ACP reaffirms calls to Congress for policies to reduce rate of firearms violence
Washington, DC (March 7, 2018) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) today sent letters urging Congress to take immediate...
Mental health treatment for victims of human trafficking — Journal of Psychiatric Practice presents initial recommendations
March 7, 2018 - Cognitive therapies should be considered when addressing the harmful psychological consequences of trauma in victims of...
Houston Methodist researcher makes bold move by releasing nanotech ‘recipe’
Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON - (March 7, 2018) - In a rare move, a Houston Methodist researcher is sharing his...
Exercise may decrease heart drug’s effectiveness
Peter Ruben and his team of researchers have spent years studying why seemingly healthy patients with inherited cardiac arrhythmias can...
UC Davis researchers find new way to defeat HIV latency
HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has a secret life. Though anti-retroviral therapy can reduce its numbers, the virus can...
Guidelines needed for use of therapy animals in mental health treatment
Credit: Orygen The increasing use of therapy animals in Australia has prompted researchers from Orygen, the National Centre of Excellence...
New butterfly species named for Field Museum’s Emily Graslie
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- As the Field Museum's chief curiosity correspondent, Emily Graslie has...
The Biodiversity Literature Repository passes the 200,000-items milestone
Credit: Plazi and Pensoft Everyday a large number of biodiversity data are uploaded to the free and open Biodiversity Literature...
Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice age
Credit: Jigjidsurengiin Batbaatar/University of Washington The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice...
Helmet use associated with reduced risk of cervical spine injury during motorcycle crashes
Credit: Copyright 2018 American Association of Neurological Surgeons CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (MARCH 6, 2016). Despite claims that helmets do not protect...
Neurocognitive impairment linked to worse outcomes after total joint replacement
Credit: NYU Langone Health People with undiagnosed neurocognitive deficits are undergoing hip and knee replacements at high rates and are...
New tool helps identify risk for post-surgical dislocations following hip replacement
Credit: NYU Langone Health A novel risk assessment tool helps identify which patients undergoing total hip replacement may be at...
Study validates tool to assess mortality risk in older patients with orthopedic fractures
Credit: NYU Langone Health Analytic software developed by orthopedic trauma surgeons at NYU Langone Health accurately identifies which middle-aged and...
Rural claim lines with sleep apnea diagnoses increased 911 percent from 2014 to 2017
Credit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY--March 6, 2018--From 2014 to 2017, private insurance claim lines with a diagnosis of sleep...
Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic, missed by standard tests
Emory microbiologists have detected "heteroresistance" to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, in already highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes...
Strict eating schedule can lower Huntington disease protein in mice
New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that following a strict eating schedule can help clear away the...
Without 46 million year-old bacteria, turtle ants would need more bite and less armor
Credit: Photo by Jon Sanders. You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria...
Study suggests native UK Pine martens are helping to control invasive gray squirrels
Credit: University of Aberdeen AMHERST, Mass. - For many years, populations of a little red squirrel with cute ear tufts,...
Study advances research in pelvic organ prolapse among women
By measuring the sagging of the vaginal walls in more than a thousand volunteers for up to nine years annually,...
Texas A&M chemists use technology to decode language of lipid-protein interaction
Credit: Laganowsky Laboratory, Texas A&M University Technology has a massive impact on our day-to-day lives, right down to the cellular...
