Most hospitals now require workers to get flu shots — except those that treat veterans
ANN ARBOR, MI - In just a few short months, hospitals across the country will start their annual push to ...
Month: June 2018
One in every 5 deaths in young adults is opioid-related in the United States: Study
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 1, 2018 - One out of every five deaths among young adults in the ...
Phase I trial finds experimental drug safe in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Reporting results from a first-in-human phase I clinical trial, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have ...
The advances in artificial intelligence for longevity to be presented at the CogX 2018
Friday, June 1st, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence ...
Mobile app for autism screening yields useful data
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke study of an iPhone app to screen young children for signs of ...
New in the Hastings Center Report, May-June 2018
Genetic Privacy, Disease Prevention, and the Principle of Rescue Madison K. Kilbride People who undergo genetic testing sometimes discover that ...
New study finds pitcher injuries increase as pitch count rises
Credit: The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center More than half of high school baseball pitchers report experiencing pain in ...
Arthur edits survival guide for anesthesiology residents
Credit: Phil Jones, Augusta University Senior Photographer - Dr. Mary Arthur, director of the anesthesiology residency program at the Medical ...
Zn-InsP6 complex can enhance excretion of radioactive strontium from the body
Credit: Kanazawa University 90Sr (t1/2 = 29.1 y) is one of the most important nuclear fission elements. After the nuclear ...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent High-Level Commission on non-communicable diseases
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by ...
Irradiating chest lymph nodes in patients with early stage breast cancer improves survival without increasing side effects
Credit: ©EORTC Chicago, USA: Giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar ...
Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how ...
Study offers new hope for the fight against genetically determined obesity
Around two to six per cent of all people with obesity develop obesity already in early childhood; it's in their ...
Researchers: A power failure in your fat cells could short-circuit your health
A specialized fat molecule, called cardiolipin, that is made within the body's own fat cells, is far more significant to ...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by ...
Wait for it: Serotonin and confidence at the root of patience in new study
Credit: OIST Just a little longer. It's a common experience: hanging on in the hopes that our patience will pay ...
Scientists develop material that could regenerate dental enamel
Credit: Alvaro Mata Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which ...
Walking faster could make you live longer: research
Speeding up your walking pace could extend your life, research led by the University of Sydney suggests. Walking at an ...
Immunocompromised patients with sepsis may face higher mortality at hospitals treating small numbers
Credit: ATS June 1, 2018--Immunosuppressed patients with sepsis appear more likely to die if they are treated in a hospital ...
Psychiatric disorders shouldn’t disqualify youth with severe obesity from weight loss surgery
WASHINGTON - (June 1, 2018) - Psychiatric disorders, a common comorbidity of severe obesity, especially for youth, should not disqualify ...
