Health
South Asian Americans are at high risk for heart disease and stroke
DALLAS, May 24,2018 -- South Asians are more likely to die of heart disease, such as heart attacks and strokes...
Study finds black Americans face education, income barriers to healthy behaviors
Credit: University of Iowa Better educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the gap of cardiovascular health...
Origami inspires new tech for tissue regeneration
Credit: Edwin Aguirre for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - Origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and...
Vast majority of poor, urban women don’t use prenatal vitamins before pregnancy, study shows
A study of more than 7,000 low-income, urban mothers enrolled in the Boston Birth Cohort found that fewer than 5...
Geriatrician leads £2.1 million trial into Parkinson’s disease
(University of Bristol) A UK-wide trial into Parkinson's disease led by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital expands international reach with St. Jude Global
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is expanding its reach around the world with the...
Short bursts of intense exercise are a HIIT, even with less active people
Credit: UBC Okanagan While we know high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is time-efficient and good for our health, researchers are still...
ESMO emphasises importance of cancer on the global health agenda
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology LUGANO, Switzerland, 24 May 2018 - At the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA)...
Kessler Foundation study compares neuropsychological tests for assessing deficits in MS
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. May 24, 2018. A recent article by Kessler Foundation researchers compared two neuropsychological tests...
Using Facebook to help young adults quit smoking
A national clinical trial testing a smoking cessation intervention for young adults that was conducted entirely on Facebook has found...
Children and adolescents in high-risk environments more likely to become violent adults
Children and adolescents who grow up with one or more of these environmental risk factors are likely to resort to...
Montana State prof wins Fulbrights, $3.12 million for work with indigenous communities
Credit: Montana State University photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University professor who conducts research with indigenous...
South Asian-Americans at higher risk for heart disease and stroke
CHICAGO) - South Asians living in the United States are more likely to die of heart conditions caused by atherosclerosis,...
Sepsis patients treated and released from emergency departments do well with outpatient follow-up
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center. National guidelines assume that all patients who're diagnosed with clinical sepsis in an emergency department will...
Hot cars can hit life-threatening levels in approximately one hour
Credit: Arizona State University Six children have died from being left in hot cars in the United States so far...
Lack of paid sick leave increases poverty
Credit: Florida Atlantic University/Cleveland State University Research conducted by Florida Atlantic University and Cleveland State University has, for the first...
A system of check and balances in the blood
Credit: Manuela Baccarini Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) give rise to blood and immune cells of the body, and are therefore...
SLU scientist aims to turn on hypoglycemia’s missed signal
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS -- A $150,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B....
PCR statement on device-based therapies for hypertension
EuroPCR 2018, the annual Course of the European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Interventions (EAPCI), a branch of the European Society...
Chimpanzee calls differ according to context
Credit: Liran Samuni Studies examining animal alarm calls suggest species which require different escape responses for different predators are more...
