Health
A step closer to an HIV cure
Scientists associated with the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg are part of an international team that today published research suggesting...
Heroin users aware of fentanyl, but at high risk of overdosing
Survey of users highlights need for more proactive overdose-prevention strategies Most heroin users in Baltimore, a city heavily affected by...
Kids with cochlear implants since infancy more likely to speak, not sign
Experts urge early cochlear implantation of deaf infants as a public policy priority Researchers from Ann & Robert H. Lurie...
Integrated therapy treating obesity and depression is effective
An intervention combining behavioral weight loss treatment and problem-solving therapy with as-needed antidepressant medication for participants with co-occurring obesity and...
Updated dietary reference intakes for sodium and potassium
Sodium and potassium dietary reference intake values updated in new report; introduces new category for sodium based on chronic disease...
Study to investigate how sexual trauma increases HIV susceptibility in women
Sexual violence produces adverse social and behavioral impacts -- and biological tooCredit: THRIVE Study and UC San Diego School of...
UMaine-led team discovers protein, lipid connection that could aid new influenza therapies
The connection between an influenza virus surface protein and a host cell lipid has been discovered by researchers at the...
A new prevention strategy for college drinking
Heavy drinkers learning by exampleCredit: University of Houston University of Houston Moores professor of psychology Clayton Neighbors is using the...
Old age care crisis: Are migrant care workers a suitable solution for state and families?
Completion of a 3-year research project comparing long-term care of the elderly in Germany and the Netherlands; international conference on...
‘Test and Treat’ reduces new HIV infections by a third in southern Africa communities
New HIV infections in southern Africa could be reduced substantially by offering entire communities voluntary HIV testing, and immediately referring...
When changing one atom makes molecules better
Chemists in Vienna find a method to replace hydrogen with fluorine in organic molecules The vast majority of pharmaceuticals employed...
Study finds robots can detect breast cancer as well as radiologists
A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that artificial intelligence systems may be able to...
3D simulation of bone densitometry predict better the risk of fracture due to osteoporosis
According to a study published recently in the advanced edition of the journal Bone whose authors are members of the...
New Regenstrief studies report drug focused approach insufficient to manage ICU delirium
Clinical trials find changing drugs, de-prescribing don't lower delirium severity, durationCredit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - The results of two new...
Menstrual cycle phase influences cocaine craving
Addicted female rats have stronger craving for cocaine during estrus than non-estrus, according to a study in Biological Psychiatry Philadelphia,...
Nutritional supplements cannot prevent depression, research shows
A daily intake of nutritional supplements won't help stave off the onset of depression, a new study has revealed. Instead,...
Attitudes about health affect how older adults engage with negative health news
To get older adults to pay attention to important health information, preface it with the good news about their health....
Fasting-mimicking diet holds promise for treating people with inflammatory bowel disease
Clinical trial shows reduction of inflammation in humans; diet appears to reverse Crohn's and colitis pathology in mice What if...
Women scientists get less federal funding than men
First-time women principal investigators get $41,000 less than men on average Women scientists are disadvantaged at the start of their careers...
Research investigates impact of herbal medicine product on bedwetting in children
A new clinical trial investigates whether an herbal medicine product can benefit school-age children experiencing bedwetting A new clinical trial...
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