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Researchers heal chronic wounds with skin from cadavers – Human skin from cadavers that have had their cells removed can help treat wounds, researchers say. This new treatment could prove especially helpful for chronic skin wounds, which are a growing threat to public health, scientists added. The scientists use antibiotics to decontaminate the skin and a […]
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Testing anti-drinking drug with help of a fake bar – The tequila sure looks real, so do the beer taps. Inside the hospital at the National Institutes of Health, researchers are testing a possible new treatment to help heavy drinkers cut back, using a replica of a fully stocked bar. The idea: Sitting in the dimly […]
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Survey: E-cigs surpass regular cigs in teen use – The government’s annual drug use survey finds, electronic cigarettes have surpassed traditional smoking in popularity among teens. Even as tobacco smoking by teens dropped to new lows, use of e-cigarettes reached levels that surprised researchers. The findings marked the survey’s first attempt to measure the use […]
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Experimental Ebola Vaccine Shows Promise in Human Trial – A recent test of a prototype Ebola vaccine generated an immune response to the disease in subjects. Initial human trials of an experimental ebola vaccine show promise, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. A recent study exposed 20 healthy adults to the prototype […]
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Federal Health Official Fauci: States Have Options – For Americans wondering why President Barack Obama hasn’t forced all states to follow a single, national rule for isolating potential Ebola patients, the White House has a quick retort: Talk to the founding fathers. A hodgepodge of state policies, some of which directly contradict Obama’s recommendations, has sowed […]
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Dallas Nurse Nina Pham Is Ebola-Free – Nina Pham, the nurse who contracted Ebola while treating an infected patient in Dallas, is now virus free and will be released on Friday. The NIH said in a statement, “[National Institutes of Health] officials will brief reporters about the discharge of Nina Pham, the Dallas nurse who […]
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Family Says Dallas Nurse Amber Vinson Clear of Ebola – Dallas nurse Amber Vinson no longer has the Ebola virus. According to a statement released by her family Wednesday, health officials were no longer able to detect the deadly virus in her body as of Tuesday evening. (Video via ABC) Vinson will soon be transferred […]
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US to Begin Safety Testing Ebola Vaccine Next Week – Federal researchers next week will start testing humans with an experimental vaccine to prevent the deadly Ebola virus. The National Institutes of Health announced Thursday that it is launching the safety trial on a vaccine developed by the agency’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious […]
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