Health
Apps portray mental health issues as commonplace and easy to manage
A new analysis finds that mental health apps convey two dominant messages: that virtually everyone has some type of mental...
Carbon is the new black
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services Engineers with the University of Cincinnati are leveraging a partnership with Wright-Patterson Air Force...
Diagnosis is a collaborative process
According to family physician Norbert Donner-Banzhoff, building an effective relationship with a patient and making a diagnosis are not separate...
Aspirin desensitization improves alcohol-induced allergies in patients with underlying respiratory disease
PHILADELPHIA - Patients who suffer from Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease (AERD) often experience an additional allergic reaction when drinking alcohol,...
Researchers prevent, reverse renal injury by inhibiting immune-regulating molecule
Special cells called podocytes aid the kidneys as they clean the blood and balance the body's fluid levels. Podocytes filter...
Warm handoffs do not improve attendance at behavioral health intake appointments
In programs that integrate behavioral health services into primary care, "warm handoffs," in which primary care clinicians introduce patients to...
Diabetes diagnosis can improve health of the household
Partners of people with newly diagnosed diabetes are more likely to change their health behaviors than partners of people without...
Barbara B. Kahn, M.D. receives 2019 FASEB Excellence in Science Award
Credit: BIDMC Barbara B. Kahn, MD, will receive the 2019 FASEB Excellence in Science Award. Kahn is Vice Chair for...
Artificial intelligence helps Stanford researchers predict drug combinations’ side effects
Credit: L.A. Cicero Last month alone, 23 percent of Americans took two or more prescription drugs, according to one CDC...
Individual characteristics that predict multiple chronic conditions are identified
If multimorbidity (multiple medical conditions in an individual) is to be prevented, it is important to identify the characteristics that...
The Art and Science of Poisons
The symbol of the skull and crossbones, long associated with poisons, conjures up vivid images of secretive, cowardly murder. This...
Biochemists discover cause of genome editing failures with hyped CRISPR system
Credit: Ryan Clarke, et al Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago are the first to describe why CRISPR...
World Trade Center response crews may face higher heart attack, stroke risk
DALLAS, July 10, 2018 - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may increase the long-term risk for stroke and heart attack in...
Booklet on childhood fever reduces antibiotic prescriptions if used
Antibiotic prescribing rates are not affected (to a statistically significant degree) when physicians have access to a parent-focused booklet on...
Every person has a unique brain anatomy
Credit: Lutz Jaencke, UZH Like with fingerprints, no two people have the same brain anatomy, a study by researchers of...
New report says individual research results should be shared with participants more often
WASHINGTON - When conducting research involving the testing of human biospecimens, investigators and their institutions should routinely consider whether and...
Multivitamins do not promote cardiovascular health
DALLAS, July 10, 2018 - Taking multivitamin and mineral supplements does not prevent heart attacks, strokes or cardiovascular death, according...
Physician views of self-monitoring blood glucose in patients not on insulin
Physicians continue to recommend routine self-monitoring of blood glucose for patients with non-insulin treated type 2 diabetes, in spite of...
Highlights for news media at 2018 American Chemical Society national meeting in Boston
WASHINGTON, July 10, 2018 -- Journalists who register for the American Chemical Society's (ACS') 256th National Meeting & Exposition in...
California’s cap-and-trade air quality benefits mostly go out of state
Credit: Tony Webster, Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0) During the first three years of California's five-year-old cap-and-trade program, the bulk...
