Sugar pills relieve pain for chronic pain patients
Doctors should consider treating chronic pain patients with sugar pills Placebo pills relieve pain as effectively as drugs for half...
New combination treatment targets pre-leukemia stem cells
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Your body's blood cells are manufactured by hematopoietic stem cells in bone marrow. But...
Study first to report sexual behavior norms for US adults with dementia living at home
The majority of partnered, home-dwelling people in the U.S. with dementia are sexually active, according to a University of Chicago...
Pilot study identifies strain of bacteria as chief risk factor for stomach cancer
SEATTLE -- September 12, 2018 -- Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have found a specific strain of Helicobacter...
Program will educate, empower ER visitors with uncontrolled high blood pressure
A new $3 million, five-year grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute will allow researchers to determine whether...
Poorest Americans most likely to have used prescription opioids
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Among older Americans, the poorest are the most likely to have used prescription opioids, according to a...
Wearable ultrasound patch monitors blood pressure deep inside body
Credit: Chonghe Wang/Nature Biomedical Engineering A new wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the...
A mere drop of blood makes skin cells line up
What happens to skin cells when they are confronted with blood? A team of researchers from Oslo University Hospital, led...
Among body shapes, pears are healthier than apples
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Whether we like it or not, everyone accumulates fat. For women, it...
A new platform for research and industry collaborations in artificial intelligence
Credit: AAIH WASHINGTON, DC, Sept 13th, 2018 - Pharmaceutical R&D efficiency has declined to a stall, as clinical trial failure...
World’s bone health research experts gather Sept. 28-Oct. 1, Montreal
More than 3,000 bone scientists will come together for the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) 2018 Annual...
Requiring physical activity classes help sedentary college students be more active
Credit: OSU College of Public Health and Human Sciences CORVALLIS, Ore. - Requiring physical activity classes in college encourages sedentary...
Musical sensor shows bad medicine plays false note
Credit: William Grover RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- What if a single musical note could mean the difference between life and death?...
Rare antibodies show scientists how to neutralize the many types of Ebola
Credit: Ollmann Saphire lab, Scripps Research Two new studies by scientists at Scripps Research are bringing Ebola virus's weaknesses into...
What if needle pokes didn’t hurt? Hospital implements strategies to eliminate or reduce needle pain in kids
September 13, 2018 - A major US children's hospital introduced a first-of-its-kind project to eliminate or reduce pain from elective...
NEJM perspective: How state attorneys general can protect public health
Gun violence, obesity, and the misuse of opioids and alcohol are responsible for roughly 374,000 deaths--15 percent of all deaths--each...
Otago researchers find answers as to why some people are at risk of gout
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago researchers have helped characterise a genetic variant that enables new understanding of why...
Investigator at CHLA to study bone loss associated with cerebral palsy
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common physical disability originating in childhood. Approximately 2 of...
With STDs at an all-time high, why aren’t more people getting a proven treatment?
ANN ARBOR, MI - Nearly 2.3 million times last year, Americans learned they had a sexually transmitted disease. But despite...
For women with genetic risk, twice-a-year MRI beats mammograms
Credit: Fred Pineda, postdoctoral fellow, the University of Chicago Medicine Getting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans twice a year instead...
