Health
Austrian Herpetological Society’s journal Herpetozoa moves to Pensoft’s ARPHA platform
Newly published research articles demonstrate numerous innovative features to the benefit of readers, authors and all other usersCredit: ARPHA and...
Researchers block protein that plays a key role in Alzheimer’s disease
In recent years, it has become increasingly clear to researchers that the protein galectin-3 is involved in inflammatory diseases in...
A new way to wind the development clock of cardiac muscle cells
Credit: IMAGE COURTESY TIM KAMP, UW-MADISON MADISON - These days, scientists can collect a few skin or blood cells, wipe...
Like a lot of things, women’s gut microbiomes appear to mature earlier than men’s
Age also seems to be a factor, with younger guts more bacterially diverse (a good thing) than older onesCredit: UC...
Optimizing device implantation in patients with atrial fibrillation and risk of stroke
The study is based on the bachelor's degree final project in Biomedical Engineering by Ainhoa M. Aguado, first author of...
Blood flow command center discovered in the brain
Credit: Farmer et al An international team of researchers has discovered a group of cells in the brain that may...
On the way to fighting staph infections with the body’s immune system
Researchers identify exact cells mediating the mouse's defense against Staphylococcus infection -- MRSACredit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers have gained a...
Johns Hopkins researchers find widely ‘inconsistent’ use of antibodies in lab experiments
Findings throw study results into doubt and sheds light on 'reproducibility crisis'Credit: Ibrahim Kulac, M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of...
Artificial intelligence tool vastly scales up Alzheimer’s research
Machine learning tool automates pathologists' work to identify disease markersCredit: UC Davis Health Video: https://youtu.be/HmF1iuxpiiA Researchers at UC Davis and...
Inflammation induces anhedonia in women but not men
Effect of inflammation on a core symptom of depression helps explain higher rates of the disorder in women than men...
Protection by the malaria vaccine: not only a matter of quantity but also of quality
A study shows for the first time that the higher the avidity of antibodies induced by the RTS,S vaccine, the...
Serious adverse outcomes from respiratory tract infection are rare but predictable
In routine primary care practice, serious adverse outcomes occur in only 1% of adult patients with lower respiratory tract infection,...
New tool measures primary care as a whole
There are a number of measures to assess aspects of primary care, but a new measure breaks new ground by...
More than a half-million parents with opioid use disorder live with children
An estimated 623,000 parents with opioid use disorder in the United States are living with children under the age of...
May/June 2019 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
More Than a Half-Million Parents With Opioid Use Disorder Live With Children An estimated 623,000 parents with opioid use disorder...
Novel scale correlates children’s snacking behaviors with external food cues
Dartmouth researchers develop and validate a brief, parent-reported scale to measure external food cue responsiveness and conditioned eating behaviors for...
Online intervention reduces mothers’ intentions to visit doctor for respiratory tract infection
Visits to the doctor for a respiratory tract infection can lead to unnecessary antibiotic prescribing, but an online intervention with...
New theory of dissemination and implementation shifts direction of practice change
Primary care dissemination and implementation science has focused on evaluating strategies to help practices implement evidence-based care to achieve quality...
Does health care help us live longer?
A widely cited statistic suggests that health care services account for only a small percentage of the variation in American...
Learning more about opioid prescribing in primary care
Chronic opioid prescribing in primary care varies significantly by patient and clinician characteristics, according to a new study. Researchers at...
