Caring, accountability, and continuity: What patients and caregivers want during hospital care transition
(Boston)-- Hospitals are continuously working to improve care transitions, the time when patients are discharged from the hospital and moved...
Call for low-cost approach to tackle disease afflicting millions of the world’s poorest
Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) are asking governments in the developing...
Even low concentrations of silver can foil wastewater treatment
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Research at Oregon State University has shed new light how an increasingly common consumer product component -...
Tumor-like spheres help scientists discover smarter cancer drugs
Credit: Kota et. al./The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - May 14, 2018 - Cancer is a disease often driven...
Cannabis use up among parents with children in the home
NEW YORK--Cannabis use increased among parents who smoke cigarettes, as well as among non-smoking parents, according to a latest study...
Screening for impaired vision in older adults: New Canadian guideline
A new Canadian guideline for impaired vision in older adults recommends against primary care screening of older adults not reporting...
Genetic Non-Discrimination Act challenge from Quebec may open doors to genetic discrimination
If Canada's Genetic Non-Discrimination Act (GNA) is overturned by a challenge from the Province of Quebec, it will open the...
Gout not associated with increased risk of fracture, study finds
Gout, a painful inflammatory arthritis, is not associated with an increased risk of fracture, according to a large study led...
Elastic microspheres expand understanding of embryonic development and cancer cells
Credit: Video courtesy Ning Wang. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new technique that uses tiny elastic balls filled with fluorescent nanoparticles...
In-womb air pollution exposure associated with higher blood pressure in childhood
DALLAS, May 14, 2018 - Children who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of...
Beam Therapeutics launched to develop Harvard base editing technology
Credit: Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff Photographer Cambridge, Mass. - May 14, 2018 - Harvard University has granted a worldwide license...
HSS anesthesia education program sees sustainable results in Vietnam
Training local clinicians with regional anesthesia techniques has helped the Vietnamese medical community improve their approach to anesthesia care, results...
New ‘Scoring’ System for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Georgios Margonis, M.D., Ph.D., a surgical oncology fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Matthew Weiss, M.D.,...
Preparing for the ‘silver tsunami’
Skyrocketing drug prices and the looming insolvency of Social Security and Medicare are just two of many pressing issues caused...
Identifying PTSD could be affected under proposed changes to global diagnostic tool
Credit: Courtesy of NYU Langone Health Fewer individuals across the globe would be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) under...
Snorers suffer from nerve and muscle damage in the palate
Credit: Per Melander People who snore may have extensive tissue damage in the nerves and muscles of the soft palate....
Parents say intense gun violence in PG-13 movies appropriate for teens 15 and older
Credit: Annenberg Public Policy Center. Published in Pediatrics, June 2018. Parents are more willing to let their children see PG-13...
Serving smaller alcoholic drinks could reduce the UK’s alcohol consumption
New research published in Addiction, conducted by researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Sheffield, highlights the potential benefits of...
Safety in the age of global goods flows
No matter whether it's cars, computers or chemical products -- Japan is one of the world's leading industrial and export...
Why older workers might be more stressed than younger ones
Older workers tend to feel more stress than younger workers when their employers don't provide them with the support and...
