Health

April 9, 2026

How do public ‘report cards’ affect physicians’ treatment decisions?

Credit: The Smith Center for Outcomes Research in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Public "report cards"...

Untangling brain neuron dysfunction in Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy bodies

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A decay of brain function is a hallmark of Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy...

What is a species? British bird expert develops a math formula to solve the problem

Credit: Thomas Donegan, Blanca Huertas, Christian Olaciregui/Fundacion ProAves/British Ornithologists Club. Nature is replete with examples of identifiable populations known from...

Obesity may worsen symptoms for patients with lupus

In a recent Arthritis Care & Research study of 148 women with lupus, obesity was linked with worse disease activity,...

Racial or ethnic discrimination impacts Latinas’ satisfaction with contraception services

Young Latina women who have experienced racial or ethnic discrimination are less satisfied overall with their contraceptive care, which could...

The Yogi masters were right — meditation and breathing exercises can sharpen your mind

Dublin, Thursday, May 10, 2018 - It has long been claimed by Yogis and Buddhists that meditation and ancient breath-focused...

New tool analyzes disease and drug effects with unprecedented accuracy and consistency

Credit: Jun Qu BUFFALO, N.Y. - A new protein analysis tool developed at the University at Buffalo could vastly increase...

Racial-ethnic disparities in the quality of end-of-life care among lung cancer patients

DENVER -Significant disparities in the quality of end-of-life lung cancer care were found among racial-ethnic minorities, with higher odds of...

Women seeking crowdfunding financing for start-ups are perceived as more trustworthy

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- While men have benefited from a gender bias against women when seeking financing for business start-ups, the...

‘Bisexual’ beetles are simply inept, new study finds

Credit: University of East Anglia Same sex mating behaviour amongst male insects is much more likely to be due to...

IU School of Medicine forms research collaboration with Lung Biotechnology PBC

Credit: Eric Schoch | Indiana University School of Medicine The ability to artificially grow organs may seem futuristic, but Indiana...

How turning down the heat makes a baby turtle male

Credit: Images by Ge et al. DURHAM, N.C. -- Boy or girl? For those who want to influence their baby's...

Treatment for MRSA no longer more costly than for susceptible Staph aureus infections

Washington DC - A new study from the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP), with collaborators from Johns...

New research puts distinct memories of similar events in their place

Neuroscientists have found new evidence on how distinct memories of similar events are represented in the brain. Its findings, which...

High efficiency synthesis of insulin by self-assembly based organic chemistry

Credit: Michio Iwaoka Researchers at Tokai, Osaka, Tohoku and Fukuoka Universities report in the journal Communications Chemistry on the synthesis...

Longenesis to present the latest advances in Blockchain and AI for healthcare at the Consensus 2018

Thursday, May 10, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Longenesis, a Hong Kong-based leader in applying the latest advances in deep learning...

People with OCD process emotions differently than their unaffected siblings

Philadelphia, May 9, 2018 - A new study in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging reports that people with obsessive-compulsive...

Integrative group examines the ethical fit of mindfulness in corporate America

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 9, 2018-- An invited commentary for JACM (The Journal of...

Idle talk or fierce competition? Research finds women use gossip as a weapon in rivalries

Credit: FSU Photography Services TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from Florida State University, investigating how women use gossip to compete...

Shiga toxin-producing E. coli in food