Health
Study examining a novel index of coronary artery stenosis presented at EuroPCR
PARIS - May 23, 2018 - A novel non-hyperemic index of coronary stenosis severity called resting full-cycle ratio (RFR) was...
Evening use of light-emitting tablets may disrupt healthy sleep
A new Physiological Reports study reveals that evening use of light-emitting tablets can induce delays in desired bedtimes, suppress secretion...
Is there association between groundwater lithium, diagnoses of bipolar disorder, dementia?
Bottom Line: High groundwater concentration of lithium, a naturally occurring trace element, wasn't associated with any benefit in diagnoses of...
Memory molecule limits plasticity by calibrating calcium
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain has an incredible capacity to support a lifetime of learning and...
Study examines treatment options for women with recurrent ovarian cancer
New research indicates that for women with advanced epithelial ovarian cancer whose cancer has relapsed after surgery, a second surgery...
Why we fail to understand our smartphone use
Credit: Lancaster University Checking your phone dozens of times a day indicates unconscious behaviour, which is "extremely repetitive" say psychologists....
Opioid-related adverse drug events common after surgery, associated with worse outcomes
Bottom Line: Opioid-related adverse drug events were common among patients undergoing surgery and endoscopy procedures in the hospital and they...
Complementing conventional antibiotics
Credit: Nature/Kalayil et al, Mai 2018 FRANKFURT - Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major medical problem worldwide, impacting both human...
Lifestyle counseling program may reduce risk of certain cancers
A 5-year healthy lifestyle counseling program for adult men was linked with a reduced risk of developing cancers related to...
Tuberculosis: Pharmacists develop new substance to counteract antimicrobial resistance
Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise worldwide. This is becoming a problem for infectious diseases like tuberculosis as there are...
Laws allowing denial of services to same-sex couples associated with increase in sexual minority adults reporting mental distress
Bottom Line: Laws that allow same-sex couples to be denied services are associated with an increase in sexual minority adults...
Overweight and obesity make up for more than 15,000 cancer cases per year in Brazil
Some 15,000 new cancer cases are diagnosed in Brazil each year, and researchers have found that approximately 4% of these...
Chemsex linked with increased diagnoses of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections
Chemsex--the use of crystallised methamphetamine, mephedrone, γ-hydroxybutyrate or γ-butyrolactone and to a lesser extent cocaine and ketamine to facilitate sex--has...
New advances in understanding and treating intellectual disorder
Credit: Norifumi Shioda Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have investigated an intellectual disorder (ATR-X) syndrome to reveal its cause,...
Effect of new guideline on US adults recommended for high blood pressure treatment
Bottom Line: The number of U.S. adults with high blood pressure is estimated to grow by 31 million and the...
NIH begins testing ebola treatment in early-stage trial
Credit: NIAID A first-in-human trial evaluating an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease has begun at the National Institutes of...
Medication-related harm in older adults is common, costly, and preventable
New research indicates that harm from medicines is common in older adults following hospital discharge, and it results in substantial...
Study examines bone health in children with leukemia
In a Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study that followed 186 children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) for 6...
Perceived socioeconomic status can affect how old we feel
A recent study finds that how older adults perceive their socioeconomic status influences how old they feel and their attitudes...
In a break with dogma, myelin boosts neuron growth in spinal cord injuries
Credit: UC San Diego Health Recovery after severe spinal cord injury is notoriously fraught, with permanent paralysis often the result....
