We all know that our hair thins as we age but why? Researchers in Japan found as we get older, DNA damage to hair follicle stem cells seems to play a role. They found that the follicles shrink and become thinner.
Ohio researchers have developed a simple test to diagnose preeclampsia. Doctors said the biochemical test examines urine samples and has 86% accuracy. Women with preeclampsia develop high blood pressure and protein in the urine, which can lead to deadly complications for mom and baby.
A booster vaccine that teenagers get to protect against whopping cough loses its effectiveness after a year, according to researchers at Kaiser Permanente. They looked at 1,200 cases of whopping cough. They found the Tdap vaccine provided little protection two or three years after vaccination.
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1- Science
2- Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
3- Pediatrics
