New research highlights promising treatments, genetic causes of obesity
Bethesda, MD (Aug. 17, 2018) -- More than 60 percent of American adults weigh more than is healthy, which results ...
Month: August 2018
Study confirms truth behind ‘Darwin’s moth’
Credit: Olivia Walton Scientists have revisited - and confirmed - one of the most famous textbook examples of evolution in ...
Particulate pollution’s impact varies greatly depending on where it originated
Credit: Public domain Washington, DC-- When it comes to aerosol pollution, as the old real estate adage says, location is ...
Drug and alcohol use by pregnant women: the evolution of state policies
Policymakers and public health experts have long recognized the harm that can come to fetuses if women use drugs during ...
Experiences at first sexual encounter impact risk of HIV and violence for women in Kenya
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 17, 2018 - Adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya are more likely ...
Students more likely to eat school breakfast when given extra time, new study finds
Credit: Photo courtesy of USDA. Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra ...
Perinatal hypoxia associated with long-term cerebellar learning deficits and Purkinje cell misfiring
Credit: Children's National Health System Oxygen deprivation associated with preterm birth leaves telltale signs on the brains of newborns in ...
Making aquafeed more sustainable: Scientists develop feeds using a marine microalga co-product
Credit: Image by Devin S. Fitzgerald. Dartmouth scientists have created a more sustainable feed for aquaculture by using a marine ...
Texas A&M team develops new way to grow blood vessels
Credit: Texas A&M University Formation of new blood vessels, a process also known as angiogenesis, is one of the major ...
Automated detection of focal epileptic seizures in a sentinel area of the human brain
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Patients with focal epilepsy that does not respond to medications badly need alternative treatments. In ...
Researchers find pathways that uncover insight into development of lung cancer
Credit: Xuemei Ji, M.D., Ph.D. LEBANON, NH - Lung cancer is the leading cause of preventable cancer death. A disease ...
Shlomo Benartzi named Distinguished Senior Fellow at Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Dr. Shlomo Benartzi has been named a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Behavior ...
HIV and a tale of a few cities
Credit: Chris Brava While global incidence rates of HIV have declined notably in recent years, the virus that causes AIDS ...
Exploring the relationship between fever and cancer incidence
Credit: Wieslaw Kozak, Tomasz Jedrzejewski, Malgorzata Pawlikowska, Jakub Piotrowski, and Sylwia Wrotek Recurring patterns in patient accounts suggest the existence ...
Like shark attack and the lottery, unconscious bias influences cancer screening
What do shark attack, the lottery and ovarian cancer screening having in common? It turns out our judgments about these ...
Stroke patients treated at a teaching hospital are less likely to be readmitted
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (August 17, 2018) - Stroke patients appear to receive better care at teaching hospitals with less ...
As body mass index increases, blood pressure may as well
New Haven, Conn. -- Body mass index is positively associated with blood pressure, according to the ongoing study of 1.7 ...
Better access to quality cancer care may reduce rural and urban disparities
PORTLAND, OR - When enrolled in a cancer clinical trial, the differences in survival rates between rural and urban patients ...
Prescriptions for opioid use disorder treatment, opioid pain relievers after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with an overall increase in people filling prescriptions ...
For children with complex medical situations, a new roadmap for improving health
Children with severe disabilities, serious cognitive impairments and medically complex situations require more specialized health care during their lifetimes. But ...
