Medicaid expansion produces significant health benefits, study finds
INDIANAPOLIS -- The first peer-reviewed comprehensive analysis of the effects of Medicaid expansion paints a picture of significant improvements in...
Experimental drug restores some bladder function after spinal cord injury, study finds
COLUMBUS, Ohio - An experimental drug that blocks abnormal neural communication after spinal cord injury could one day be the...
Researchers lengthen intervals between blood draws for warfarin patients
A new study finds stable patients on blood thinners may not need to get their blood drawn as often as...
Idera Pharmaceuticals presents clinical data from the ILLUMINATE-204 trial of the combination of tilsotolimod and ipilimumab for anti-PD-1 refractory metastatic melanoma at the 2018 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting
Data from Ongoing Phase 2 Study to be Presented at 1:15 PM CT at the 2018 American Society of Clinical...
Sleep paralysis and hallucinations are prevalent in student athletes
Pilot data from a recent study suggest that sleep paralysis and dream-like hallucinations as you are falling asleep or waking...
New algorithm determines ideal caffeine dosage and timing for alertness
According to a recent study, a newly developed algorithm may be the key to optimizing alertness with caffeine. Caffeine is...
Study links short and long sleep durations with excess heart age
Preliminary results from a new study show that excess heart age (EHA) appeared to be lowest among adults who reported...
Study links screen time to insomnia symptoms and depressive symptoms in adolescents
Preliminary results from a new study indicate that greater amounts of daily screen time are associated with more insomnia symptoms...
NFL teams play better during night games thanks to circadian advantages
Pilot data from a recent study suggest that NFL teams have better performance during night games versus afternoon games due...
Acute coronary syndrome patients with short sleep have double odds of hospital readmission
Pilot data from a recent study suggest that patients with short sleep have over two times the odds of readmission...
ASCO & NEJM: AI plus ovarian suppression yields benefit in high-risk younger breast cancer patients
CHICAGO - Premenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer and a high risk of recurrence who are treated with...
Call for united global effort to tackle nitrogen pollution
Governments, industries and farmers across the world must join together to tackle the 'major unsolved challenge' of nitrogen pollution, experts...
Targeting platelets
Credit: Foto: Rudolf Virchow Center of the Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg (JMU) "Thrombocytes do much more than to stop bleedings and to...
PharmaMar presents new results with lurbinectedin
PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) today announced new data on the recurrent small-cell lung cancer patients cohort of the phase II basket study...
Poor sleep at night could mean decreased work productivity in the morning
Preliminary results from a new study suggest that several sleep-related symptoms are associated with decreased work productivity. Everyone experiences some...
Novel PET imaging noninvasively pinpoints colitis inflammation
Credit: A C Freise, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA RESTON, VA - A novel positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method shows...
Mixed signals from poisonous moths
Credit: University of Exeter Poisonous moths use bright red spots to warn predators to avoid them - but natural variation...
English translation of IQWiG’s updated General Methods now available
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) revised its methods paper and published the version "General...
Researchers create tool to better evaluate implementation of science research proposals
(Boston)--Researchers at Boston University's Evans Center for Implementation and Improvement Sciences (CIIS) have developed a new scoring criteria for evaluating...
In MS, disintegrating brain lesions may indicate the disease is getting worse
Credit: Michael G. Dwyer BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For decades, clinicians treating multiple sclerosis (MS) have interpreted the appearance of new...
