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Distress in men following prostate cancer can be reduced
A new web-based support programme will help reduce the psychological stress that impacts men who are recovering from prostate cancer....
Palliative care improves hospital care for seriously ill patients
Palliative care provided by specialist medical and nursing teams to patients with complex health needs significantly improves their experience of...
Food for thought: Ketogenic diets reduce athletes’ anaerobic performance
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS -- Athletes who turn to ketogenic diets to help their performance in high-intensity, short...
UCI participates in NIHs landmark precision medicine research
(University of California - Irvine) The University of California, Irvine and nationwide partners are launching a landmark $1.5 billion National...
Lymphatic endothelial cells promote melanoma to spread
Credit: Päivi Ojala Lab/University of Helsinki Despite the declining death rates for many individual cancer types, mortality for a few...
Posting, commenting and customizing on Facebook help involve, empower older adults
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Social networking sites, such as Facebook, offer tools and activities that may help older adults feel...
Gene therapy for lipoprotein lipase deficiency yields promising results
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 1, 2018--During the first 18 months after treatment with ali-pogene...
Strategy prevents blindness in mice with retinal degeneration
DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 2 million people worldwide live with inherited and untreatable retinal conditions, including retinitis pigmentosa, which...
Study identifies ways smaller hospitals can effectively reduce antibiotic overuse
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Researchers at Intermountain Healthcare and University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City have completed a...
World-first synthesis of globalization effects on people and planet
Credit: University of Sydney Australian researchers have compiled a world-first conclusive synthesis of the environmental and social impacts of globalisation...
Discovery of immune cells able to defend against mutating viruses could transform vaccine developmen
Scientists have found immune cells can fight different strains of the same virus - a discovery which could help transform...
Study explores link between curiosity and school achievement
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Researchers know that certain factors give children a leg up when it comes to school performance....
UNICEF ‘muted’ on tobacco control for children
The tobacco industry manipulated the renowned children's rights agency UNICEF for more than a dozen years, from 2003 until at...
UChicago researchers lay out how to control biology with light — without genetics
Credit: Jiang et al/University of Chicago Over the past five years, University of Chicago chemist Bozhi Tian has been figuring...
Oxford University Press and West China Hospital to launch Precision Clinical Medicine
Oxford University Press and the West China Hospital are pleased to announce the launch of Precision Clinical Medicine. Precision Clinical...
Researchers say chronic dizziness can result from, or trigger, psychiatric disorders
CHICAGO--April 30, 2018--While most cases of chronic dizziness result from a physical disorder, psychiatric issues can be a cause--or a...
STSI $34 million NIH Clinical and Translational Science Award
Credit: Scripps Translational Science Institute LA JOLLA, CA - April 30, 2018 - The Scripps Translational Science Institute (STSI) has...
Obesity may hasten disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
In a study of adults with rheumatoid arthritis, those who were severely obese experienced more rapidly progressing disability than patients...
Using mathematical modeling and evolutionary principals important in treatment decisions
TAMPA, Fla. - Cancer patients are commonly treated with the maximum dose they are able to withstand that does not...
New models could uncover important answers for Alzheimer’s researchers
Credit: Yuksel Agca, MU College of Veterinary Medicine publishing in PLOS ONE Alzheimer's disease currently affects more than 5.5 million...