Health
Team discovers a significant role for nitrate in the Arctic landscape
Credit: Allen Chartier WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nitrogen, an essential plant nutrient, is most readily absorbed by plants in its...
Older adults who have slower walking speeds may have increased risk for dementia
As of 2015, nearly 47 million people around the world had dementia, a memory problem significant enough to affect your...
Helping prevent falls in older adults with dementia
Annually, about one-third of all American adults aged 65 or older experience a fall. Falls are a major cause of...
Is knee pain linked to depression?
In the U.S., about 13 percent of women and 10 percent of men aged 60 or older have knee pain...
Care providers’ understanding of obesity treatment is limited
WASHINGTON, DC AND SILVER SPRING, MD (March 23, 2018)--Despite the high prevalence of obesity among U.S. adults, provision of recommended...
Higher-dose RT lowers risk of recurrence but does not improve survival for men with prostate cancer
Results of a recent NRG Oncology study, NRG Oncology/RTOG 0126, show that high-dose radiotherapy did not improve survival for men...
Millions of Americans seek and find illicit marijuana online
These days, Americans shop for nearly everything online--including marijuana. That's the conclusion of a new study published today in the...
Shaking up newborn ambulance transportation for a brighter future
Credit: University of Nottingham The multidisciplinary team led by Professor Donal McNally, Professor of Bioengineering and Head of the Bioengineering...
National Academy of Medicine launches comprehensive online resource hubs on clinician burnout
The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) today launched the Clinician Well-Being Knowledge Hub, a comprehensive online repository for health system...
One in 10 people have traces of cocaine or heroin on their fingerprints
Scientists have found that drugs are now so prevalent that 13 per cent of those taking part in a test...
Health check can spot psychologically vulnerable persons
If mental health was made part of a health check, then it would be possible to detect vulnerable people who...
Harvard scientists ask ‘what is the point?’ in challenge to acupuncture researchers
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 22, 2018--The effectiveness of acupuncture compared to standard treatments has...
Bacteria may promote pancreatic cancer by suppressing the immune system
Bottom Line: Bacterial load was significantly higher in pancreatic tumor samples from patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma compared with pancreatic...
North and south cooperation to combat tuberculosis
Credit: UZH Tuberculosis can be cured and could be eradicated. For this to happen, however, patients have to receive the...
Discovery offers hope for improving physical performance as we age
Researchers from UNSW and Harvard Medical School have discovered that replacing two naturally occurring molecules in the body could reverse...
Antibiotics often inappropriately prescribed for hospitalized kids, global study suggests
Nearly a third of all antibiotics prescribed for hospitalized children globally were intended to prevent potential infections rather than to...
Indian rural women late in seeking breast cancer care
Credit: Bharat Patil Women in rural India are waiting long before seeking medical care for breast cancer. Most of the...
A wearable system to monitor the stomach’s activity throughout the day
Credit: University of California San Diego San Diego, Calif., March 22, 2018 -- A team of researchers has developed a...
Antioxidants and amino acids could play role in the treatment of psychosis
A scientific paper has revealed that some nutrients found in food may help reduce the symptoms of psychotic illness, when...
Obesity surgery prevents severe chronic kidney disease and kidney failure
Credit: Malin Arnesson Patients that underwent weight-loss surgery ran a significantly lower risk of developing severe chronic kidney disease and...
