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Diagnosis is not best predictor of avoidable hospitalizations of nursing home residents
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The care of long-term nursing home patients can...
126 patient and provider groups to CMS: Proposed E/M service cuts will hurt sickest patients
WASHINGTON, DC - A broad coalition of 126 patient and provider groups - led by leading national organizations including the...
WSU Spokane researchers develop potential drugs to help curb smoking
SPOKANE, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have created more than a dozen candidate drugs with the potential to curb...
AADR Oral Health Effects of Tobacco Products: Science and Regulatory Policy Conference
Alexandria, Va., USA - The American Association for Dental Research, with funding from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA),...
Wolters Kluwer and the Family Physicians Inquiries Network enter publishing partnership
August 28, 2018 - Wolters Kluwer Health announced today it will begin electronic publishing of Evidence-Based Practice, the official journal...
Scientists develop alternative treatment for peripheral artery disease
Credit: LSU Cristina Sabliov, LSU Biological and Agricultural Engineering professor, and Tammy Dugas, professor in the LSU School of Veterinary...
Combination approach shows promise for beating advanced melanoma
A UCLA-led study has found that a treatment that uses a bacteria-like agent in combination with an immunotherapy drug could...
Protein modifications pointing to cancer
Credit: Kapila Gunasekera, University of Zurich Cells use different signals to react to stress and to inform other body cells....
Rethinking a healthy diet from a global perspective
Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, ON (August 28, 2018)-Recommendations for a high quality diet to avoid cardiovascular disease were developed in...
Emergency resuscitation device increases cardiac arrest survival rate, study reports
Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth. When paramedics resuscitated cardiac arrest patients with a new type of breathing tube, their...
Current advice to limit dairy intake should be reconsidered
Munich, Germany - UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 28 Aug 2018: The consumption of dairy products has long been thought to increase...
Post-workout muscle building and repair blunted in obese adults, study finds
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Obesity is associated with a host of health problems, including heart disease, type...
GW report delivers recommendations aimed at preparing Puerto Rico for hurricane season
Credit: NOAA WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 29, 2018) -- In an independent report published today, researchers at the George Washington University...
UTEP scientists awarded $6 million to improve treatment for Chagas disease
Credit: J.R. Hernandez / UTEP Communications Scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso have received nearly $6 million...
Low carbohydrate diets are unsafe and should be avoided
Credit: European Society of Cardiology Munich, Germany - Aug. 28, 2018: Low carbohydrate diets are unsafe and should be avoided,...
QualÂity reÂgisters for surÂgery exÂclude many treatÂment-reÂlated adÂverse events
(University of Helsinki) According to a recent study, many extensive national registries are primarily based on data collected for administrative...
More patients survive sudden cardiac arrest with new EMS technique that uses a breathing tube
Credit: Courtesy of Rob Cahill, UTHealth. A new study showed that a change in the type of breathing tube paramedics...
Take a vacation — it could prolong your life
Credit: European Society of Cardiology Munich, Germany - 28 Aug 2018: Taking vacations could prolong life. That's the finding of...
Study helps children hit the right note in supporting autistic peers
Collaborative music lessons in schools improve the attitudes of pupils towards their peers with autism, a new study in the...
Differences between combined, isolated use of cannabis, nicotine on brain networks
Credit: Center for BrainHealth Researchers at the Center for BrainHealth® at the University of Texas at Dallas investigated the effects...
