Populations served by CPC+ medical home model are wealthier, use fewer inpatient services
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute When a new model of care delivery is introduced into the healthcare system an important measure ...
New study finds nanoparticles show promise in therapy for triple-negative breast cancer
WASHINGTON (Oct. 1, 2018) -- Approximately 10-20 percent of diagnosed breast cancers are found to be triple-negative, meaning the breast ...
European Psychiatric Association (EPA) comprehensive review demonstrates that exercise is an effective treatment for major mental health conditions and should form a core part of treatment
Philadelphia, October 1, 2018 - Based on compelling evidence from a meta-review of existing research, the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) ...
New best practices recommended for feeding tube location verification in pediatric patients
Credit: Copyright 2014 Ed Cunicelli Photo PHILADELPHIA (October 1, 2018) - Placement of nasogastric (NG) tubes (feeding tubes) in pediatric ...
Study finds that DFMO increases survival for children with high risk neuroblastoma
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CWRU scientists develop new method to more efficiently generate brain stem cells
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine In two newly published papers, a scientific team at Case Western Reserve ...
Irreversible damage to color vision linked to popular erectile dysfunction drug
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Anxious and forgetful after menopause? Low estrogen may be to blame
Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--Lack of estrogen may play a role in the development of anxiety and memory problems, according ...
Drug cocktail may treat postmenopausal PCOS complications
Knoxville, Tenn. (October 1, 2018)--A combination of a diabetes drug and a high blood pressure medication may effectively treat all ...
Penn discovers new, rare mechanism for ALL to relapse after CAR T cell therapy
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A single leukemia cell, unknowingly engineered with the leukemia-targeting chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) lentivirus and ...
Genetic variants reveal new targets for chronic kidney disease treatment
Credit: Katalin Susztak, MD, PhD, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - The kidney does more than double or even triple duty ...
How can we reduce concussions in football? Change kickoffs, experts say
PHILADELPHIA - How best to reduce concussions and other brain injuries that occur in American football continues to perplex scientists, ...
Familiar voices are easier to understand, even if we don’t recognize them
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No ‘reservoir’: detectable HIV-1 in treated human liver cells found to be inert
In a proof-of-principle study, researchers at Johns Hopkins report that a certain liver immune cell called a macrophage contains only ...
Eighth-century skeleton found at Torcello
Credit: Ca' Foscari University of Venice On the island of Torcello, at the Ca' Foscari University of Venice excavation site, ...
Newborns face increased risk of thrombosis
Russian scientists have carried out tests to compare the process of blood coagulation in adults and newborns and discovered that ...
Insufficient sleep associated with risky behavior in teens
Boston, MA -- Adolescents require 8-10 hours of sleep at night for optimal health, according to sleep experts, yet more ...
Dormant genes brought to life in new generations
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New research aims to help catch child killers
Credit: Ann Ross Violent crimes against children are especially abhorrent. New research from North Carolina State University will help law ...
Focus on neuroscience, nociception to improve anesthesia, paper says
Credit: Emery Brown People sometimes mistakenly think of general anesthesia as just a really deep sleep but in fact, anesthesia ...
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