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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...
Spironolactone may be an alternative to antibiotics in women’s acne treatment
PHILADELPHIA - In a finding that suggests the potential for practice change that would reduce the use of antibiotics in...
Targeting platelets
Credit: Foto: Rudolf Virchow Center of the Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet Wuerzburg (JMU) "Thrombocytes do much more than to stop bleedings and to...
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...
Inadequate sleep could cost countries billions
Inadequate sleep is a public health problem affecting more than one in three adults worldwide. A new study in the...
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...
SensTek licenses pH sensor developed by UTA faculty member
Credit: UTA California startup SensTek has licensed pH sensor technology linked to two issued patents developed by University of Texas...
When it comes to school recess, a quality playground experience matters
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Recess periods can offer physical, cognitive, social and emotional benefits to elementary school...
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...
Poor sleep at night could mean decreased work productivity in the morning
Preliminary results from a new study suggest that several sleep-related symptoms are associated with decreased work productivity. Everyone experiences some...
Does stabilizing female hormones help lower suicide risk?
A three-year, $750,000 grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health will help researchers determine whether the stabilization of ovarian...
Light exposure during sleep may increase insulin resistance
According to preliminary results from a new study, nighttime light exposure during sleep may affect metabolic function. The aim of...
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)...
Novel PET imaging noninvasively pinpoints colitis inflammation
Credit: A C Freise, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA RESTON, VA - A novel positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method shows...
Proxies who watch advanced care planning video more likely to withhold feeding tubes
BOSTON - Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research (IFAR) and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have discovered that nursing...
I saw that. Brain mechanisms create confidence about things seen
Credit: Georgia Tech / Karcz / Guberman / Brumfield There's a long way to go before neuroscience can fathom the...
A major step towards individualized cancer therapy
Credit: Izumi Mindy Takamiya Fuyuhiko Tamanoi of Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) and colleagues in the US...
Mixed signals from poisonous moths
Credit: University of Exeter Poisonous moths use bright red spots to warn predators to avoid them - but natural variation...
Findings could lead to treatment of hepatitis B
Credit: University of Delaware/ Kathy F. Atkinson Researchers at the University of Delaware, working with colleagues at Indiana University, have...
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