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Children whose mothers use marijuana may try it at a younger age
Boston, MA - Children whose mothers use marijuana are more likely to start their own marijuana use an average of...
Negative pressure wound therapy: violation of ethical and scientific standards
About one decade after its first benefit assessment of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), the German Institute for Quality and...
Spinal cord stimulation, physical therapy help paralyzed man stand, walk with assistance
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Spinal cord stimulation and physical therapy have helped a man paralyzed since 2013 regain his ability to...
Gender and race may shape how minority women address barriers to breast cancer screening
Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely...
DNA islands effective as ‘anti-bacterial drones’
Genomic "islands" that evolved from viruses can be converted into "drones" that disable Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria that are often resistant...
Boston College launches Global Observatory on Pollution and Health
Chestnut Hill, Mass. (9/24/2018) - Boston College has established the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health to track efforts to...
Online diabetes prevention programs are as effective as in-person programs for weight loss
FINDINGS Researchers examined participation and weight loss results in an online diabetes prevention program; an in-person diabetes prevention program; and...
Eradicating Helicobacter pylori infections may be a key treatment for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: David J. McGee, Xiao-Hong Lu and Elizabeth A. Disbrow Amsterdam, NL, September 24, 2018 - While human genetic mutations...
Where people live before hospitalization important for discharge planning, reducing readmissions
Forty per cent of older adults who leave hospital are discharged to home care or a long-term care facility, which,...
Technology and therapy help individuals with chronic spinal cord injuries take steps
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Of four research participants living with traumatic, motor complete spinal cord injury, two...
Organs are not just bystanders, may be active participants in fighting autoimmune disease
PITTSBURGH, September 24, 2018 - Organs affected by autoimmune disease could be fighting back by "exhausting" immune cells that cause...
Collection of JAMA articles focus on race, medicine and medical research
Bottom Line: A collection of JAMA articles (an editorial and three Viewpoints) focuses on race, medicine and medical research. Excerpts...
Leading addiction experts call for more neuroscience research on long-term recovery
September is addiction recovery month, and, in the midst of the current opioid epidemic, it's an apt moment for addiction...
Cancer cells evade immunotherapy by hiding telltale marker, suggesting how to stop relapse
SEATTLE -- Sept. 24, 2018 -- Harnessing the immune system to treat cancer shows great promise in some patients, but...
Heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation benefit from minimally invasive procedure
A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and...
Prosthetic valve mismatches common in transcatheter valve replacement, ups risk of death
SAN DIEGO--In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients...
Too many people missing out on health benefits of golf, says expert panel
The consensus--one of the first of its kind--comes on the eve of the Ryder Cup, the biennial golf tournament between...
New research heralds a blood test for drowsy driving
During this unique study from the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Surrey, led by Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, 36...
SCAI-WIN announces the winner of the CHIP Fellowship
Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) announced that Megha Prasad, MD, MS, has been selected as the...
Blowing the whistle on referee decisions
Credit: QUT Media It's one of the hardest jobs in sport that every armchair fan thinks they can do better....
