Health
Electronic consultations can streamline, simplify care in allergy and immunology
Mass. General program reduces time for specialist review from weeks to an average of 24 hours A study from Massachusetts...
Researchers develop tool to predict postoperative delirium severity
Opening doors to prevention and better careCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - A new tool seeks to predict the severity of...
Fellowships will enhance reporters’ aging coverage
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Journalists in Aging Fellows Program has received renewed grant support to welcome its 10th...
Lower rates of opioid prescriptions in states that implemented medical cannabis use laws
GALVESTON, Texas - Using data from privately-insured adults, new findings from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston revealed...
Almost 400 medical practices found ineffective in analysis of 3,000 studies
New research could help eliminate medical practices that are no more effective than existing standards of care, reducing costs for...
UNC receives $3.8 million grant to study ‘Med-South’ weight loss program
Based on the proven benefits of Mediterranean-style diets, researchers have created a unique version of the diet by considering the...
Bringing mental health care into pediatricians’ offices works, finds 5-year study
Boston Children's Hospital program increased children's access to behavioral health services, with high pediatrician satisfaction A five-year study at Boston...
Indoor tanning may be an addiction abetted by both genetic and psychiatric factors
WASHINGTON -- A combination of elevated symptoms of depression along with modifications in a gene responsible for dopamine activity, important...
Finnish healthcare and social welfare system provides a variety of e-services to citizens
Finnish healthcare and social welfare system presses on towards the next level of usability and interoperability for professionals The national...
SU2C hails FDA approval of alpelisib and fulvestrant new breast cancer treatment
Stand Up To Cancer PI3K Women's Cancers Dream Team Research contributed to approval, ruling is the 6th FDA approval supported...
Researchers find triple as many Legionnaire’s cases as previously reported
Credit: University of Otago The first New Zealand-wide study of the burden of Legionnaire's disease has found triple the number...
Breakthrough in chronic wasting disease research reveals distinct deer, elk prion strains
Credit: Bill Cotton/CSU Photography Infectious proteins called prions cause a group of related, fatal and incurable neurodegenerative disorders, including bovine...
Education, intelligence may protect cognition, but don’t prevent Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Rebecca Gottesman In a search for clues to what may delay or prevent Alzheimer's disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists...
Inducing seizures to stop seizures
Cortical stimulation-induced seizures have the potential to guide epilepsy surgery, significantly reducing hospital staysCredit: The Neuro Surgery is the only...
New pathogens in beef and cow’s milk products: More research required
BfR Opinion No 014/2019 of 18 April 2019 According to the DKFZ, they have been detected up to now in...
Five National Academies hand over science-policy statement on air pollution and health
Appointment notice Clean air is as vital to life on earth as clean water. Currently, air pollution is estimated to...
Checkmate for hepatitis B viruses in the liver
Credit: Helmholtz Zentrum München / Jochen Wettengel Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich, working in...
Gender affects the correlation between depression and weight in children and adolescents
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2019--The results of a large community-based study...
iPhone plus nanoscale porous silicon equals cheap, simple home diagnostics
Credit: Heidi Hall/Vanderbilt University The simplest home medical tests might look like a deck of various silicon chips coated in...
Who’s ‘Treat All’ HIV recommendation led to increases in art initiation in Africa
Large study of 'Treat All' policies for HIV in sub-Saharan Africa finds major improvements in rapid uptake of treatment A...
