Health

Inadequate sleep is a public health problem affecting more than one in three adults worldwide. A new study in the...

Call for united global effort to tackle nitrogen pollution

Governments, industries and farmers across the world must join together to tackle the 'major unsolved challenge' of nitrogen pollution, experts...

A change in bacteria’s genetic code holds promise of longer-lasting drugs

AUSTIN, Texas -- By altering the genetic code in bacteria, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have demonstrated...

Training the next generation of One Health professionals

Credit: Mary Straub/UC Davis Since 2002, an increasing number of institutions and universities have been developing educational programs related to...

Hepatitis C guideline recommends screening for all people born 1945-1975

A key recommendation in a new Canadian guideline on managing chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) is to screen all people...

Targeting platelets

Credit: Foto: Rudolf Virchow Center of the Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg (JMU) "Thrombocytes do much more than to stop bleedings and to...

Non-pharmacologic approaches improve outcomes for infants with neonatal abstinence syndrome

BOSTON--A quality improvement (QI) initiative at Boston Medical Center that focused on using non-pharmacologic approaches to care for infants with...

Gap in substance abuse data could have long-term implications, study finds

Credit: The Dartmouth Institute via Health Affairs Due to a change in federal regulation, from 2013-2017, the Centers for Medicare...

Improving patient transfer from ICU to ward: Resources, communication and culture

A new study has identified important factors that can improve the transfer of patients from the intensive care unit (ICU)...

PharmaMar presents new results with lurbinectedin

PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) today announced new data on the recurrent small-cell lung cancer patients cohort of the phase II basket study...

Increased follow-up does not benefit colorectal cancer patients

Logically, it would seem that more follow-up testing of cancer patients must be better than less - but this is...

Trauma from parents’ youth linked to poorer health, asthma in their own children

Trauma experienced by a parent during childhood has long-reaching consequences - maybe even to the point of negatively impacting their...

Predicting the outcomes of FIFA World Cup

One of the favourites in soccer's upcoming 2018 FIFA World Cup, Germany, has just 13.3% chance of winning. And Australia...

Landmark study finds more breast cancer patients can safely forgo chemotherapy

MAYWOOD, IL - A 21-gene test performed on tumors could enable most patients with the most common type of early...

Is exercise associated with lower risk of death for adult survivors of childhood cancer?

Bottom Line: Vigorous exercise is associated with reductions in the risk of death among adult survivors of childhood cancer. Why...

Erdafitinib shows promise in urothelial cancer patients with specific mutations

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center CHICAGO - In an international Phase II trial led by researchers at The University of...

Why do some sleep-deprived people experience worse cognitive functioning than others?

BALTIMORE - The key to predicting how someone is affected by sleep loss may be found in microRNAs (miRNAs), according...

Study reveals hypnosedation as an effective alternative to general anesthesia for various surgeries

New research presented at this year's Euroanaesthesia congress in Copenhagen, Denmark shows that hypnosedation is a valuable alternative to conventional...

Study shows taking aspirin before or after coronary