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Case management reduces psychological distress in frequent users of health care
Research has shown that frequent users of health care services tend to have higher levels of psychological distress. A new...
ACP tells Congress: Spending cuts would hurt public health
Washington, DC (May 14, 2018) -- In a letter to congressional leadership, the American College of Physicians (ACP) said that...
Research leads to medication reduction in aged care facilities
Credit: University of Tasmania Effective intervention can reduce medication overuse in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACF's), the latest University of...
Brain size mediates the association between height and cognitive ability
Reports from several studies have identified a link between height and general cognitive ability, or intelligence, but the mechanisms underlying...
Taurine deficiency in sperm causes male infertility, study finds
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba - Sperm are highly specialized cells adapted to achieve a single goal: fertilize an egg....
Trial shows chemotherapy is helping kids live with pulmonary vein stenosis
Credit: Callahan et al./Boston Children's Hospital Pulmonary vein stenosis (PVS) is a rare disease in which abnormal cells build up...
Study finds new combined risk score more effectively predicts stroke risk in Afib patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Doctors know patients with atrial fibrillation are at a higher risk of having a...
Tiny spiders, big color
There's plenty that's striking about Phoroncidia rubroargentea, a species of spider native to Madagascar, starting with their size - at...
How signals get inside cancer cells and spur aggressive growth
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The outside of a cancer cell is bombarded by signals. They come from...
Study upends conventional view of opioid mechanism of action
Credit: Courtesy: Drs. Miriam Stoeber and Damien Jullié. A new discovery shows that opioids used to treat pain, such as...
Reducing tapeworm infection could improve academic performance, reduce poverty
Credit: Rob Jordan and Ian Fitzgerald A Stanford-led study in China has revealed for the first time high levels of...
Noninvasive brain stimulation leads to fine motor improvement after stroke
Stroke is common and accompanied by complex disabilities--such as lower and upper limb disability, speech impairment, and chronic post-stroke pain....
Is colonialism creating inappropriate regulation of traditional medicine practitioners?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 11, 2018--Two commentaries in JACM (The Journal of Alternative and...
Multi-drug resistant infections rising in children
Antibiotic-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii infections, one of the most common hospital-acquired infections in children across the United States, are on the...
Many patients with rectal cancer may not need chemoradiotherapy
It's unclear whether all patients with advanced rectal cancer need chemoradiotherapy, or whether some can forego the treatment and therefore...
British Ecological Society launches new journal: People and Nature
The journal will be led by Kevin J Gaston, Professor of Biodiversity and Conservation at the University of Exeter. Gaston...
UCI-Harvard research may help combat the deadly gastrointestinal infection C. diff
Credit: Rongsheng Jin, University of California, Irvine Researchers from the University of California, Irvine and Harvard University have discovered how...
Many older adults discharged from the hospital receive inappropriate prescriptions
In a British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology study of 259 older adults discharged from a general medical hospital, more than...
Osteoporosis drug may benefit heart health
The osteoporosis drug alendronate was linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular death, heart attack, and stroke in a Journal...
Beyond killing tuberculosis
Credit: DU CANE MEDICAL IMAGING LTD/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Montreal, May 11 2018 -- Historically, our view of host defense against...