Health
Team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent
When implemented correctly, health care team training can reduce patient mortality by 13 percent, according to a new review paper...
Study shows bias in use of alcohol screening after traumatic brain injury
March 13, 2018 - "Has this patient been drinking?" It's a critical question for neurosurgical nurses and other professionals when...
Exploring the role of cognitive factors in a new instrument for elders’ financial capacity
Thessaloniki, Greece, March 13, 2018 - Although the general public and mental health professionals seem to disregard incapacity regarding financial...
Gifted Lancaster scientist invited to meet Nobel Laureates
Credit: Lancaster University Dr Rhiannon Edge from Lancaster Medical School has been invited to the 68th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting....
Mindfulness meditation reduces incidence of major depression
Among primary care patients with subthreshold depression, mindfulness meditation training reduces the incidence of major depression and improves depression symptoms....
8 faculty-led projects funded under UCI Confronting Extremism initiative
Irvine, Calif., March 13, 2018 -- From a massive open online course countering science skepticism to intimate culinary workshops fostering...
Where language pionieer Paul Broca and alien music meet
Credit: Nature Scientific Reports Vincent Cheung, along with Angela Friederici, has been investigating non-local dependencies in music and trying to...
March/April 2018 Annals of Family Medicine tip sheet
Mindfulness Meditation Reduces Incidence of Major Depression Among primary care patients with subthreshold depression, mindfulness meditation training reduces the incidence...
New guidelines on preventing and treating ‘equine strep throat’
Just as strep throat can run rampant in elementary schools, strangles, the "strep throat" of horses, caused by a different...
Canakinumab reduces risk of cardiovascular events in populations with unmet clinical need
Two new analyses of data from more than 10,000 heart attack survivors worldwide were presented by investigators from Brigham and...
Critical limb ischemia treatment shows no improvement at three months
ORLANDO (March 12, 2018) -- Patients with foot ulcers or gangrene who received the experimental drug JVS-100 did not show...
Scientists find treasure trove of 110 genes linked to breast cancer
Scientists have linked 110 genes to an increased risk of breast cancer in the most comprehensive study ever to unpick...
Crisis or self-correction: Rethinking how the media cover science
One of the recurring media narratives about the nature of science today is that it is "broken" or "in crisis."...
Barbershop-based healthcare study successfully lowers high blood pressure in African-American men
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (MARCH 12, 2018) -- African-American men successfully lowered their high blood pressure to healthy levels when...
Would you pay for an Ebola vaccine? Most say yes.
Credit: George Mason University The 2014-2016 West African Ebola outbreak was the deadliest in history, infecting more than 28,000 people...
Patients living longer with Duchenne muscular dystrophy pose new challenge for caregivers
Diagnostic and treatment advances are helping patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy--one of nine major types of muscular dystrophy that affects...
Taking the jab (and the chill) out of vaccination
Scientists in Cairns (Australia) and Cardiff (Wales) have taken an important first step towards solving two problems that hinder access...
New research shows why babies need to move in the womb
Credit: Professor Paula Murphy, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have just discovered why babies need to move in the womb to...
Study identifies 76 quality indicators essential for emergency care systems in Africa
NEW YORK (March 12, 2018)-- The need for emergency care in low-income and middle-income countries has never been greater, but...
Researchers find bone density scans can also help identify cardiovascular disease
BOSTON -- Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research, University of Western Australia, University of Sydney, and Edith Cowan...
