Health
Fragile: Handle with care
Interhospital transfer may be essential for the sickest patients, but the risk of death remains higher for transfer patients than...
Study paints picture of marijuana use in pregnant women
Credit: Photo by Cori Kogan, Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane As the use of marijuana is legalized in an...
More than half of US opioid prescriptions for dental procedures exceeded 3-day supply recommendations from CDC 2016 guidelines
New largescale study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found overprescription of opioids by dentists common, particularly to patients...
Putting precision oncology into practice
Credit: Rush Production Group Rush University Medical Center is the first health care organization to launch medical record company Epic's...
Link between chronic kidney disease and heart failure is identified in patients
Coronary microvascular dysfunction is a precursor to later heart disease, heart failure and possible deathCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - People...
HIT modernization crucial to improve healthcare for Native Americans and Alaska Natives
Health Affairs blog calls for increased federal funding to update HIT systemCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS -- The Indian Health Service...
Helping patients with binge eating disorders: There’s an app for that
Credit: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Behavioral therapy assisted by a smartphone app, delivered via telemedicine by a...
National study confirms nurses at higher risk of suicide than general population
Suicide prevention programs needed; UC San Diego offers successful model for nursesCredit: UC San Diego Health Sciences In the first...
‘Wristwatch’ monitors body chemistry to boost athletic performance, prevent injury
Credit: Murat Yokus, NC State University Engineering researchers have developed a device the size of a wristwatch that can monitor...
New device identifies high-quality blood donors
Credit: University of British Columbia Blood banks have long known about high-quality donors - individuals whose red blood cells stay...
Questions and answers about cannabis use during pregnancy
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 3, 2020--A new study shows that women have many medical...
Blood test identifies risk of disease linked to stroke and dementia
UCLA-led team finds connections between inflammation and cerebral small vessel diseaseCredit: UCLA Health A UCLA-led study has found that levels...
Hospital websites lack usability for non-English speakers
Credit: WSU SPOKANE, Wash. -- English proficiency shouldn't be a barrier to health care. That's why the federal government requires...
Natural herb kratom may have therapeutic effects and relatively low potential for abuse or harm, according to a user survey
Researchers say findings underscore need for research and regulation, but not an outright ban on salesCredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Using...
Designing an emergency stop switch for immunotherapies
Credit: © Alain Herzog 2020 EPFL Immunotherapy, unlike chemotherapy and radiotherapy, arms the body's immune system to attack cancer cells....
Study demonstrates liquid biopsy as effective predictor of stage III melanoma relapse and treatment
Assessment of circulating tumor cells at first clinic visit predicted relapse within 6 months; may help identify patients likely to...
IDIBELL researchers discover that a molecule of blood is effective against autoimmune kidney disease
The administration of C4BP in mice that reproduce lupus nephritis considerably improves the symptomatology of the diseaseCredit: Bellvitge Biomedicine Research...
New deep learning model can accurately identify sleep stages
Credit: Juha Rutanen A new deep learning model developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland can identify sleep...
Bringing the ‘sticky’ back to pancreatic cancer
Credit: Tohoku University A multidisciplinary team of researchers at Japan's Tohoku University has found that a gene regulator, called BACH1,...
Cancer cell reversion may offer a new approach to colorectal cancer treatment
Credit: KAIST A novel approach to reverse the progression of healthy cells to malignant ones may offer a more effective...
