Health
Study: Marijuana use increases, shifts away from illegal market
A new article published by researchers from University of Puget Sound and University of Washington reports that, based on analysis...
Gut microbes associated with temperament traits in children
Scientists in the FinnBrain research project of the University of Turku, Finland, discovered that the gut microbes of a 2.5-month-old...
Adequate protein intake associates with lower risk of frailty
Adequate intake of protein is associated with a reduced risk of frailty and prefrailty in older women, according to a...
Study shows experimental drug can encourage bone growth in children with dwarfism
Credit: Getty Images Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Australia and seven other medical institutions...
ESC Congress together with the World Congress of Cardiology: Press Programme announced
August 31 to September 4, 2019 in Paris, France Sophia Antipolis, 18 June 2019 The press programme for ESC Congress...
Dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies activate to generate new brain cells
Credit: Ye Sing Tan Singapore, 18 June 2019 - How dormant neural stem cells in fruit flies are activated and...
Study shows healthcare workers often care for patients while ill
Employees in patient care work with symptoms of cold, flu, and other respiratory illnesses NEW YORK (June 18, 2019) --...
New drug compound could tackle major life-limiting kidney disease
Researchers have developed a new class of drugs to tackle a common hereditary kidney disease The disease affects 12 million...
GPs should not use inflammatory marker tests to rule out serious conditions, study finds
Blood tests that detect inflammation, known as inflammatory marker tests, are not sensitive enough to rule out serious underlying conditions...
Health policies key factor in hospitalization of seniors
Government policy and infrastructure have a substantial impact on hospitalization of older adults, according to a University of Waterloo study....
Study finds alcohol and tobacco appear frequently in UK reality television
A new study in the Faculty of Public Health's Journal of Public Health finds that tobacco and alcohol usage are...
Gender bias continues in recognition of physicians and nurses
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 17, 2019--A new study has shown that patients...
NIH to host session on newborn genomic sequencing findings
Media invited to attend Researchers will review findings on implications for health and care of newborns at the final public...
Biting backfire: Some mosquitoes actually benefit from pesticide application
Credit: Jennifer Weathered/Utah State University The common perception that pesticides reduce or eliminate target insect species may not always hold....
Underenrollment in clinical trials: Patients not the problem
Credit: UTSW DALLAS - June 17, 2019 - The increasing sophistication of cancer treatments threatens to outpace the ability of...
Immuno-PET precisely diagnoses IBD inflammation without invasive procedures
Additional potential for diagnosing and treating other inflammatory diseasesCredit: Dmochowska N, Tieu W, Keller MD, et al. Inflammation in inflammatory...
Researchers call for personalized approach to aging brain health
People are living longer than ever before, but brain health isn't keeping up. To tackle this critical problem, a team...
3D printed tissues and organs without the scaffolding
Engineered tissues and organs have been grown with various degrees of success in labs for many years. Many of them...
LGBTQ awareness lacking among American neurologists, new survey finds
Results highlight need for better education to improve health care for sexual and gender minorities A first-of-its-kind survey of American...
Poor oral health linked to a 75% increase in liver cancer risk, new study finds
The study, by researchers at Queen's University Belfast, analysed a large cohort of over 469,000 people in the UK, investigated...
