IADR announces 2018 Unilever Hatton Competition and Award Winners
Alexandria, Va., USA - IADR is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Unilever Hatton Competition and Awards which ...
BIDMC study determines risk factors for opioid misuse
BOSTON - Current research demonstrates that patients' exposure to opioids following medical care has contributed to the nationwide addiction epidemic. ...
Intensive outpatient therapy shows rapid reduction of veterans’ PTSD symptoms
Military veterans who participated in a three week, intensive outpatient treatment program for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) saw rapid and ...
Women seeing baby animals have a reduced appetite for meat
Images of baby animals reduces people's appetite for meat say researchers, who found that the effect is much stronger for ...
Study: In darters, male competition drives evolution of flashy fins, bodies
Credit: Photo by Rachel Moran CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists once thought that female mate choice alone accounted for the eye-catching ...
Behavioral nudges lead to striking drop in prescriptions of potent antipsychotic
August 1, 2018 -- A study led by Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health has found that letters targeting ...
Smarter cancer treatment: AI tool automates radiation therapy planning
Credit: Brian Tran Beating cancer is a race against time. Developing radiation therapy plans -- individualized maps that help doctors ...
Placenta barrier-on-a-chip could lead to better understanding of premature births
More than one in 10 babies worldwide are born prematurely, according to the World Health Organization. Now scientists report in ...
3D-Printed implants shown to help grow ‘real bone’
Credit: Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Chemically coated, ceramic implants successfully guided the regrowth of missing bone in ...
Ketamine has potential therapeutic role in adolescents with treatment-resistant depression
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 1, 2018--A new study has shown a significant average decrease ...
A protein could be key to preserving heart function in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, Aug. 1, 2018 -- A protein known to drive nerve cell survival in the brain and spinal ...
Individual training of parents is best for small children with ADHD
A major research project from Aarhus University and the Centre for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Risskov, in collaboration with the ...
Can we predict the long-term outcome of boys with ADHD?
Washington, DC, August 1, 2018 A study published in the August 2018 issue of the Journal of the American Academy ...
Medical researchers from MSU suggested a new approach of targeted cancer therapy
Credit: Courtesy of Boris Zhivotovsky. During carcinogenesis malignant cells undergo uncontrolled division, causing the tumor dissemination. Target therapy is an ...
Multi-feature based brain network improves auto-diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
Philadelphia, August 1, 2018 Researchers have developed a new method for constructing personal brain networks using multiple structural features to ...
Active substance raises hopes of curing hepatitis E
(Ruhr-University Bochum) An international team of researchers has now found a possible active substance against the virus in the naturally ...
Distrust of power influences choice of medical procedures
Credit: Roland Imhoff First World countries have well-developed healthcare systems that employ medical regimens that have been empirically demonstrated to ...
Measure of belly fat in older adults is linked with cognitive impairment
A new study using data from over 5,000 individuals has found that a measure of belly fat (waist:hip ratio) was ...
Only 10 percent of non-dialysis kidney patients ever see a dietitian
MAYWOOD, IL -- In patients with chronic kidney disease, medical nutrition therapy can slow the progression and significantly reduce healthcare ...
One in 3 youth who break the law identify as LGBTQ
Adolescents who identified as non-heterosexual are significantly over-represented among first-time offenders, according to a new study that examined sexual orientation, ...
