Health
ECDC: First cases of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhea threaten future treatment
Credit: ECDC; With more than 75 000 reported cases in 2016, gonorrhoea is the second most commonly notified sexually transmitted...
Burnout and scope of practice in new family physicians
Among physicians, family physicians report some of the highest levels of burnout. According to a new study, however, early career...
‘Universal antibodies’ disarm various pathogens
Bacteria and other microorganisms display structures from sugar molecules on their surfaces. These sugar structures play an important role for...
Early depression diagnosis is deadly serious for patients with coronary artery disease
Credit: Pragle TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For clinicians providing comprehensive care to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), proactive depression screening...
In-womb air pollution exposure associated with higher blood pressure in childhood
DALLAS, May 14, 2018 - Children who were exposed to higher levels of air pollution during the third trimester of...
Otago study shows ‘giant’ problem looms for ageing population
Urgent attention needs to be paid to frail older New Zealanders' oral health, a University of Otago study has highlighted....
An updated analysis of direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription drugs
Although proponents suggest that direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising is educational and motivating, a new analysis finds that the potential educational...
Gene variant may increase psychiatric risk after traumatic brain injury
Credit: Kevin Walsh A variant of the APOE gene may be linked to worse psychiatric symptoms in people who have...
Wearable technology to track brain, predict illness
Credit: University of Houston University of Houston electrical engineer Rose T. Faghih has been awarded $175,000 by the National Science...
Beam Therapeutics launched to develop Harvard base editing technology
Credit: Stephanie Mitchell, Harvard Staff Photographer Cambridge, Mass. - May 14, 2018 - Harvard University has granted a worldwide license...
Researchers uncover up to 100 potential drug targets for cancer
In a new study based on mouse cells internationally leading protein researchers have identified several new potential targets using state-of-the-art...
Screening tool improves prediction of developing Dementia
In people with a minor decline on the Mini-Mental-State-Examination--a widely used but limited test to screen for cognitive defects--follow-up with...
UCLA biologists ‘transfer’ a memory
Credit: Christelle Snow/UCLA UCLA biologists report they have transferred a memory from one marine snail to another, creating an artificial...
UA sleep researcher receives $3.6 millin grant to study sleep health on US-Mexico border
Credit: UA BioComminications Michael A. Grandner, PhD, MTR, director of the University of Arizona Sleep and Health Research Program, has...
HSS anesthesia education program sees sustainable results in Vietnam
Training local clinicians with regional anesthesia techniques has helped the Vietnamese medical community improve their approach to anesthesia care, results...
Rhino horn used to comfort the terminally ill in Vietnam
From treating cancer and erectile dysfunction to managing hangovers, the horns of endangered wild rhinoceros are widely used as a...
Job strain linked to onset of common mental illness
Workplaces that reduce job strain could prevent up to 14 percent of new cases of common mental illness from occurring,...
Centralized infrastructure facilitates medical education research
The Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance has enabled a large number of research teams to conduct meaningful...
Caring, accountability, and continuity: What patients and caregivers want during hospital care trans
(Boston)-- Hospitals are continuously working to improve care transitions, the time when patients are discharged from the hospital and moved...
New ‘Scoring’ System for Advanced Colorectal Cancer
Georgios Margonis, M.D., Ph.D., a surgical oncology fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Matthew Weiss, M.D.,...
