Health
Free children’s visits increase care and workforce burden
In July 2015, all children under six years of age gained free access to daytime and out-of-hours general practice services...
Call for low-cost approach to tackle disease afflicting millions of the world’s poorest
Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) are asking governments in the developing...
Safety in the age of global goods flows
No matter whether it's cars, computers or chemical products -- Japan is one of the world's leading industrial and export...
Study picks out children with incurable brain cancer who could benefit from adult therapy
Children with incurable brain tumours could benefit from potentially life-extending treatment if genetic testing was used to personalise therapy as...
University of Alberta cyclotron could supply province’s demand for medical isotopes
Credit: University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) University of Alberta scientists have taken a critical step towards supplying Alberta's demand for...
Case management reduces psychological distress in frequent users of health care
Research has shown that frequent users of health care services tend to have higher levels of psychological distress. A new...
Brain size mediates the association between height and cognitive ability
Reports from several studies have identified a link between height and general cognitive ability, or intelligence, but the mechanisms underlying...
Research leads to medication reduction in aged care facilities
Credit: University of Tasmania Effective intervention can reduce medication overuse in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF's), the latest University of...
Should patients in remission stop taking expensive Rheumatoid Arthritis drugs?
Stopping expensive biological drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis in patients who are in remission or who have low disease...
Where are HIV diagnoses made?
In the first study to comprehensively describe where people are diagnosed with HIV in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, investigators...
Increased overweight in children of mothers who drank coffee while pregnant
Credit: Photo by Pontus Sundén A study published in the BMJ Open journal shows that even moderate coffee consumption during...
Opening a new door to immunity
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health A new study could have major implications for our understanding of disease processes for conditions such...
Scientists screen molecules for promise as new prostate cancer drugs
Cancer researchers at the University of Bath have measured systematically how efficient molecules are at suppressing the activity of a...
Dengue ‘hot spots’ provide map to chikungunya and Zika outbreaks
Identifying dengue fever "hot spots" can provide a predictive map for outbreaks of chikungunya and Zika -- two other viral...
Genome surgery for eye disease moves closer to reality
SAN FRANCISCO - May 11, 2018 -- Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene...
Healthy diet may lower risk of hearing loss in women
Boston, MA -- Hearing loss affects approximately 48 million Americans. Some evidence suggests that diet may influence risk of hearing...
Key protein in sperm tail assembly identified
Credit: Photo courtesy of S. Llamazares / Gonzalez Lab The group led by ICREA Research Professor Cayetano Gonzalez at the...
Dental checklist of bad practice has patient care at its heart
Dental experts have drawn up a definitive list of scenarios that patients should never face in a bid to ensure...
Do we subconsciously judge face-likeness?
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The research team at the Visual Perception and Cognition Laboratory...
EuroPCR 2018, the world’s leading course in interventional cardiovascular medicine
With an expected attendance of 10,000 interventional cardiologists, scientists, nurses, allied professionals and industry, EuroPCR 2018 will be welcoming the...
