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Social media usage linked to underage drinking
PHILADELPHIA -- Social media often features celebrities drinking cocktails, boozy how-to posts, and party pictures. This is the environment American...
Surgery benefits older women with breast cancer
In a BJS (British Journal of Surgery) analysis of 18,730 older patients with oestrogen receptor- positive breast cancer in the...
Surgery involving ultrasound energy found to treat high blood pressure
Credit: ReCor Medical, Inc. An operation that targets the nerves connected to the kidney has been found to significantly reduce...
Cause of E. coli beach closings? Gulls
Credit: Wild Goose Chase, Inc. This summer, during the middle of a heat wave, you might want to enjoy a...
Asthma management: Allocating duties
Credit: Dr. Giuseppe Madonia, Dr. Ursula Madonia and Bentham Science Publishers The privilege to operate in a specialist asthma clinic...
PCR statement on device-based therapies for hypertension
EuroPCR 2018, the annual Course of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), a branch of the European Society...
Are pain tolerance levels similar among groups of friends?
Are your friends very pain tolerant? Then it is likely that you are as well, provided you are a male....
University of Guelph study uncovers cause of pesticide exposure, Parkinson’s link
Credit: University of Guelph A new University of Guelph study has discovered why exposure to pesticides increases some people's risk...
CU researchers offer insights into liver disease caused by intravenous nutrition
AURORA, Colo. (May 23, 2018) - Research by physician-scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus offers hope for...
Space-like gravity weakens biochemical signals in muscle formation
Credit: Yuge Lab Astronauts go through many physiological changes during their time in spaceflight, including lower muscle mass and slower...
How a cell knows when to divide
Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - How does a cell know when to divide? We know that hundreds of genes contribute...
BU: Religious refusal laws harm sexual minority mental health
Since the nationwide legalization of same-sex marriage in 2015, opponents have shifted their focus to whether individuals can deny services...
Closing gaps in data and information to combat the opioid epidemic
May 23, 2018, WASHINGTON, DC -- Big gaps in the exchange of data and information throughout the health care system...
Social isolation plus heart failure could increase hospitalizations, deaths
DALLAS, May 23, 2018 -- Patients with heart failure who felt socially isolated were much more likely to die or...
Is topical rapamycin effective, safe to treat facial lesions?
Bottom Line: Facial angiofibromas are disfiguring growths and these lesions occur in most people with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic...
Study examining a novel index of coronary artery stenosis presented at EuroPCR
PARIS - May 23, 2018 - A novel non-hyperemic index of coronary stenosis severity called resting full-cycle ratio (RFR) was...
You are what your mother eats
Credit: OHSU For years, pregnant mothers have questioned their nutritional habits: "Will eating more cause my baby to be overweight?"...
Four Harvard Medical School scientists named Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators
Four Harvard Medical School scientists are among the 19 individuals named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators on May 23. The...
Is there association between groundwater lithium, diagnoses of bipolar disorder, dementia?
Bottom Line: High groundwater concentration of lithium, a naturally occurring trace element, wasn't associated with any benefit in diagnoses of...
Memory molecule limits plasticity by calibrating calcium
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain has an incredible capacity to support a lifetime of learning and...
