Breakthrough discovery will change treatment for COPD patients
Credit: Providence Health Care Permanent lung damage caused by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) starts much earlier than previously thought,...
Could mental health apps lead to overdiagnosis?
Credit: pixabay There are tens of thousands of commercially available mental health apps on the market, many hugely popular. But...
Parents who had severe trauma, stresses in childhood more likely to have kids with behavioral health problems
A new study finds that severe childhood trauma and stresses early in parents' lives are linked to higher rates of...
Physician burnout in small practices is dramatically lower than national average
Credit: Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health Physicians who work in small, independent primary care practices--also known as SIPs--report...
Younger patients don’t attain survival benefit from current rectal cancer treatment recommendations
A new study reveals that individuals younger than 50 years of age who are diagnosed with rectal cancer do not...
Lifetime sentence: Incarcerated parents impact youth behavior
Chicago, IL - A new study published in Pediatrics found that young adults who had a parent incarcerated during their...
First-trimester screening of pregnant women for elevated bacteria levels in urine
First-trimester screening of pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteriuria -- higher than normal bacteria levels without symptoms of a bladder infection...
Medical errors may stem more from physician burnout than unsafe health care settings
Physician burnout is at least equally responsible for medical errors as unsafe medical workplace conditions, if not more so, according...
Wills Eye Hospital announces $5 million gift to support vision research — Ushering in new era of scientific advancements
Credit: Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia, PA - Wills Eye Hospital is proud to announce that a gift of $5 million...
Under pressure: The surgeon’s conundrum in decision making
In a small study based on conversations with 20 hospital-based surgeons, Johns Hopkins researchers say they found that most report...
Pancreatic cancer: Mutable cancer cells are more dangerous
Credit: Sylvia Willax Pancreatic cancer often spreads, forming metastases in the liver or lungs. The prognosis is better for patients...
National school food policies have potential to improve health now and later
Credit: Via Pexels BOSTON (July 9, 2018)--Providing free fruits and vegetables and limiting sugary drinks in schools could have positive...
Novel PET imaging method more fully evaluates extent of rheumatoid arthritis inflammation
Credit: N Narayan et al. 2018, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK RESTON, VA - A new positron emission tomography...
PharmaMar announces the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indonesian Oceanographic Research Center to address the fight against cancer
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Research Center for Oceanography, the Indonesian Institute of Science (RCO-LIPI),...
Transmission of NDM bacteria between dogs and humans established
Credit: Thomas Grönthal In 2015, a New Delhi-metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM) Escherichia coli bacteria was discovered in two Finnish dogs. An article...
UAB researchers cure type 2 diabetes and obesity in mice using gene therapy
Credit: UAB A research team from the UAB led by Professor Fatima Bosch has managed to cure obesity and type...
Blood flow in the heart revealed in a flash
Credit: Thor Balkhed Researchers at Linköping University have for the first time been able to use information from computer tomography...
Mitochondrial DNA in exosomes is the alarm that initiates the antiviral response
Credit: CNIC Researchers at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have provided valuable information about the defense...
Majority of drivers don’t believe texting while driving is dangerous
People who text while driving are six times more likely to be involved in a car crash. To combat this...
Teenagers can thank their parents’ positive attitude for avoiding obesity
Teenagers are less likely to be overweight if their mum or dad had a positive attitude during pregnancy, a new...
