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Human norovirus, the leading cause of viral gastroenteritis accounting for an estimated 685 million cases and approximately ...

When you are feeling hungry, the brain takes the necessary steps toward consuming a meal. Many of these steps are not well ...

While existing data on the effect of spaceflight on the bones and tendons is available, there is little information about how ...

Large-scale protein and gene profiling have massively expanded the landscape of cancer-associated proteins and gene mutations ...

As a physician-scientist, my research includes translational and basic research on the molecular genetics and epigenetics of human developmental and reproductive disorders with the ultimate goal of ...

The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine, with ...

While the holidays can feel like a jolly time to celebrate with loved ones, many face this time of year feeling isolated and ...

In a healthy human adult, bacterial cells outnumber human cells, but the identity and degree of diversity of these bacteria in a single individual, their variability from person to person, and their ...

Mosquito-borne diseases are those that are transmitted to people through the bite of an infected mosquito. The diseases spread by mosquitoes can be caused by a parasite, as in the case of malaria, or ...

All values must be entered in order to calculate percentiles for Blood Pressure and Height. A percentile shows the relative position of the child's measurement (such as Blood Pressure or Height) among ...

Why monitor blood pressure (BP)? Hypertension (high blood pressure) is an important health issue in children, because of its association with obesity. High blood pressure is considered a risk factor ...