Health

April 10, 2026

Antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial fibrillaton before, after stroke

Bottom Line: Oral anticoagulation therapy after stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation was associated with lower risk for recurrent blood...

Flow of cerebrospinal fluid regulates neural stem cell division

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Stem cells in the brain can divide and mature into...

Clinical trial supports chiropractic care as component of care for low back pain

Bottom Line: U.S military personnel with low back pain who received usual medical care plus chiropractic care reported moderate improvement...

Developmental psychotherapy for antisocial adolescents

Antisocial behavior is common during adolescence and incurs significant costs both for society and for the young people themselves. While...

Gene therapy that restores vision in dogs may help humans, too

EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A Michigan State University veterinary ophthalmologist has modified a gene therapy that reverses blindness in dogs...

A new Achilles’ heel of blood cancer

Credit: CeMM/Anna Skucha (Vienna, May 18, 2018) AML is not a single disease. It is a group of leukemias that...

Gay male teens use adult hookup apps to find friends, partners

CHICAGO --- Although hookup apps require users to be 18 or older, a new Northwestern Medicine study found that more...

World first use of cognitive training reduces gait freezing in Parkinson’s patients

The researchers report significant reduction in the severity and duration of freezing of gait, improved cognitive processing speed and reduced...

Study finds growing wealth gap between seniors and families with children

Credit: Christina Gibson-Davis and Christine Percheski, based on analysis of federal data DURHAM, N.C. - The wealth gap between households...

Particle shows promise for treating the deadliest type of breast cancer

Credit: Oihana Iriondo/Min Yu/USC Stem Cell USC researchers have pinpointed a remedy to thwart a protein that helps the metastatic...

New mechanism essential for eye lens development identified

Credit: University of Delaware/ Video by Jeff Chase If you want to take clear photographs, you don't use sandpaper to...

Genome editing method targets AIDS virus

By destroying the regulatory genes of the AIDS virus HIV-1 using the genome editing system CRISPR/Cas9, a Japanese research group...

Stroke researchers confirm role of frontal lesions in response to prism treatment

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. May 18, 2018. Stroke researchers have confirmed that the presence of frontal cortical lesions...

Automated system better identifies patients at risk for ventilator-associated pneumonia

An automated system for identifying patients at risk for complications associated with the use of mechanical ventilators provided significantly more...

Discovery will impact design of drug delivery systems at the molecular level

Credit: Houston Methodist HOUSTON-(May 16, 2018) - Researchers at Houston Methodist and Rice University have made a discovery that will...

Reading histone modifications, an oncoprotein is modified in return

Credit: Srikanth Appikonda Turning genes on and off is an intricate process involving communication between many different types of proteins...

Behavioral health workforce faces critical challenges in meeting population needs

Credit: National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) National Provider Identifier (NPI) Ann Arbor, May 17, 2018 - The US...

Ovarian cancer drug shows promise in pancreatic cancer patients with BRCA mutation

PHILADELPHIA - A targeted therapy that has shown its power in fighting ovarian cancer in women including those with BRCA1...

New guidelines to help clinicians manage GSM in women with breast cancer

CLEVELAND, Ohio (May 17, 2018)--Although the genitourinary syndrome of menopause (GSM) is more prevalent in survivors of breast cancer than...

Male depression may lower pregnancy chances among infertile couples, NIH study suggests