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Barcelona, Spain - 18 March 2018: Patients with atrial fibrillation could reduce the risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention...

Columbia scientists locate nerve cells that enable fruit flies to escape danger

Credit: Anita Burgos/Grueber Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Columbia University researchers have identified the nerve cells that initiate a fly's escape response:...

Drinking alcohol makes your heart race

Barcelona, Spain - 18 March 2018: The more alcohol you drink, the higher your heart rate gets, according to research...

Dimethandrolone undecanoate shows promise as a male birth control pill

CHICAGO--A new birth control pill for men appears to be safe when used daily for a month, with hormone responses...

Experts issue recommendations to improve testosterone prescribing practices

Chicago, IL--New scientific evidence has strengthened the case for reserving testosterone therapy for well-documented cases of hypogonadism, a condition where...

Endocrine Society awards inaugural Baxter Prize to women’s health entrepreneur

CHICAGO--French physician and researcher André Ulmann, M.D., Ph.D., won the Endocrine Society's first-ever John D. Baxter Prize for Entrepreneurship for...

Chemicals in lavender and tea tree oil appear to be hormone disruptors

CHICAGO--A new study lends further evidence to a suspected link between abnormal breast growth in young boys--called prepubertal gynecomastia--and regular...

Prenatal exposure to plasticizer may affect male fertility in future generations

CHICAGO -- Chemicals found in a variety of routinely used consumer products may be contributing to the substantial drop in...

Exposure to low levels of BPA during pregnancy can lead to altered brain development

CHICAGO -- New research in mice provides an explanation for how exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA)...

Roux-en-Y surgery linked with more non-vertebral fractures than adjustable gastric banding

CHICAGO--Patients undergoing Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery may be at greater risk for non-vertebral fracture than those having adjustable gastric...

Clinical medicine training prepares medical students to treat transgender patients

CHICAGO--Medical students who are specifically trained in clinical transgender medicine are better prepared to treat transgender patients, a new study...

Estrogen may reduce disordered eating in female athletes with irregular periods

CHICAGO--Giving one year of estrogen replacement to female athletes with exercise-induced menstrual irregularities improves drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction and...

Too few women with diabetes receive recommended preconception counseling

CHICAGO--Not enough women of childbearing age who have diabetes are receiving the recommended preconception counseling, a new study suggests. The...

Glucose monitoring helps prevent hypoglycemia in hospitalized heart disease patients

CHICAGO--Hospitalized patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD) may need frequent glucose monitoring to prevent hypoglycemia and death, new research...

Veterans with type 2 diabetes improve blood sugar control using telehealth

CHICAGO--A telehealth program for diabetes self-management not only shortens the wait to talk to a physician specialist versus an in-person...

Climate change promotes the spread of mosquito and tick-borne viruses

March 16, 2018

Spurred on by climate change, international travel and international trade, disease-bearing insects are spreading to ever-wider parts of the world....

Not having a regular doctor affects healthcare quality for older adults

March 16, 2018

March 16, 2018 - About five percent of older adults on Medicare don't have a "personal physician," and this group...

Blood vessels also affected by Alzheimer’s disease