Model System Researchers identify factors linked to mortality after traumatic brain injury
East Hanover, NJ - September 28, 2018 - Model system researchers have examined the factors associated with mortality among individuals ...
Month: September 2018
Medicaid expansions linked to slower rises in overdose deaths
PHILADELPHIA -- The United States in recent years has increased healthcare access by broadening Medicaid coverage, but some worry that ...
Child Mind Institute study: Wearables could inform selective mutism research, diagnosis, treatment
NEW YORK, NY (September 24, 2018) - In a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry, a team ...
Building a flu factory from host cell components
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health Perhaps inspired by the annual 3 to 5 ...
Early Parkinson’s patients waiting too long to seek medical evaluation
Credit: Robert A. Hauser, M.D., University of South Florida The time between diagnosis and the institution of symptomatic treatment is ...
Now is the time to answer questions about climate engineering disease impacts
Radical solutions to climate change might save lives, but a commentary in the October 2018 issue of the journal Nature ...
Cancer risk due to certain lifestyle and environmental factors is preventable
COLOGNE. Almost four in every 10 new cases of cancer in Germany are attributable to lifestyle and environmental factors. These ...
Columbia University to explore impact of genetic information of autism on families, individuals
NEW YORK, NY (September 28, 2018) -- The Center for Research on the Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Psychiatric, ...
Moffitt researchers use new technique to identify a novel drug combination for NSCLC
TAMPA, Fla. -- Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men and women. About 85 percent of ...
The cart before the horse: A new model of cause and effect
Natural little scientists, human babies love letting go of things and watching them fall. Baby's first experiment teaches them about ...
To what extent are adolescents using multiple types of cannabis?
Bottom Line: Most 10th-graders who had ever used cannabis had used more than one type of the drug, including cannabis ...
How do minority resident physicians view the role of race/ethnicity in training experiences?
Bottom Line: Workplace experiences of minority resident physicians in training are described in a new study. Why The Research Is ...
Minority medical residents face burden of bias during training
New Haven, Conn. -- Black, Hispanic, and Native Americans constitute one-third of the U.S. population, but only 9% of practicing ...
Teens who’ve tried marijuana have used it in more than one form
Most teens who've tried marijuana have used the drug in more than one form, including cannabis products that are smoked, ...
Final decisions in Germany’s Excellence Strategy
Funding decisions have now been made in Germany's Excellence Strategy, a programme designed to strengthen top-level research at universities in ...
GSA joins global call to action on fragility fractures
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) -- the nation's largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging -- has ...
Cosmetic surgeons offering incomplete information for breast augmentation customers
Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Research at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) has found that websites by cosmetic ...
Sensitive babies become altruistic toddlers
Our responsiveness to seeing others in distress accounts for variability in helping behavior from early in development, according to a ...
New wood-based materials to prevent the spread of microorganisms in hospitals
A recently launched development project called Sami&Samu is looking to introduce innovative renewable materials, surface finishes and textiles to Hospital ...
A role for Scn5a missplicing in cardiac arrhythmias in myotonic dystrophy
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine reveals new insights into what can ...
