Health
Presence of hoarding symptoms does not negatively impact CBT response in youth with OCD
Washington, DC, July 23, 2019 - Hoarding can often be a debilitating problem for adults and is often associated with...
How do brains remember decisions?
Mammal brains -- including those of humans -- store and recall impressive amounts of information based on our good and...
Exposure to air pollution among women in Mozambique greatly intensified by the use of kerosene lamps
Credit: Ioar Rivas (ISGlobal) Exposure to black carbon particles is 81% higher among Mozambican women who use kerosene as the...
Women missing out on the best heart care
The large-scale analysis carried out by La Trobe University researchers and published in Heart found that many Australians living with...
More heart attacks and strokes when cholesterol-lowering prescription rejected or unfilled
Credit: The FH Foundation Individuals at high risk for cardiovascular events, including those with familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) or atherosclerotic heart...
Johns Hopkins co-leads research effort on child ‘poliolike’ condition
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Johns Hopkins Medicine and University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) researchers will lead a multicenter, multinational...
Suicidal thoughts can be reduced among Indigenous people; this new study finds the factors
Food insecurity and lack of a high school degree were impediments to recovery from suicidal ideation The higher prevalence of...
Rejected and unfilled prescriptions for new, more expensive cholesterol drugs tied to higher heart, stroke risk
DALLAS, July 23, 2019 - Patients appear to be at higher risk of heart problems or stroke when prescriptions for...
People are more likely to try drugs for the first time during the summer
American teenagers and adults are more likely to try illegal or recreational drugs for the first time in the summer,...
Obstructive sleep apnea may be one reason depression treatment doesn’t work
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 23, 2019) - When someone is depressed and having suicidal...
Research shows high prices of healthy foods contribute to malnutrition worldwide
First global examination of affordability of both healthy and unhealthy foods shows prices matter for diet and health outcomes Poor...
UTA scientists part of $11 million study of precision therapy for heart failure patients
Nearly half of all heart failure patients do not have effective treatments for their condition, so three researchers at The...
How fat prawns can save lives
Small-scale farming of freshwater crustaceans could be a win-win for communities where schistosomiasis is commonCredit: Photo courtesy of Hilary Duff...
Connection to HIV care helps hardly reached US populations suppress the virus
NIH-funded study evaluated strategies to identify and support men who have sex with men and transgender women with unsuppressed HIV...
Engaging disenfranchised US populations into HIV care helps suppress the virus
DURHAM, N.C. - Engaging disenfranchised men who have sex with men (MSM) living with HIV in the U.S. is possible,...
Serious falls are a health risk for adults under 65
New Haven, Conn. -- Adults who take several prescription medications are more likely to experience serious falls, say Yale researchers...
Helicopter transport for stroke patients decreases time to surgery, new study finds
Miami Beach, FL--The sooner that a severe stroke patient can access thrombectomy, the more likely they are to experience a...
Delay from breast cancer diagnosis to chemotherapy after an operation may shorten survival
National Cancer Database researchers find a worse survival rate regardless of type of cancer operation if time from cancer diagnosis...
TCT 2019 agenda now available
CRF's 31st Annual Scientific Symposium will take place September 25-29 in San Francisco WHAT: The agenda is now available online...
BU finds workplace injuries contribute to rise in suicide, overdose deaths
(BOSTON) -- A study co-authored by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers and published in the American Journal...
