Health

Credit: June Russell, GrowNYC's Greenmarket Program ITHACA, N.Y. - After a century of markets dominated by a few types of...

Small survey: Most primary care physicians can’t identify all risk factors for prediabetes

Johns Hopkins researchers who distributed a survey at a retreat and medical update for primary care physicians (PCPs) report that...

ESMO Awards recognise four outstanding oncologists

Lugano, 20 July 2017 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), the leading professional organisation for medical oncology, has...

Setting the record straight: PPIs do not cause Dementia

Bethesda, MD (July 20, 2017) -- Several studies have reported associations between proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) use and dementia. New research...

Study finds day-to-day experiences affect awareness of aging, mood

A study of older adults finds an individual's awareness of aging is not as static as previously thought, and that...

University of Birmingham becomes partner in 19 million European heart disease project

(University of Birmingham) The University of Birmingham is part of a major new 19 million project aimed at breaking new...

GW Cancer Center receives $100,000 from Avon Foundation for Patient Navigator

WASHINGTON (July 19, 2017) -- The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center received a $100,000 check from the Avon Foundation...

Despite lack of efficacy data, surprising consensus in pediatric anti-epilepsy med scripts

Credit: Children's National Health System The number of available anti-seizure medications has exploded in the past two decades, going from...

Steering an enzyme’s ‘scissors’ shows potential for stopping Alzheimer’s disease

Credit: UBC Faculty of Medicine The old real estate adage about "location, location, location" might also apply to the biochemical...

Blood test IDs key Alzheimer’s marker

Decades before people with Alzheimer's disease develop memory loss and confusion, their brains become dotted with plaques made of a...

Rosalind Franklin University awarded NIH grant for research on neurological repair

Credit: Rosalind Franklin University A $2.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will help researchers at Rosalind...

Skin vaccination with microneedle patch, influenza fusion protein improves efficacy of flu vaccines

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- A boosting skin vaccination with a biodegradable microneedle patch and protein constructed from sequences...

Renowned Texas, orthopaedic surgeon, Jesse C. DeLee, MD, inducted into AOSSM Hall of Fame

Credit: AOSSM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - Jesse C. Delee, MD will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports...

New harmless radiopaque glue to seal bleeding and guide surgery

Credit: IBS As open surgery has gradually been replaced by minimally-invasive and image-guided procedures, tissue adhesives are taking the place...

Not under the skin, but on it: Living together brings couples’ microbiomes together

Washington, DC - July 25, 2017 - Couples who live together share many things: Bedrooms, bathrooms, food, and even bacteria....

UTA biologist wins NSF CAREER grant to study effects of predators on evolution of Daphnia

Credit: UTA A biologist at The University of Texas at Arlington who studies ecology and evolutionary biology is the recipient...

Douglas W. Brown, MD, inducted into AOSSM Hall of Fame

Credit: AOSSM TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA - Douglas W. Brown will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's...

Silk ‘micrococoons’ could be used in biotechnology and medicine

Credit: Credit: 2017 Oxford Silk Group Microscopic versions of the cocoons spun by silkworms have been manufactured by a team...

Brains are more plastic than we thought