With summer fast approaching, many turn their thoughts to swimsuit bods and summer tans. Now, a new genetic study might help explain why some of us burn while others tan.
The answer could help predict who gets skin cancer, because severe sunburns, particularly in childhood, strongly intensify skin cancer risk.
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Genetic Study Shows Why Some Tan, Some Burn — And What That Means For Skin Cancer
A team of researchers at University of Arizona and the University of Toronto have published a study of a rare dementia called primary progressive aphasia, or PPA.
The research linked improved patient outcomes to the brain’s capacity to “recruit” other areas of the brain to make up for deficits.
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UA Study Examines How Brain Rewires Itself To Cope With Rare Dementia
A special education teacher in the Glendale, Arizona’s Peoria Unified School District has recovered from a necrotizing fasciitis, better known as flesh-eating bacteria.
Dr. Kevin Foster, director of the Burn Center at Maricopa Integrated Health System, used an experimental skin spray called ReCell to improve the healing and reconstruction of the woman’s large open arm wound.
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For stroke survivors, brain injury doesn’t always stop when the stroke has passed. Now, researchers at University of Arizona and Stanford University School of Medicine have moved one step closer to understanding why.
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UA Study: Toxic, Liquefied Tissues Can Damage Brain For Months After Stroke
The World Health Organization has called antibiotic resistance “a global crisis we can’t ignore,” one that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate kills 23,000 people annually in the U.S. alone.
Now, honeybee research could offer clues as to how it spreads.
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Honeybee Research Hints At How Microbes Spread Antibiotic Resistance