Health
A human brain model in a petri dish?
Research scientists around the world are now able to investigate the structural, cellular, and developmental intricacies of the human brain...
Religious leaders’ support may be key to modern contraception
Women in Nigeria whose clerics extol the benefits of family planning were significantly more likely to adopt modern contraceptive methods,...
Number of veterans affairs facilities offering acupuncture growing rapidly
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2018--Acupuncture is an increasingly important and effective component of...
What’s in the man box? Increased violence & suicidal thoughts
Credit: QUT An Australian first study involving 1000 men aged 18 to 30 has found those who conform to traditional...
Amount of weight regain after bariatric surgery helps predict health risks
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2018 - Measuring the percentage of weight regained following the maximum amount of weight lost after bariatric...
Study finds healthy elders consuming walnuts daily show no negative effects on body weight
Researchers at Loma Linda University Health found that walnuts can be incorporated into the daily diet of healthy elders without...
Automated system identifies dense tissue, a risk factor for breast cancer, in mammograms
Researchers from MIT and Massachusetts General Hospital have developed an automated model that assesses dense breast tissue in mammograms --...
The role of PRMT1-mediated alternative splicing in dilated cardiomyopathy
Credit: University of Tsukuba In a study published in iScience, Professor Akiyoshi Fukamizu of the Life Science Center for Survival...
Perinatal women in RI to have increased access to behavioral health screenings
The number one medical complication of pregnancy and childbirth for mothers is depression and/or anxiety, with one in seven women...
Long-running study identifies modifiable dementia risk factor in older adults
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 16, 2018 - For older adults, it may seem as though the die is already cast regarding their...
Hippocampus yields clues to treatment strategies for cognitive deficits in MS
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. October 16, 2018. A recent article by a team of international experts on multiple...
Experts recommend new way to describe cognitive changes after anesthesia, surgery in elderly patient
CHICAGO - A multidisciplinary, international group of experts has recommended changing the way clinicians and patients describe cognitive changes experienced...
Heroin vaccine technology advances as researchers are awarded grant for further testing
Researchers at the U.S. Military HIV Research Program (MHRP) at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and SUNY...
Early onset of menopause and diabetes may limit life span
CLEVELAND, Ohio (October 15, 2018)--Only in science fiction novels can scientists predict people's lifespans. However, researchers have advanced the understanding...
Video monitoring of tuberculosis treatment effective in urban and rural areas
Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers from University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with statewide collaborators, report that...
Infectious diarrhea spores survive high temperatures of hospital laundering
NEW YORK (October 16, 2018) -- Washing contaminated hospital bedsheets in a commercial washing machine with industrial detergent at high...
For-profit nursing home residents more likely to be diagnosed with neglect issues
Residents receiving care in for-profit nursing homes are almost twice as likely to experience health issues caused by substandard care...
UC San Diego Health’s Lucila Ohno-Machado elected to National Academy of Medicine
Credit: UC San Diego Health Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at UC San Diego...
Brown medicine, epidemiology professor elected to National Academy of Medicine
Credit: Josiah Rich PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Dr. Josiah "Jody" Rich, professor of medicine and epidemiology at Brown University, has been...
Arctic sea ice decline driving ocean phytoplankton farther north
Credit: NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Phytoplankton blooms that form the base of the marine food web are expanding...
