Month: March 2018

Credit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY--March 6, 2018--From 2014 to 2017, private insurance claim lines with a diagnosis of sleep ...

Study validates tool to assess mortality risk in older patients with orthopedic fractures

Credit: NYU Langone Health Analytic software developed by orthopedic trauma surgeons at NYU Langone Health accurately identifies which middle-aged and ...

New tool helps identify risk for post-surgical dislocations following hip replacement

Credit: NYU Langone Health A novel risk assessment tool helps identify which patients undergoing total hip replacement may be at ...

Neurocognitive impairment linked to worse outcomes after total joint replacement

Credit: NYU Langone Health People with undiagnosed neurocognitive deficits are undergoing hip and knee replacements at high rates and are ...

Helmet use associated with reduced risk of cervical spine injury during motorcycle crashes

Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice age

Credit: Jigjidsurengiin Batbaatar/University of Washington The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice ...

The Biodiversity Literature Repository passes the 200,000-items milestone

Credit: Plazi and Pensoft Everyday a large number of biodiversity data are uploaded to the free and open Biodiversity Literature ...

Technique allows live imaging of ‘ubiquitous’ player in cellular housekeeping

Credit: Gastroenterology and Hepatology,TMDU Tokyo - If you paid attention in biology class, you may vaguely recall the word "homeostasis." ...

Identifying ammonia hotspots in China using national observation network

Credit: Yuepeng Pan The limited availability of ammonia (NH3) measurements is currently a barrier to understanding the vital role of ...

Bentham Science publishes sixth volume of the book series, Topics in Anti-Cancer Research

Bentham Science Publishers has published the sixth volume of its patent book series, Topics in Anti-Cancer Research. The book series ...

Restoring lipid synthesis could reduce lung fibrosis

(PHILADELPHIA) - Pulmonary fibrosis, an ongoing process of scarring that leaves patients chronically short of breath, can progress in severity ...

Parent mentors improve Latino children’s health insurance coverage rates

Credit: Connecticut Children's Latino children have the highest uninsured rate in the United States. However, new study findings in the ...

UNC Lineberger researchers identify genetic ‘seeds’ of metastatic breast cancer

CHAPEL HILL -- Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the United States, with ...

‘Epigenetic landscape’ is protective in normal aging, impaired in Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: Coronal section of human brain indicating The lab of Shelley Berger, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania ...

Researchers use health data to predict who will use opioids after hospitalization

Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus are working to develop statistical models to better predict which patients ...

Arms races and cooperation among amoebae in the wild

Microbes are fast becoming the darlings of the social behavior set because their interactions can be understood right down to ...

Advanced spatial planning models could promise new era of sustainable ocean development

Credit: Rebecca Gentry TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Earth's vast oceans brim with potential for commercial activities ranging from tourism to shipping ...

Preschoolers exposed to nighttime light lack melatonin

Credit: University of Colorado Boulder Exposing preschoolers to an hour of bright light before bedtime almost completely shuts down their ...

New gene therapy corrects a form of inherited macular degeneration in canine model

Credit: University of Pennsylvania Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that successfully treats a form ...

Study discovers South African wildfires create climate cooling