Health

Credit: Frankie Fouganthin - Own work. CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Marit Bjørgen was the most successful cross-country skier...

The Mount Sinai Hospital is first in New York to be accredited as a Geriatric Emergency Department

Credit: Mount Sinai Health System NEW YORK, NY (July 19, 2018) - The Department of Emergency Medicine at The Mount...

Fewer injuries in girls’ sports when high schools have athletic trainers

Credit: Lurie Children's Study: Fewer Injuries in Girls' Soccer and Basketball When High Schools Have Athletic Trainers Recurrent injury rates...

App, brief intervention may be lifesaver for suicidal teens

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 19, 2018 - A troubled teenager is hospitalized with suicidal thoughts. The patient is...

Artery hardening and thickness not affected by stopping hormone therapy

CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 18, 2018)--Heart disease is still the number one killer of US women, and hormone therapy remains a...

Autism risk determined by health of mom’s gut, UVA research reveals

Credit: Alexandra N. Angelich | University of Virginia Communications The mother's microbiome, the collection of microscopic organisms that live inside...

Heart attack risk on the rise for pregnant women and death rate remains high

The risk of having a heart attack while pregnant, giving birth, or during the two months after delivery, continues to...

Water may be key to understanding sweetness

A cranberry, honey or a candy bar - which tastes the sweetest? These foods contain sugars that humans can perceive...

Beef jerky and other processed meats associated with manic episodes

An analysis of more than 1,000 people with and without psychiatric disorders has shown that nitrates--chemicals used to cure meats...

FEFU scientists reported on toxicity of carbon and silicon nanotubes and carbon nanofibers

Credit: FEFU press office Nanoparticles with a wide range of applying, including medicine, damage cells of microalgae Heterosigma akashivo badly....

Which strategies help cut consumption of sugary beverages in young children?

An Obesity Reviews analysis of published studies reveals strategies that can successfully reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in young...

NYSCF researchers develop novel bioengineering technique for personalized bone grafts

Credit: Christina Ng, New York Stem Cell Foundation New York, NY (July 18, 2018) - Scientists from the New York...

PCI patients discharged against medical advice twice as likely to be readmitted

In a new study, researchers found discharge against medical advice as the strongest predictor of 30-day unplanned readmissions in heart...

Study finds high health burdens of very high risk drinking

In an Addiction Biology study, the estimated prevalence of very high risk drinking level (VHRDL, defined as drinking >100 g...

Poor air quality does not offset exercise’s heart benefits

DALLAS, July 18, 2018 -- Even in areas with moderate-to-high levels of traffic pollution, regular physical activity reduced the risk...

Asian-Americans face barriers to healthy aging

Credit: XinQi Dong Older Asian-American immigrants are healthier and happier if they are socially active, connected to their families and...

Breath tests may allow for earlier detection of pancreatic cancer

Pancreatic cancer carries a very poor prognosis as most patients are diagnosed at an advanced stage. Now a new BJS...

Research to prevent blindness and American Academy of Ophthalmology Award grants for research

SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK- July 18, 2018 - The American Academy of Ophthalmology (the Academy) and Research to Prevent...

Study first to confirm where baby white sharks ‘hang out’ in the North Atlantic