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Patients with healthcare-associated infections suffer social, emotional pain
Arlington, Va., August 16, 2018 - The consequences of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) reach well beyond patients' physical health, souring social...
AGA supports making drugs more affordable for patients
Bethesda, MD (Aug. 15, 2018) -- Increasing out-of-pocket expenses can limit access for patients, putting them at risk. Improving affordability...
Opt-out organ donation register unlikely to increase number of donations
An opt-out organ donation register is unlikely to increase the number of donations, according to a new study from Queen...
Brain response study upends thinking about why practice speeds up motor reaction times
Credit: Cell Reports Researchers in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Johns Hopkins Medicine report that a computerized...
New aid to help identify and manage patients with diabetes at increased risk of fracture
Credit: International Osteoporosis Foundation Fragility fractures are a serious yet neglected complication of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes,...
Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke may increase risk of adult lung disease death
A new study suggests that long-term exposure to secondhand smoke during childhood increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...
Using mushrooms as a prebiotic may help improve glucose regulation
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Eating white button mushrooms can create subtle shifts in the microbial community in the gut, which...
Autoimmunity plays role in development of COPD, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Autoimmunity plays a role in the development of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a...
GW researchers publish review article on developing vaccines for human parasites
WASHINGTON (Aug. 16, 2018) -- Helminthic parasites, like hookworm and liver flukes (schistosomiasis), affect an estimated 1 billion people worldwide....
There’s no place like home: study finds home care effective for patients with blood clots
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center A new study by researchers at Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City has found that patients...
First US patients receive Agili-C implants
(Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center) CartiHeal, developer of Agili-C, a proprietary implant for the treatment of joint surface lesions,...
New CRISPR technique skips over portions of genes that can cause disease
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- In a new study in cells, University of Illinois researchers have...
Newly identified role for inhibition in cerebellar plasticity and behavior
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Almost everyone is familiar with the unique mixture of surprise and confusion that...
UTA professor leads federal advisory group on the prevention of acute, chronic pain
Credit: UTA A University of Texas at Arlington professor led a federal advisory group that has published its recommendations on...
UTHealth-led study shows much work remains to ensure e-health record safety
Credit: UTHealth Four years after their publication by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), voluntary...
Statins associated with improvement of rare lung disease
Credit: UCLA Health FINDINGS In the first study of its kind, researchers have found that cholesterol-lowering statins may improve the...
NIH begins clinical trial of live, attenuated Zika vaccine
Credit: NIAID Vaccinations have begun in a first-in-human trial of an experimental live, attenuated Zika virus vaccine developed by scientists...
Cells agree: What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(August 16, 2018) We've all heard the expression: "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger." Now,...
Super-resolution microscope reveals secrets of deadly Nipah virus
Credit: Lou Corpuz-Bosshart / UBC The deadly Nipah virus and others like it assemble themselves in a much more haphazard...
YouTube is source of misinformation on plastic surgery, Rutgers study finds
Credit: Keith Bratcher, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School In the first study to evaluate YouTube videos on facial plastic surgery...
