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Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Experts at a prestigious medical conference hosted by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and...

Forty per cent of older adults who leave hospital are discharged to home care or a long-term care facility, which,...

Disease management programmes (DMPs) should be regularly updated to adapt them to the current state of medical knowledge. Requirements for...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 24, 2018--A Special Focus Issue on Integrative Oncology takes a...

SEATTLE -- Sept. 24, 2018 -- Harnessing the immune system to treat cancer shows great promise in some patients, but...

Almost 12% of all adults in Germany are diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. The German Institute...

PITTSBURGH, September 24, 2018 - Organs affected by autoimmune disease could be fighting back by "exhausting" immune cells that cause...

Credit: Zave Smith/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2018) - Odors surround us, providing cues about many aspects of personal identity,...

About one decade after its first benefit assessment of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), the German Institute for Quality and...

September is addiction recovery month, and, in the midst of the current opioid epidemic, it's an apt moment for addiction...

The taller you are, the more likely you are to develop varicose veins, according to a study led by Stanford...

Genomic "islands" that evolved from viruses can be converted into "drones" that disable Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria that are often resistant...

(Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) An oft-cited publication said a pre-Colombian archaeological site in Panama showed signs of extreme violence. A...

DALLAS, September 24, 2018 -- A person's height and certain genes that predict height are associated with varicose veins and...

Credit: David J. McGee, Xiao-Hong Lu and Elizabeth A. Disbrow Amsterdam, NL, September 24, 2018 - While human genetic mutations...

SAN DIEGO - September 24, 2018 - The first randomized trial of its kind was unable to establish non-inferiority of...

SAN DIEGO - September 22, 2018 -The first large, randomized trial comparing a novel polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stent to the latest-generation...

Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Of four research participants living with traumatic, motor complete spinal cord injury, two...

SAN DIEGO - September 24, 2018 - Results from the Lipid-Rich Plaque (LRP) study demonstrate the correlation between the presence...

SAN DIEGO - September 22, 2018 - This first randomized clinical study of a polymer-coated zotarolimus-eluting stent (Resolute Onyx) that...