Health
Drug and alcohol use by pregnant women: the evolution of state policies
Policymakers and public health experts have long recognized the harm that can come to fetuses if women use drugs during...
For children with complex medical situations, a new roadmap for improving health
Children with severe disabilities, serious cognitive impairments and medically complex situations require more specialized health care during their lifetimes. But...
Prescriptions for opioid use disorder treatment, opioid pain relievers after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with an overall increase in people filling prescriptions...
Better access to quality cancer care may reduce rural and urban disparities
PORTLAND, OR - When enrolled in a cancer clinical trial, the differences in survival rates between rural and urban patients...
As body mass index increases, blood pressure may as well
New Haven, Conn. -- Body mass index is positively associated with blood pressure, according to the ongoing study of 1.7...
Stroke patients treated at a teaching hospital are less likely to be readmitted
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (August 17, 2018) - Stroke patients appear to receive better care at teaching hospitals with less...
Like shark attack and the lottery, unconscious bias influences cancer screening
What do shark attack, the lottery and ovarian cancer screening having in common? It turns out our judgments about these...
Exploring the relationship between fever and cancer incidence
Credit: Wieslaw Kozak, Tomasz Jedrzejewski, Malgorzata Pawlikowska, Jakub Piotrowski, and Sylwia Wrotek Recurring patterns in patient accounts suggest the existence...
To find and disarm: Scientists develop platform to kill cancer cells
Credit: © NUST MISIS The new treatment will serve as both diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors. This breakthrough in...
HIV and a tale of a few cities
Credit: Chris Brava While global incidence rates of HIV have declined notably in recent years, the virus that causes AIDS...
Scientists find titanium dioxide from sunscreen is polluting beaches
Boston, MA, USA Scientists have found that sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting TiO2 (titanium dioxide) into the...
Shlomo Benartzi named Distinguished Senior Fellow at Behavior Change for Good Initiative
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Dr. Shlomo Benartzi has been named a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania's Behavior...
Patients, doctors dissatisfied by Electronic Health Records
Credit: Lehigh University Electronic Health Records are intended to streamline and improve access to information - and have been shown...
Researchers find pathways that uncover insight into development of lung cancer
Credit: Xuemei Ji, M.D., Ph.D. LEBANON, NH - Lung cancer is the leading cause of preventable cancer death. A disease...
Automated detection of focal epileptic seizures in a sentinel area of the human brain
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Patients with focal epilepsy that does not respond to medications badly need alternative treatments. In...
16 going on 66: Will you be the same person 50 years from now?
Credit: University of Houston How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you're...
Texas A&M team develops new way to grow blood vessels
Credit: Texas A&M University Formation of new blood vessels, a process also known as angiogenesis, is one of the major...
Progress toward personalized medicine
A few little cells that are different from the rest can have a big effect. For example, individual cancer cells...
Making aquafeed more sustainable: Scientists develop feeds using a marine microalga co-product
Credit: Image by Devin S. Fitzgerald. Dartmouth scientists have created a more sustainable feed for aquaculture by using a marine...
Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke may increase risk of adult lung disease death
A new study suggests that long-term exposure to secondhand smoke during childhood increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
