Research leads to medication reduction in aged care facilities
Credit: University of Tasmania Effective intervention can reduce medication overuse in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF's), the latest University of...
AGS deeply troubled by news of possible nursing home evictions following cuts to Medicaid
The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today voiced concern over recent reports that budget cuts in Louisiana could terminate Medicaid benefits...
Beyond killing tuberculosis
Credit: DU CANE MEDICAL IMAGING LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Montreal, May 11 2018 -- Historically, our view of host defense against...
UCI-Harvard research may help combat the deadly gastrointestinal infection C. diff
Credit: Rongsheng Jin, University of California, Irvine Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and Harvard University have discovered how...
Multi-drug resistant infections rising in children
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the...
Reducing tapeworm infection could improve academic performance, reduce poverty
Credit: Rob Jordan and Ian Fitzgerald A Stanford-led study in China has revealed for the first time high levels of...
How signals get inside cancer cells and spur aggressive growth
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The outside of a cancer cell is bombarded by signals. They come from...
Trial shows chemotherapy is helping kids live with pulmonary vein stenosis
Credit: Callahan et al./Boston Children's Hospital Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease in which abnormal cells build up...
Ronald and Terri Weinberg and family make $30 million commitment for Cleveland Clinic research
Credit: Stephen Travarca May 10, 2018, CLEVELAND: Cleveland entrepreneur Ronald E. Weinberg, his wife Terri, and their family, have made...
Cancer treatment developed at Ben-Gurion U. changes cancer cells into normal ones
NEW YORK... May 11, 2018 - BGN Technologies, the technology-transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), announced that...
EuroPCR 2018, the world’s leading course in interventional cardiovascular medicine
With an expected attendance of 10,000 interventional cardiologists, scientists, nurses, allied professionals and industry, EuroPCR 2018 will be welcoming the...
Dental checklist of bad practice has patient care at its heart
Dental experts have drawn up a definitive list of scenarios that patients should never face in a bid to ensure...
Healthy diet may lower risk of hearing loss in women
Boston, MA -- Hearing loss affects approximately 48 million Americans. Some evidence suggests that diet may influence risk of hearing...
Dengue ‘hot spots’ provide map to chikungunya and Zika outbreaks
Identifying dengue fever "hot spots" can provide a predictive map for outbreaks of chikungunya and Zika -- two other viral...
Opening a new door to immunity
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health A new study could have major implications for our understanding of disease processes for conditions such...
Where are HIV diagnoses made?
In the first study to comprehensively describe where people are diagnosed with HIV in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, investigators...
Study reveals obesity link between grandmothers and grandchildren
Obesity is known to cluster in families, but most studies to date are limited to two generations. A new Pediatric...
Older Americans are rarely evaluated for obstructive sleep apnea, yet many are at risk
In a study of community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older who were asked about sleep disturbances, 56% were estimated...
Osteoporosis drug may benefit heart health
The osteoporosis drug alendronate was linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and stroke in a Journal...
British Ecological Society launches new journal: People and Nature
The journal will be led by Kevin J Gaston, Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of Exeter. Gaston...
