Health
Carotid artery gives away human biological age
Credit: MIPT's Press office Russian researchers have provided a new method of determining human biological age. The group hails from...
Balance, gait negatively impacted after chemotherapy treatment
COLUMBUS - A single chemotherapy treatment can result in a significant negative impact on walking gait and balance, putting patients...
Type of sugar may treat atherosclerosis, mouse study shows
Credit: Ismail Sergin Researchers have long sought ways to harness the body's immune system to treat disease, especially cancer. Now,...
Dining hall intervention helped college students choose healthier options
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, PA, June 7, 2017 - As students transition from high school to...
Vanderbilt-led study disputes link between uterine fibroids and miscarriage risk
A 10-year study, led by Vanderbilt University Medical Center professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology Katherine Hartmann, M.D., Ph.D., disrupts conventional...
AveXis to advance gene therapy program initiated by the Rett Syndrome Research Trust
The Rett Syndrome Research Trust (RSRT) is excited to announce that AveXis, Inc., has committed to advance a gene therapy...
Higher alcohol consumption leads to greater loss of muscle tissue in postmenopausal women
CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 7, 2017)--If you feel as though you can't do as much physically as you've gotten older, there...
NCI-MATCH cancer trial reaches 6,000-patient tumor sequencing goal 2 years early
The rapid pace of patient enrollment in the National Cancer Institute-Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH or EAY131) precision medicine...
Many good years after heart bypass surgery — but something happens after ten years
The probability of continuing your life following bypass surgery is close to being the same as for the population in...
Many good years after heart bypass surgery — but something happens after 10 years
The probability of continuing your life following bypass surgery is close to being the same as for the population in...
Are wealthier people more likely to receive a diagnosis of cancer?
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Do wealthier people receive too much medical care? In a Perspective article recently published in the...
Many rape victims experience involuntary paralysis that prevents them from resisting
Active resistance is often considered to be the "normal" reaction during rape, but a new study found that most victims...
‘Immunoswitch’ particles may be key to more-effective cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Alyssa Kosmides, Johns Hopkins Medicine Scientists at Johns Hopkins have created a nanoparticle that carries two different antibodies capable...
Michigan heart surgery outcomes improved after Medicaid expansion, study finds
Expanding Medicaid coverage is associated with better outcomes for heart surgery patients, according to a study led by University of...
Easing family distress: New international guidelines to identify dementia with Lewy bodies
New guidelines have been published on the clinical and physical indicators to help ensure patients with dementia with Lewy bodies...
Engineering a new cancer detection tool
Studying the food poisoning bacteria E. coli may have led scientists to discover a new and improved tool to detect...
Sleep apnea and insomnia combination linked with depression
A new study found that men with sleep apnoea and insomnia have a higher prevalence and severity of depressive symptoms...
Metabolism: Beta cells under fire
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Type 2 diabetes causes pathological changes in the beta cells....
Prebiotics reduce body fat in overweight children
Bethesda, MD (June 5, 2017) -- There may soon be a new tool in the fight against childhood obesity. Prebiotics...
Pregnancy diet high in refined grains could increase kids’ obesity by age 7
WHAT: Children born to women with gestational diabetes whose diet included high proportions of refined grains may have a higher...
