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Youth fitness program, BORN TO MOVE from Les Mills, increases positive…
Credit: Les Mills CHICAGO – Nov. 29, 2016 – A recent study completed at Edge Hill University has found that...
PCORI Board approves $97.9 million to Support Patient-Centered Comparative CER
The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors today approved $97.9 million to fund 11 studies comparing different approaches...
New metabolomic screening method detects multiple inborn errors of metabolism in urine
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 3, 2016-Analysis of a single urine sample using a metabolomics-based...
Preeclampsia may boost heart disease risk by altering blood vessels
Preeclampsia may permanently change the blood vessels of women who experience the condition during pregnancy, boosting their lifelong risk for...
Attitudes vary across groups regarding meal choice in restaurants
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 6, 2017 – Previous analyses of menu offerings at chain...
Aspirin can prevent heart attacks after noncardiac surgery in patients with prior PCI
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio A Canadian-led study has found that perioperative aspirin can prevent heart-related complications after major noncardiac surgery in...
Wireless power can drive tiny electronic devices in the GI tract
Credit: Ella Maru Studio / Giovanni Traverso / Abubakar Abid Imagers, gastric pacemakers and other diagnostic and therapeutic tools could...
Psychiatric emergency patients in Massachusetts wait longest for…
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians. WASHINGTON — Patients having mental health emergencies who require hospital admission wait nearly four...
Not enough YAP means too much deadly inflammation inside the brain
IMAGE: This is Dr. Wen-Cheng Xiong. Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – Inside the brain, a...
Regenstrief, IU study: Seniors with dementia make more emergency department visits
INDIANAPOLIS — Older adults with dementia are more frequent visitors to emergency departments, returning at higher rates and incurring greater...
Recruitment begins for world’s first ovarian cancer vaccine…
Credit: UConn Health/Janine Gelineau. UConn Health is beginning to recruit patients for the world's first personalized genomics-driven ovarian cancer vaccine...
Is MRI needed in children with a sports-related concussion?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 23, 2017–A new study reviewed more than 5 years of...
$3.2 million NIH award to Wayne State to improve asthma care/outcomes in African-American…
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT – A research team led by Deborah Ellis, Ph.D., professor of family medicine...
Researchers discover way to inhibit major cancer gene
Credit: John P. O'Bryan, et al. Published in Nature Chemical Biology. Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago have...
Teen tobacco dependence should be treated with ‘same urgency as…
Athens, Ga. – Substance abuse treatments that target main issues such as serious drug and alcohol addiction are not frequently...
Morbid obesity: Gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are comparable
Credit: USZ, Visceral Surgery In Switzerland, 5,500 operations to combat morbid obesity are conducted every year. Gastric bypasses and sleeve...
Tooth cavities can be fought ‘naturally’
A new discovery may one day lead to natural anticavity products, researchers report. The scientists from West China School of...
Mortality of surgery vs. targeted radiation in early lung cancer patients
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in the Journal of Clinical...
Nasoalveolar molding use for cleft lip and palate reduces number of…
IMAGE: Parit Patel, MD, is a plastic and reconstruction surgeon who specializes in craniofacial surgery and cleft conditions at Loyola...
Blood vessels are not designed to fight infection
Credit: Osaka University Most infections enter the body through organs that are in constant contact with the outside environment, such...
