Most Lice Populations Show Resistance to Pyrethroids
104 of 109 samples from 30 states were 100 percent resistant in three point mutations
Patterns of Vaginal Microbiota Linked to Preterm Delivery
Findings have important implications for predicting premature labor, a major global health problem
FDA Reveals More Violations by Medical Scope Maker
Infections in patients who underwent procedures with Olympus scopes in 2012 went unreported
Serious Childhood Infection Tied to Metabolic Disease Later in Life
Early childhood hospitalization for infection tied to increased BMI, metabolic syndrome in adulthood
Smoking Ups Risk of Some Renal Cell Cancer Histological Subtypes
Higher risk for clear cell, papillary renal cell carcinoma, but not chromophobe histology
Antigen Level Signals Response to Chemo for Pancreatic Cancer
Overall survival, time to progression longer with early drop of >10 percent in carbohydrate antigen 19-9
RAD51 Mutations Confer Moderate Risk of Ovarian Cancer
RAD51C and RAD51D deleterious mutations linked to increased risk of epithelial ovarian cancer
Insulin Resistance Tied to Signs of Cognitive Decline in Women
Specifically, higher HOMA-IR score associated with poorer verbal fluency in women, but not in men
Genetic Variant Ups Risk of Graft-Versus-Host Disease in HSCT
Rejection seen with high-expression allele recipient, low-expression allele donor in HLA-DPB1 mismatches
Earlier Oocyte Retrieval May Aid Older Women Undergoing IVF
Early retrieval can help avoid premature follicular luteinization in older women undergoing IVF
