbia on key health and safety policies for high school athletes, 31 states have adopted new policies—16 this year alone. With more than 7.8 million high school students participating in sanctioned sports each year, the need

How do I know if I have salmonella Q&A with Dr. Manny: Since coming back from vacation, I’ve had diarrhea and cramps. How do I know I have salmonella versus some other gastrointestinal condition? Heads up, consumers: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc. announced a voluntary recall of some of its baby spinach over possible salmonella contamination. The company,

Honesty hour! Tamron Hall welcomed her son, Moses, in April and explained to Us Weekly exclusively why she felt lonely before his birth. “I want to talk about how it felt to be a non-mom and then have the moms saying, ‘Well, we’re a team mom,’” the Tamron Hall host, 48, told Us at the TCA Summer Press Tour

Human apolipoprotein E (apoE) promotes hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and production, according to a study published Aug 8 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Luhua Qiao and Guangxiang (George) Luo of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. The findings suggest that inhibitors interfering with apoE biogenesis, secretion, and/or binding to

A new mathematical analysis suggests that migration can generate patterns in the spatial distribution of individuals that promote cooperation and allow populations to thrive, in spite of the threat of exploitation. Felix Funk and Christoph Hauert of the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, present these findings in PLOS Computational Biology. Cooperation between individuals is necessary

Suffering from tremor can be very frustrating and reduce the quality of life for many people. This includes people suffering from Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis or spinal cord injury and a relatively high fraction of the elderly. Today, there are no effective treatments for tremor, and thus, there is great potential in finding medications that can