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Credit: NIA-AA Research Framework The research community now has a new framework toward developing a biologically-based definition of Alzheimer's disease....

Alzheimer’s disease redefined: New research framework defines Alzheimer’s by brain changes, not symptoms

Chicago, April 10, 2018 - "NIA-AA Research Framework: Towards a Biological Definition of Alzheimer's Disease" was published today in the...

New method lets doctors quickly assess severity of brain injuries

A new way to rapidly assess levels of consciousness in people with head injuries could improve patient care. The new...

Later school start times really do improve sleep time

A new study in SLEEP, published by Oxford University Press, indicates that delaying school start times results in students getting...

Concussion increases the risk of prolonged headache woes

"Most people with a mild head injury take off work for a week and then forget about it, but some...

Study: Women most at risk for heart failure weeks after giving birth

Heart failure is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and death in the U.S. -- with the rate of pregnancy-related...

Mount Sinai-led task force identifies ways US health care systems can learn from the world

Millions of Americans have the same life expectancy as the American national average in the 1970s, according to a new...

UTSA researchers explore little-known, deadly fungal infections

A new study by Althea Campuzano, Ph.D. a student at The University of Texas at San Antonio, and Floyd Wormley,...

The search is on for a treatment target for acute kidney injury

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 10, 2018) - When you have diabetes then get an...

New clues to help restore fertility in women with disabling ovary disorder

Credit: University of Otago Ground-breaking research out of the University of Otago is showing potential to restore fertility in women...

UTHealth neurologists awarded NIH grants to explore causes of brain bleeds, dementia

Credit: Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Maricruz Kwon, UTHealth Researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center...

Study: Almost 100 million adults have COPD in China

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is widespread in China with 8.6 percent of the country's adult population - almost 100...

Substance that guides ant trail is produced by symbiotic bacteria

Credit: Eduardo Afonso da Silva Junior Researchers working on the Ribeirão Preto campus of the University of São Paulo (USP)...

Use of quality improvement strategies among US primary care practices

Improving primary care quality is a national priority, but little is known about the extent to which small- to medium-size...

Major disruptions are frequent in primary care

In primary care practices, sustainability of performance improvements and ability to deliver continuity of care to patients can be adversely...

Practice leaders’ and facilitators’ perspectives on quality improvement may differ

Practice facilitation is a promising approach to helping medical practices implement quality improvements. In a recently published study in the...

Interventions to decrease cardiovascular disease are not one-size-fits-all

In a recently published study in the Annals of Family Medicine, Aimee English, MD, et al, describe a cluster-randomized trial...

Leadership and adaptive reserve are not associated with blood pressure control

In a recently published study in the Annals of Family Medicine, Kamal Henderson, MD, et al, assessed whether a practice's...

Study: Medicaid expansion has no negative effect on cardiovascular procedural outcomes

Michigan's Medicaid expansion was associated with more people receiving procedures for coronary artery disease without a negative effect on patient...

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