What can a tasty milkshake teach us about the genetics of heart disease?
From 2002 to 2005, about 800 people in Minnesota and Utah drank more than 1,500 milkshakes, and they got to...
Opioid prescribing at veterans hospitals varies widely in treating chronic pain
AURORA, Colo. (April 24, 2018) - A new study of treatment options for military veterans with chronic pain has determined...
Patients in major prostate cancer study older, sicker than average patient population
DETROIT - Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital compared the patient population of a major U.S. prostate cancer study with patients...
Healthcare costs for adults with autism more than double those for general population
New Rochelle, NY, April 24, 2018--Researchers compared total annual healthcare costs for adults on the autism spectrum to costs for...
Cognitive behavioral therapy can improve emotion regulation in children with autism
TORONTO, Tuesday, April 24, 2018- New research from York University's Faculty of Health shows cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can help...
Millennials aren’t getting the message about sun safety and the dangers of tanning
Credit: Oliver Day, Oregon State University BEND, Ore. - Many millennials lack knowledge about the importance of sunscreen and continue...
Study identifies overdose risk factors in youth with substance use disorders
A team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators has identified factors that may increase the risk of drug overdose in...
Brain activity linked to stress changes chemical codes
Credit: UC San Diego Five years ago, a team of University of California San Diego neurobiologists published surprising findings describing...
What can a tasty milkshake teach us about the genetics of heart disease?
From 2002 to 2005, about 800 people in Minnesota and Utah drank more than 1,500 milkshakes, and they got to...
What if you could know that your mild cognitive impairment wouldn’t progress?
(IOS Press) Researchers from the Lisbon School of Medicine, University of Lisbon found that, in some mild cognitive impairment patients,...
Bariatric surgery successes lead to type 2 diabetes treatment
Bariatric surgery has long yielded almost immediate health benefits for patients with type 2 diabetes, and new findings on the...
Organoids reveal how a deadly brain cancer grows
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(April 24, 2018) Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is an incredibly deadly brain cancer and presents a serious...
Burning tumors away
Some 80,000 Americans will be diagnosed with a brain tumor this year according to the American Brain Tumor Association. Many...
Experimental arthritis drug prevents stem cell transplant complication
An investigational drug in clinical trials for rheumatoid arthritis prevents a common, life-threatening side effect of stem cell transplants, new...
More than 1 in 20 US children and teens have anxiety or depression
April 24, 2018 - About 2.6 million American children and adolescents had diagnosed anxiety and/or depression in 2011-12, reports an...
New robot for skull base surgery is very accurate and alleviates surgeon’s workload
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke/Eindhoven University of Technology Drilling out a hole in the skull base has to be done with...
Hospital patients are eager to play a role in tracking health data, researchers find
INDIANAPOLIS -- New research shows that patients in the hospital are eager to collaborate with clinicians to track their health...
‘Incompatible’ donor stem cells cure adult sickle cell patients
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine Doctors at the University of Illinois Hospital have cured seven adult patients of sickle cell disease, an...
Malaria study reveals gene variants linked to risk of disease
Many people of African heritage are protected against malaria by inheriting a particular version of a gene, a large-scale study...
Exposure to domestic violence costs US government $55 billion each year
Credit: Case Western Reserve University The federal government spends an estimated $55 billion annually on dealing with the effects of...
