Health
Study finds black Americans face education, income barriers to healthy behaviors
Credit: University of Iowa Better educational opportunities and higher incomes may be key to closing the gap of cardiovascular health...
Origami inspires new tech for tissue regeneration
Credit: Edwin Aguirre for UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - Origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes and...
People with dementia more likely to go missing
Credit: QUT The tendency of people with dementia to wander and become lost has led QUT researchers to recommend a...
South Asian Americans are at high risk for heart disease and stroke
DALLAS, May 24,2018 -- South Asians are more likely to die of heart disease, such as heart attacks and strokes...
Geriatrician leads £2.1 million trial into Parkinson’s disease
(University of Bristol) A UK-wide trial into Parkinson's disease led by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust and the...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital expands international reach with St. Jude Global
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is expanding its reach around the world with the...
Study suggests obese children who meet milk guidelines have less risk of metabolic syndrome
Credit: UTHealth Obese children who consume at least two servings of any type of cow's milk daily are more likely...
Vast majority of poor, urban women don’t use prenatal vitamins before pregnancy, study shows
A study of more than 7,000 low-income, urban mothers enrolled in the Boston Birth Cohort found that fewer than 5...
ESMO emphasises importance of cancer on the global health agenda
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology LUGANO, Switzerland, 24 May 2018 - At the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA)...
Kessler Foundation study compares neuropsychological tests for assessing deficits in MS
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. May 24, 2018. A recent article by Kessler Foundation researchers compared two neuropsychological tests...
Montana State professor wins Fulbright, $3.12 million for work with indigenous communities
Credit: Montana State University photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University professor who conducts research with indigenous...
Short bursts of intense exercise are a HIIT, even with less active people
Credit: UBC Okanagan While we know high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is time-efficient and good for our health, researchers are still...
Children and adolescents in high-risk environments more likely to become violent adults
Children and adolescents who grow up with one or more of these environmental risk factors are likely to resort to...
Montana State prof wins Fulbrights, $3.12 million for work with indigenous communities
Credit: Montana State University photo by Kelly Gorham BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University professor who conducts research with indigenous...
Using Facebook to help young adults quit smoking
A national clinical trial testing a smoking cessation intervention for young adults that was conducted entirely on Facebook has found...
Sepsis patients treated and released from emergency departments do well with outpatient follow-up
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center. National guidelines assume that all patients who're diagnosed with clinical sepsis in an emergency department will...
Hot cars can hit life-threatening levels in approximately one hour
Credit: Arizona State University Six children have died from being left in hot cars in the United States so far...
South Asian-Americans at higher risk for heart disease and stroke
CHICAGO) - South Asians living in the United States are more likely to die of heart conditions caused by atherosclerosis,...
A system of check and balances in the blood
Credit: Manuela Baccarini Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSCs) give rise to blood and immune cells of the body, and are therefore...
SLU scientist aims to turn on hypoglycemia’s missed signal
Credit: Saint Louis University / Ellen Hutti ST. LOUIS -- A $150,000 grant from The Leona M. and Harry B....
