Optimizing dopaminergic treatment improves non-motor symptoms
Credit: Swedish Research Council Amsterdam, NL, September 24, 2018 - Non-motor symptoms are common in late stage Parkinson's disease (PD) ...
Study shows invasive lung cancer surgery can lead to long-term opioid use
Patients treated with more-invasive surgical techniques for a type of early-stage lung cancer are more likely to become chronic opioid ...
The theranostic complex with two toxic modules shows great toxicity for tumour cells
Emerging cancer nanotechnology enables target-delivery of substantial payloads of drugs to cancer sites with concomitant reduction of side-effects due to ...
Lawnmower injuries a persistent source of serious injury and high costs, new study affirms
In what Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers call an unusually comprehensive analysis of nationwide data, they conclude that the rate of ...
Promising phase 1/2 results for entrectinib against ROS1+ non-small cell lung cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Results of phase 1 and phase 2 clinical trials of the drug entrectinib in ...
Clinical trial investigators violate EU regulations: Entries in EU Register are incomplete
According to EU legislation, clinical trials must be prospectively registered in the European Union Clinical Trials Register (EUCTR) and the ...
Neurobehavioral symptoms predictive of employment outcome after traumatic brain injury
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ. September 18, 2018. Kessler Foundation researchers have published their findings linking behavioral symptoms with ...
A fracture anywhere reduces bone density everywhere
Credit: Copyright UC Regents courtesy of UC Davis Health Breaking a bone causes bone density losses throughout the body, not ...
Novel drug-eluting stent with improved radiographic visibility found to be safe and effective
SAN DIEGO - September 22, 2018 - This first randomized clinical study of a polymer-coated zotarolimus-eluting stent (Resolute Onyx) that ...
Results from the ReCre8 trial reported at TCT 2018
SAN DIEGO - September 22, 2018 -The first large, randomized trial comparing a novel polymer-free amphilimus-eluting stent to the latest-generation ...
The taller you are, the more likely you may develop varicose veins
DALLAS, September 24, 2018 -- A person's height and certain genes that predict height are associated with varicose veins and ...
Height may be risk factor for varicose veins, Stanford-led study finds
The taller you are, the more likely you are to develop varicose veins, according to a study led by Stanford ...
Know someone sick? Your own smell might give it away
Credit: Zave Smith/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (September 24, 2018) - Odors surround us, providing cues about many aspects of personal identity, ...
Cancer cells evade immunotherapy by hiding telltale marker, suggesting how to stop relapse
SEATTLE -- Sept. 24, 2018 -- Harnessing the immune system to treat cancer shows great promise in some patients, but ...
Where people live before hospitalization important for discharge planning, reducing readmissions
Forty per cent of older adults who leave hospital are discharged to home care or a long-term care facility, which, ...
Online diabetes prevention programs are as effective as in-person programs for weight loss
FINDINGS Researchers examined participation and weight loss results in an online diabetes prevention program; an in-person diabetes prevention program; and ...
Gender and race may shape how minority women address barriers to breast cancer screening
Black women are more likely to be diagnosed at later stages of breast cancer partly due to barriers to timely ...
Children whose mothers use marijuana may try it at a younger age
Boston, MA - Children whose mothers use marijuana are more likely to start their own marijuana use an average of ...
Children whose mothers use marijuana are more likely to try it at younger age
Ann Arbor, September 24, 2018 - When mothers use marijuana during the first 12 years of their child's life, their ...
Overweight pregnant women can safely cut calories, restrict weight gain
Credit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother ...
