Health
No sweat? That's an issue for home-schooled children
Rice University study suggests many fall short of exercise goals despite organized activitiesCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Parents who home-school their...
Enzyme warps space to break the cell's speed limit
VIEW: Enzyme Warps Space to Break the Cell's Speed Limit Johns Hopkins researchers have found that rhomboid enzymes, which are...
OU researcher developing new approach for early intervention of lupus
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma researcher, Si Wu, and collaborators from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and...
Site of care may affect patients' access to palliative treatment
Regardless of race or ethnicity, patients were 33 percent less likely to receive any palliative care for metastatic cancer at...
The future of minority health and health disparities research is here
Credit: NIMHD Health disparities have persisted, despite extensive research and a decades-long mandate to eliminate them. Thus, the National Institute...
nTIDE January 2019 Jobs Report: Job numbers hold steady for Americans with disabilities
Kessler Foundation and University of New Hampshire release nTIDE Report -- Monthly Update -- with a focus on representing disability...
ATS publishes new clinical guideline on home oxygen for children
Credit: ATS Feb. 1, 2019--The American Thoracic Society has developed a new clinical practice guideline for home oxygen therapy for...
Study predicts worsening of overdose crisis, limits of focusing on prescription opioids
A study from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Institute for Technology Assessment projects that the opioid overdose epidemic...
GI leaders recognized by AGA's prestigious recognition awards
AGA's highest honor is presented to John I. Allen, M.D., M.B.A., A.G.A.F. Bethesda, MD (Feb. 1, 2019) -- The American...
Researchers determine seasonal risk threshold for patients with folate deficiency
Researchers from the University of Malaga (UMA) evidence that levels of this vitamin in the body decrease in those months...
MICROB-PREDICT — 15 million EU funded microbiome research project kicks off
Developing personalised targets for treatment of decompensated cirrhosis and acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) Barcelona, Spain, 1 February 2019 - An...
Microbes hitched to insects provide a rich source of new antibiotics
Credit: Marc Chevrette MADISON - Medicine was transformed in the 20th century by the discovery and development of antibiotics, the...
Suicide can't be predicted by asking about suicidal thoughts, major Australian study shows
The majority of people who die by suicide deny having suicidal thoughts when asked by doctors in the weeks and...
Newly identified messenger molecules could help protect survival of neurones
New research could help to identify and develop new therapies for motor neurone disease and other neurodegenerative conditions Newly identified...
The delicate balance of treating growing but brittle bones
Credit: Sato et al., Bone, November 2018 Turning off a bone receptor protein could potentially treat osteoporosis in children without...
When mucus can be key to treating colon and airway diseases
Researchers have identified proteins that control mucous production and suggest clues to treating colon and airway diseasesCredit: Gerard Cantero -Recasens,...
The dangers of hidden fat: Exercise is your best defense against deep abdominal fat
DALLAS - Feb. 1, 2019 - Scientists know that the type of fat you can measure with a tape isn't...
Common e-cigarette chemical flavorings may impair lung function
Boston, MA - Two chemicals widely used to flavor electronic cigarettes may be impairing the function of cilia in the...
Short anti-rejection therapy protects transplants in diabetic animals
Transplanted pancreatic islets in diabetic animals can survive for a long period of time if the animals are treated with...
For older people, medications are common; AGS Beers Criteria aims to make them appropriate, too
Credit: (C) 2019, American Geriatrics Society The American Geriatrics Society (AGS) today unveiled its latest update to one of geriatrics'...
