Health
Supplemental oxygen eliminates morning blood pressure rise in sleep apnea patients
Credit: ATS July 20, 2018--Supplemental oxygen eliminates the rise in morning blood pressure experienced by obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) patients...
Can greening vacant urban land improve mental health?
Bottom Line: Physical conditions in a neighborhood matter. Trash, a lack of sidewalks and parks, and vacant or dilapidated spaces...
Drug now in clinical trials for Parkinson’s strengthens heart contractions in animals
A drug currently in clinical trials for treating symptoms of Parkinson's disease may someday have value for treating heart failure,...
Effect of twice-weekly calorie restriction diet for glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes
Bottom Line: A diet with calorie restriction two days per week was comparable to a diet with daily calorie restriction...
Frailty may be more deadly in younger heart patients, study finds
Credit: University of Ottawa Heart Institute Traditionally, frailty is thought to be a syndrome of the elderly - one which...
Loyola medicine radiologist wins award for best clinical research paper
MAYWOOD, IL - Loyola Medicine radiologist Jennifer Lim-Dunham, MD, and colleagues have received the Society for Pediatric Radiology's prestigious Walter...
A peek into the interplay between sleep and wakefulness
Credit: University of Tsukuba Sleep is an autonomic process and is not always under our direct, voluntary control. Awake or...
SPIE journal announces public access to largest multi-lesion medical imaging dataset
Credit: @SPIE BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA and CARDIFF, UK - A paper published today in the Journal of Medical Imaging -...
The genes are not to blame
Individualized dietary recommendations based on genetic information are currently a popular trend. A team at the Technical University of Munich...
Kessler Foundation and UAB to study exercise training for cognitive deficits in MS
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - July 20, 2018 - Glenn Wylie, DPhil, associate director of the Rocco Ortenzio...
The cause of prostate cancer progression to incurable stage has likely been uncovered
Researchers at the University of Oulu in Finland have discovered novel genes and mechanisms that can explain how a genomic...
Action on Hearing Loss UK awards NCBS scientist
Credit: NCBS The National Health Service and the Department for Health in UK set up a plan for "Action on...
New study shows video games can improve health in children with obesity
Credit: LSU A new study from LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center showed for the first time that video games, in...
Analytical tool predicts genes that can cause disease by producing altered proteins
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Predicting genes that can cause disease due to the production of truncated or altered proteins...
International Conference Brings together world’s leaders in Alzheimer’s and dementia research
The Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) 2018 will be held July 22-26 at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. Each year,...
Binge drinking during adolescence impairs working memory, finds mouse study
Credit: Columbia University Irving Medical Center NEW YORK, NY (July 18, 2018)--A new study from researchers at Columbia University Irving...
Careful patient selection is the key to achieving the best results for vaginal mesh surgery
Credit: Journal of Urology New York, July 19, 2018 - The high number of reported complications from transvaginal repairs for...
Most common shoulder operation is no more beneficial than placebo surgery
The Finnish Shoulder Impingement Arthroscopy Controlled Trial (FIMPACT) compared surgical treatment of shoulder impingement syndrome to placebo surgery. Two years...
Targeting headaches and tumors with nano-submarines
Credit: Ill./©: Stefan Schuhmacher Scientists at the Mainz University Medical Center and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research (MPI-P)...
Researchers are one step closer to developing eye drops to treat common sight loss condition
Credit: University of Birmingham Scientists at the University of Birmingham are one step closer to developing an eye drop that...
