Health
Scholarly snowball: Deep learning paper generates big online collaboration
MADISON-- Bioinformatics professors Anthony Gitter and Casey Greene set out in summer 2016 to write a paper about biomedical applications...
Medical marijuana gets wary welcome from older adults, poll shows
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, MI - Few older adults use medical marijuana, a new national poll finds, but...
Use of solid fuels for heating, cooking in China associated with increased risk of death
Bottom Line: Use of coal, wood or charcoal for cooking and heating in rural China was associated with a greater...
More communication needed regarding disposal of pet pharmaceuticals
CORVALLIS, Ore. - If no one told you the proper way to get rid of those leftover heartworm pills, bottles...
What makes us truly happy and healthy?
What does it mean to be well? Not just "not ill," but really thriving? Researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School...
Sudden loss of wealth associated with increased risk of death
Bottom Line: Loss of wealth over two years among middle-aged and older adults in the U.S. was associated with an...
Colleen’s Dream Foundation funds ovarian cancer clinical trial
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. -- April 3, 2018 -- Colleen's Dream Foundation, a Scottsdale-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting ovarian cancer research, recently...
Parkinson and binge eating: A new study investigates the reason why
Binge eating, as if the impulse of the moment could not be contrasted by a deeper thought, which would lead...
NAS review: More research needed to develop optimal assessment, treatment standards
(Boston) - A recent JAMA review article stresses that more clinical studies on neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) are needed in...
Long-term caffeine worsens symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease
It is well known that memory problems are the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease. However, this dementia is also characterised by...
Callahan to serve as medical society’s 2018 Distinguished Professor of Geriatrics
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Christopher M. Callahan, MD, the founding director of the Indiana University Center for Aging Research...
Using ultrasound to help people walk again
Credit: Sharma Lab/University of Pittsburgh PITTSBURGH (April 3, 2017) ... Spinal cord injuries impact more than 17,000 Americans each year,...
Study explains resurgence of pertussis
Athens, Ga. ¬¬- A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Georgia has found that the resurgence of...
Study examines energy and nutrient digestibility in wheat co-products fed to growing pigs
URBANA, Ill. - With feed costs and the worldwide demand for meat growing, livestock producers are increasingly turning to co-products...
Even DNA that doesn’t encode genes can drive cancer
Most of the human genome -- 98 percent -- is made up of DNA but doesn't actually encode genes, the...
Self-rating mental health as ‘good’ predicts positive future mental health
Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental...
When drugs are wrong, skipped or make you sick: The cost of non-optimized medications
Credit: UC San Diego Health Rising drug prices have gotten a lot of attention lately, but the actual cost of...
Study: Better fitness in pre-pregnant women linked with less risk of gestational diabetes
Credit: University of Iowa Expectant mothers who were more fit before pregnancy are at lower risk of developing gestational diabetes,...
Researchers develop injectable bandage
A penetrating injury from shrapnel is a serious obstacle in overcoming battlefield wounds that can ultimately lead to death.Given the...
Spaceflight activates cell changes with implications for stem cell-based heart repair
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study of the effects of spaceflight on the development of heart cells...
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