Like shark attack and the lottery, unconscious bias influences cancer screening
What do shark attack, the lottery and ovarian cancer screening having in common? It turns out our judgments about these ...
Stroke patients treated at a teaching hospital are less likely to be readmitted
Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (August 17, 2018) - Stroke patients appear to receive better care at teaching hospitals with less ...
As body mass index increases, blood pressure may as well
New Haven, Conn. -- Body mass index is positively associated with blood pressure, according to the ongoing study of 1.7 ...
Better access to quality cancer care may reduce rural and urban disparities
PORTLAND, OR - When enrolled in a cancer clinical trial, the differences in survival rates between rural and urban patients ...
Prescriptions for opioid use disorder treatment, opioid pain relievers after ACA Medicaid expansion
Bottom Line: Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was associated with an overall increase in people filling prescriptions ...
For children with complex medical situations, a new roadmap for improving health
Children with severe disabilities, serious cognitive impairments and medically complex situations require more specialized health care during their lifetimes. But ...
Three factors could explain physician burnout
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu/) -- In just three years, physician burnout increased from 45.5 percent to 54.4 percent, according to a ...
Novel nanoparticle-based approach detects and treats oral plaque without drugs
Credit: University of Illinois Laboratory for Materials in Medicine. When the good and bad bacteria in our mouth become imbalanced, ...
Robots as tools and partners in rehabilitation
Credit: Shelly Levy-Tzedek In future decades the need for effective strategies for medical rehabilitation will increase significantly, because patients' rate ...
Progress toward personalized medicine
A few little cells that are different from the rest can have a big effect. For example, individual cancer cells ...
16 going on 66: Will you be the same person 50 years from now?
Credit: University of Houston How much do you change between high school and retirement? The answer depends on whether you're ...
Patients, doctors dissatisfied by Electronic Health Records
Credit: Lehigh University Electronic Health Records are intended to streamline and improve access to information - and have been shown ...
Scientists find titanium dioxide from sunscreen is polluting beaches
Boston, MA, USA Scientists have found that sunscreen from bathers releases significant quantities of polluting TiO2 (titanium dioxide) into the ...
To find and disarm: Scientists develop platform to kill cancer cells
Credit: © NUST MISIS The new treatment will serve as both diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors. This breakthrough in ...
MSU plant sciences faculty part of international discovery in wheat genome sequence
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN - A Montana State University faculty member dedicated to researching cereal genetics and ...
Blood test could detect kidney cancer up to five years prior to clinical diagnosis
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Every year, more than 330,000 people are diagnosed with kidney cancer worldwide. ...
How a ‘jellyfish’-shaped structure relieves pressure in your cells
Credit: Kefauver et al, Scripps Research LA JOLLA, CA - Aug. 16, 2018 - Scientists at Scripps Research have solved ...
Wheat code finally cracked; wheat genome sequence will bring stronger varieties to farmers
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Kansas State University scientists, in collaboration with the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium, ...
UM Researcher discovers genetic differences in trees untouched by mountain pine beetles
MISSOULA - A University of Montana researcher has discovered that mountain pine beetles may avoid certain trees within a population ...
Lowering pH inside cells may put the brakes on cancer growth
TAMPA, Fla. - A new study focusing on the environment inside cancer cells may lead to new targeted treatment strategies. ...
