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Per-capita end-of-life spending is decreasing rapidly, according to new study
Credit: via JAMA IM Health economists have long considered end-of-life spending to be one of the major contributors to the...
Six years of exercise — or lack of it — may be enough to change heart failure risk
By analyzing reported physical activity levels over time in more than 11,000 American adults, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers conclude that...
Drug companies selling more ‘lifestyle,’ less ‘symptom’
TAMPA, Fla. (May 15, 2018)- Prescription drug commercials are getting longer and providing less factual information. A study published in...
MDMA opens door for PTSD sufferers
When lasting trauma is caused by callous acts of violence, the key to recovery can be making meaning out of...
Treating muscle wasting improved cancer survival
Researchers from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland have found that continued treatment of muscle wasting with a soluble growth...
IgG antibodies activate blood platelets and contribute to the severity of anaphylaxis
The most severe allergic reaction, anaphylaxis (or anaphylactic shock), is the result of an inappropriate immune reaction following the introduction...
Study shows targeted biopsy for prostate cancer more effective than traditional method
Credit: Otis Brawley (Photographer) CINCINNATI--Researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have found that MRI fusion biopsy--coupling MRI and ultrasound...
Enzyme’s movement may be key to new cancer drugs
Credit: Senthil Ganesan, University of Arizona Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Revealing all the steps required to activate an enzyme...
Scientists develop method to tweak tiny ‘antenna’ on cells
Credit: Shinohara Kyosuke, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine and the National Tsing Hua University...
OHSU one of three centers selected to study cells at atomic level
Credit: Kristyna Wentz-Graff, OHSU PORTLAND, Oregon - OHSU will become a national center for an imaging technique that is revolutionizing...
Gonorrhea surveillance study maps antibiotic resistance across Europe
The first European-wide genomic survey of gonorrhoea has mapped antibiotic resistance in this sexually transmitted disease throughout the continent. Researchers...
Tufts University and BioLabs open coworking laboratory space for life sciences innovators
Credit: Alonso Nichols, Tufts University BOSTON (May 15, 2018)--Tufts University and BioLabs today announced the opening of Tufts Launchpad |...
Understanding Andean concepts of death and renewal
Research in the Andes has yielded evidence for a complex association between settlement sites and mortuary monuments, tied to concepts...
Big data from world’s largest citizen science microbiome project serves food for thought
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and collaborators have published the...
Study provides further insight into how Ebola affects the eye
A new study, conducted by the researchers from the University of Liverpool, published in JAMA Ophthalmology identifies the specific characteristics...
New hope for patients with depression and anxiety
There is a strong link between depression and anxiety disorders and autoimmune thyroiditis (AIT), a chronic thyroid condition affecting approximately...
Prenatal testing of the fetal rhesus factor: Test is reliable, but benefit is unclear
If the blood of a pregnant woman is rhesus-negative (Rh-negative) and the blood of the foetus is rhesus-positive (Rh-positive), the...
Researchers identify the most accurate risk prediction models for selecting whom to screen
Below please find summaries of new articles that will be published in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine....
Study hints at new target to improve immune therapy in triple-negative breast cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Therapies that recruit the immune system to attack tumors are revolutionizing cancer care. Among...
Uncertainty in long-run economic growth likely points toward greater emissions, climate change costs
URBANA, Ill. - For scientists, estimating the extent of and cost of damages from climate change over the next 100...
