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Caring, accountability, and continuity: What patients and caregivers want during hospital care transition
(Boston)-- Hospitals are continuously working to improve care transitions, the time when patients are discharged from the hospital and moved...
Snorers suffer from nerve and muscle damage in the palate
Credit: Per Melander People who snore may have extensive tissue damage in the nerves and muscles of the soft palate....
Ecological systems research: What do disturbances in the system result in?
Credit: André Künzelmann/UFZ A single disruptive factor rarely appears in isolation. Usually, a number of them, such as climatic extremes,...
News from the Journal of Lipid Research
Healthy octogenarians have high cholesterol efflux capacity Many scores designed to help doctors predict whether a patient is at risk...
An updated analysis of direct-to-consumer television advertisements for prescription drugs
Although proponents suggest that direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising is educational and motivating, a new analysis finds that the potential educational...
Gene variant may increase psychiatric risk after traumatic brain injury
Credit: Kevin Walsh A variant of the APOE gene may be linked to worse psychiatric symptoms in people who have...
Using MRSA’s strength against it
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Antibiotic-resistant infections cause more than 30,000 deaths annually in the U.S....
Parents say intense gun violence in PG-13 movies appropriate for teens 15 and older
Credit: Annenberg Public Policy Center. Published in Pediatrics, June 2018. Parents are more willing to let their children see PG-13...
Lignin — A supergreen fuel for fuel cells
Credit: Linköping University Researchers from the Laboratory of Organic Electronics at Linköping University have developed a fuel cell that uses...
Molecule that acts on human cells might provide hope for ‘irresistible’ cold cure
Credit: Imperial College London Researchers have lab-tested a molecule that can combat the common cold virus by preventing it from...
Screening tool improves prediction of developing Dementia
In people with a minor decline on the Mini-Mental-State-Examination--a widely used but limited test to screen for cognitive defects--follow-up with...
UCLA biologists ‘transfer’ a memory
Credit: Christelle Snow/UCLA UCLA biologists report they have transferred a memory from one marine snail to another, creating an artificial...
Consumer sleep technology is no substitute for medical evaluation
Credit: American Academy of Sleep Medicine DARIEN, IL - May 14, 2018 - According to a position statement from the...
Call for low-cost approach to tackle disease afflicting millions of the world’s poorest
Credit: Brighton and Sussex Medical School Researchers at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) are asking governments in the developing...
Serving smaller alcoholic drinks could reduce the UK’s alcohol consumption
New research published in Addiction, conducted by researchers from the Universities of Liverpool and Sheffield, highlights the potential benefits of...
Leonid Sazanov elected member of EMBO
Credit: IST Austria The European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) promotes excellence in the life sciences. Today it announced the election...
Study picks out children with incurable brain cancer who could benefit from adult therapy
Children with incurable brain tumours could benefit from potentially life-extending treatment if genetic testing was used to personalise therapy as...
Job strain linked to onset of common mental illness
Workplaces that reduce job strain could prevent up to 14 percent of new cases of common mental illness from occurring,...
Early depression diagnosis is deadly serious for patients with coronary artery disease
Credit: Pragle TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For clinicians providing comprehensive care to patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), proactive depression screening...
Safety in the age of global goods flows
No matter whether it's cars, computers or chemical products -- Japan is one of the world's leading industrial and export...
