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Potential solutions to drug shortages and the lack of competition in generic medicines
Drug shortages and price hikes have become a critical issue in the health care industry. A recent example of this...
Doctors reduced opioid prescriptions after learning a patient overdosed
Will clinicians become more careful in prescribing opioids if they are made of aware of the risks of these drugs...
A video game can change the brain, may improve empathy in middle schoolers
Credit: Center for Healthy Minds/University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- A space-exploring robot crashes on a distant planet. In order...
Bilingual children to benefit from grant given to UA to improve speech assessments
An associate professor at the University of Arizona has received a $2.5 million federal grant for research involving an issue...
Biomarkers link fatigue in cancer, Parkinson’s
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Biological markers responsible for extreme exhaustion in patients with cancer have now been linked to fatigue...
Study defines spending trends among dual-eligible beneficiaries
While there has been much effort to control spending for individuals eligible for both Medicaid and Medicare in the United...
Penalty kick research hits the spot
New research from the University of Portsmouth could help Premiership footballers ahead of the new season, which starts tonight (10...
Scientists uncover new details in how sense of smell develops
Credit: Lu Yang Dogs, known for their extraordinarily keen senses of smell, can be trained to use their sensitive sniffers...
Arsenic in combination with an existing drug could combat cancer
BOSTON - Investigators have discovered that arsenic in combination with an existing leukemia drug work together to target a master...
Nanoparticle therapy could deliver double blow to cancer
A new cancer therapy using nanoparticles to deliver a combination therapy direct to cancer cells could be on the horizon,...
Elderly patients on dialysis have a high risk of dementia
Older kidney disease patients who are sick enough to require the blood-filtering treatment known as dialysis are at high risk...
A diverse diet may not be the healthiest one
DALLAS, August 9, 2018 -- Encouraging people to eat a wide variety of foods to ensure they meet all their...
New study views cancer treatment as a game to find strategies that improve patient outcomes
TAMPA, Fla. - Game theory can be utilized to identify potential flaws in current cancer treatment approaches and suggest new...
Despite ACA, lesbian, gay and bisexual adults still have trouble affording health care
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly known as Obamacare, has reduced the number of Americans without health...
Synapses of the reward system at stake in autistic disorders
Credit: © UNIGE Autism spectrum disorders are a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders, one of the main characteristics of which...
Texas A&M to lead NSF-funded water insecurity research network
Credit: Flavia Bonolo Dantas, Texas A&M Geography graduate student Water insecurity is a reality for vulnerable households everywhere from Flint,...
Ebola virus experts discover powerful, new approach for future therapeutics
Credit: Photo by Don Boomer, Scripps Research A one-two punch of powerful antibodies may be the best way to stop...
North American diets require more land than we have: Study
Credit: University of Guelph If the global population adopted recommended North American dietary guidelines, there wouldn't be enough land to...
Why do some microbes live in your gut while others don’t?
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--August 9, 2018--Trillions of tiny microbes and bacteria live in your gut, each with their own set of...
Key role found for enzymes in DNA replication and sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs
Credit: Sandra Segura-Bayona, IRB Barcelona. During cell growth, cells copy their DNA through a process called DNA replication. For this...
