Health
Repair of aged tissue can be enhanced by inhibiting signals from neighbouring cells
Credit: Nalle Pentinmikko Researchers at the University of Helsinki have discovered how regenerative capacity of intestinal epithelium declines when we...
July/August 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Diabetes Patients Experiencing Empathy From Primary Care Practitioners Have Lower Risk of Mortality A United Kingdom study designed to examine...
Study finds subclinical cardiovascular disease associated with higher fall risk
Findings informative for clinical discussions around primary prevention of CVD and fall interventions in older adults BOSTON - Each year,...
Getting to zero malaria cases in zanzibar
Targeting men, seasonal workers could be key to tackling residual cases, study suggests New research led by the Johns Hopkins...
Study finds ACOs need a balance of PCPs and specialists to best reduce health care costs
UMass Amherst researchers examined Medicare data from accountable care organizationsCredit: UMass Amherst Accountable care organizations (ACOs), the health care delivery...
Researchers identify cancer killing capability of lesser-known immune cells
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have identified, for the first time in oesophageal cancer, the cancer killing capability of a...
Did food labeling help hospital employees make healthier cafeteria choices?
What The Study Did: This observational study of nearly 5,700 hospital employees who used the workplace cafeteria reports on whether...
Evaluating risk of death, complications in patients with heart failure after ambulatory, noncardiac
What The Study Did: Veterans Affairs data for 355,121 patients undergoing ambulatory, elective, noncardiac surgery were used to compare the...
How a popular antidepressant drug could rewire the brain
Prozac®, the trade name for the drug fluoxetine, was introduced to the U.S. market for the treatment of depression in...
Maternal obesity linked to childhood cancer
PITTSBURGH, July 10, 2019 - A new study from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and UPMC...
Patients with mental health conditions denied access to ‘best available’ stop smoking treatments
University of Bath press release A new study from researchers at the Universities of Bath and Bristol suggests that doctors...
Larger drug trials that intervene earlier needed for Alzheimer’s disease
There are currently no drugs that stop or inhibit Alzheimer's disease. Despite drug trials showing plaque reduction in the brain,...
Are doctors treating more thyroid cancer patients than necessary?
New research may help change treatment practices for patients diagnosed with low risk thyroid cancer PHILADELPHIA -- Nearly a million...
Is elevated systolic blood pressure associated with risk for valvular heart disease?
What The Study Did: A group of 329,237 men and women of white Bristish ancestry with genetic data in the...
Arts & Medicine: Video, articles look back at 1978 novel ‘The House of God’
Bottom Line: The 1978 novel "The House of God" is a fictional account of the internship experience of Samuel Shem, the...
Study examined short-term treatment of internet, computer game addiction
What The Study Did: This randomized clinical trial of 143 men tested a short-term treatment for internet and computer game...
Epic research endeavor reveals cause of deadly digestive disease in children
Scientists from Israel and the US pooled their medical and genetic expertise to uncover the origin of an untreatable gastrointestinal...
Preeclampsia risk may be reduced by a healthy high-fiber diet
Pregnancy outcomes and infant immunity linked to gut bacteriaCredit: Pixabay user:StockSnap A healthy diet rich in fibre is generally recommended,...
Bystander CPR less likely for black kids in poorest neighborhoods
Journal of the American Heart Association Report DALLAS, July 10, 2019 -- African American children living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods...
Why sex becomes less satisfying with age
Study examines how intimate relationships, health, and psychological factors affect sexual intimacy and satisfaction in postmenopausal women CLEVELAND, Ohio (July...
