Workplace dress codes present barriers to people living with disabilities
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. - According to the U.S. Census, nearly 20 million people of working age live ...
From Haifa to Tokyo: Medical detectives team up on selenoprotein1/EPT1
Credit: Ayelet Eran and coauthors The baby looked healthy at first. But within two hours, he was having severe seizures. ...
Hormone therapy may lead to improved cognitive function
CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 30, 2018)--Hormones affect just about everything that goes on in a woman's body, from reproductive function and ...
Prevalence of eating disorders taken from largest sample in the United States
Philadelphia, May 30, 2018 Biological Psychiatry has published a new study revising the outdated estimates of the prevalence of eating ...
UTSA researchers study stuttering and develop technology to enhance brain function
A team of researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) received a two-year, $387,000 grant, from the ...
High protein diet slightly increases heart failure risk in middle-aged men
Credit: UEF/ Raija Törrönen For middle-aged men, eating higher amounts of protein was associated with a slightly elevated risk for ...
Breaking good — Key discovery made for battling opioid epidemic
Making opioids from sugar instead of from field grown opium poppies has the potential to solve many of the problems ...
Better biomimetic bone focus of NIH grant
Credit: Jian Yang The next generation of biomimetic orthopedic implants that incorporate citrate signaling may be possible thanks to a ...
Using telemedicine to bring genetic counseling to community cancer care
PHILADELPHIA - Genetic counseling for cancer patients has become standard of care at academic medical centers, but patients cared for ...
New compound effective against drug-resistant pathogens, could lead to new antibiotics
Researchers from North Carolina State University have synthesized an analog of lipoxazolidinone A, a small molecule that is effective against ...
Sniffing out real truffles
At a cost of thousands of dollars per pound, truffles are an expensive food. The fungi are prized for their ...
New review highlights benefits of plant-based diets for heart health
Credit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON - Vegetarian, especially vegan, diets are associated with better cardiovascular health, according to ...
New study shows evidence that health information exchanges improve care, reduce costs
Credit: Google images INDIANAPOLIS -- An updated systematic review of recent studies of health information exchanges found evidence the exchanges ...
American Cancer Society updates colorectal cancer screening guideline
An updated American Cancer Society guideline says colorectal cancer screening should begin at age 45 for people at average risk, ...
Screening for colorectal cancer in under-55-year-olds with family history: Benefit unclear
Between the age of 50 and 54 years, all statutory health insurance fund members in Germany are entitled to immunological ...
The xB3 platform efficiently delivers antibodies across the BBB at therapeutic doses
RICHMOND, BC and GUILFORD, CONN., BIOASIS TECHNOLOGIES INC. (TSX.V:BTI; OTCQB:BIOAF), a biopharmaceutical company developing its xB3 TM proprietary platform technology ...
New guidance on treating diabetes in elderly and frail adults
New guidance has been published on managing diabetes in the elderly, including for the first time how to manage treatment ...
After 40 years in limbo: Styrene is probably carcinogenic
"Possibly carcinogenic and should be investigated more closely." For forty years, this has been the conclusion of researchers who have ...
Bioanalysis explores novel LC-MS assays impacting CYP and transporter DDI evaluations
Bioanalysis, a leading MEDLINE indexed journal for bioanalytical scientists, has published a Special Focus Issue on LC-MS assays impacting CYP ...
Campylobacter — the germ on chicken eggs
Eggs are a popular food. In fact, Germans consumed almost 20 billion of them in 2016, which equates to a ...
