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The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent High-Level Commission on non-communicable diseases
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...
Breakthrough in controlling DNA-based robots
COLUMBUS, Ohio--Researchers have devised a magnetic control system to make tiny DNA-based robots move on demand--and much faster than recently...
New in the Hastings Center Report, May-June 2018
Genetic Privacy, Disease Prevention, and the Principle of Rescue Madison K. Kilbride People who undergo genetic testing sometimes discover that...
When doctors assume, patients lose
PHILADELPHIA - Collecting sexual orientation and gender identity, or "SO/GI," data has valuable public health benefits and potential clinical benefits...
Mobile app for autism screening yields useful data
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- A Duke study of an iPhone app to screen young children for signs of...
The advances in artificial intelligence for longevity to be presented at the CogX 2018
Friday, June 1st, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based company specializing in the application of next-generation artificial intelligence...
Phase I trial finds experimental drug safe in treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Reporting results from a first-in-human phase I clinical trial, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have...
Psychiatric disorders shouldn’t disqualify youth with severe obesity from weight loss surgery
WASHINGTON - (June 1, 2018) - Psychiatric disorders, a common comorbidity of severe obesity, especially for youth, should not disqualify...
One in every 5 deaths in young adults is opioid-related in the United States: Study
Credit: St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, June 1, 2018 - One out of every five deaths among young adults in the...
Immunocompromised patients with sepsis may face higher mortality at hospitals treating small numbers
Credit: ATS June 1, 2018--Immunosuppressed patients with sepsis appear more likely to die if they are treated in a hospital...
Most hospitals now require workers to get flu shots — except those that treat veterans
ANN ARBOR, MI - In just a few short months, hospitals across the country will start their annual push to...
SNIS establishes partnership to develop quality measures to improve stroke outcomes
Fairfax, Va. - The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery (SNIS) has assembled a powerful collaboration with key stakeholder groups to develop...
Walking faster could make you live longer: research
Speeding up your walking pace could extend your life, research led by the University of Sydney suggests. Walking at an...
Black patients show stronger response to hormone therapy for prostate cancer
DURHAM, N.C. -- African-American men with advanced prostate cancer might be more responsive than white men to an anti-androgen drug...
Scientists develop material that could regenerate dental enamel
Credit: Alvaro Mata Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have developed a new way to grow mineralised materials which...
Analysis: Survival benefit for African-Americans with advanced prostate cancer
DURHAM, N.C. -- Contrary to current perceptions, certain African-American men with advanced prostate cancer have as good a chance of...
Wait for it: Serotonin and confidence at the root of patience in new study
Credit: OIST Just a little longer. It's a common experience: hanging on in the hopes that our patience will pay...
Weight changes associated with reduced bone strength
BOSTON -- Researchers from Hebrew SeniorLife's Institute for Aging Research, Boston University, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and University of...
How just drops of viper venom pack a deadly punch
Credit: Leandro Avelar A bite from a lancehead snake can be fatal. Species in the family, found throughout Central and...
The Lancet: A warning and an opportunity: The WHO Independent
It poses a stark warning that the Sustainable Development Goal for NCDs - to reduce premature deaths from NCDs by...