Welcome to the My Science Life feature of Dr. Bill Sullivan, Showalter Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), where he studies infectious disease….
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How Crohn’s disease develops is still not really understood today. However, Swedish researchers say that a leaking intestinal wall could play an important role. When…
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One of the most remarkable findings to emerge from medical science in recent years is the strong association that exists between age-related declines in hand…
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Being tuned in to the changes in life and staying current makes you young at heart. As life evolves, the ability to adapt moves your…
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Patients undergoing cardiac surgery, such as coronary artery bypass graft or valve replacement surgery, may be prone to suffer from respiratory complications after surgery. These…
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When we are young, visual stimuli in the outer world — faces, objects, scenes — seem slow. But as we age, so do they seem…
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Placebos have been around forever, even if they were not named as such. Just think about the stone age, when healers operated with mostly, if…
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Tuberculosis is one of the most severe infectious diseases in the world, responsible for more than 1.5 million deaths every year (1). The cause of…
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Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a debilitating disorder with the highest mortality rate of any psychiatric illness. From an evolutionary standpoint, AN is a paradox. Humans…
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Neurological symptoms during sex need urgent tests to look for a serious cause such as a bleed on the brain. “Thunderclap” headaches, a sudden severe headache…
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a member of the herpes virus family and is one of the most common human viruses. Up to 95% of…
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