National Academy of Medicine honors three members for outstanding service
WASHINGTON - The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) honored three members today at its annual meeting for their outstanding service. The honorees are Elaine L....
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Ketamine is a safe, effective alternative to opioids in treating acute pain in the ED
Credit: KIRSTY CHALLEN, B.SC., MBCHB, MRES, PH.D., LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS, UNITED KINGDOM. DES PLAINES, IL -- Intravenous, low-dose ketamine (LDK) is as effective as intravenous...
Does risk of embryonic malformations outweigh benefits of using SSRIs in pregnant women?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 15, 2018--A comprehensive new review article presents the most current understanding of the role selective...
Researchers find no progress in media representation of nurses over last 20 years
A replication of the 1997 "Woodhull Study on Nursing and the Media" found nurses continue to be underrepresented as sources in heath news stories despite...
Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of brain development, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Cesarean-born mice show altered patterns of cell death across the brain, exhibiting greater nerve cell death than vaginally delivered mice in...
Early study results suggest fertility app as effective as modern family planning methods
Credit: Cycle Technologies WASHINGTON (October 15, 2018) - Early results from a first-of-its-kind study suggests that typical use of a family planning app called Dot...
Study points to possible new therapy for hearing loss
Researchers have taken an important step toward what may become a new approach to restore hearing loss. In a new study, out today in the...
New research shows drinking No 1 Rosemary Water improves memory by up to 15 percent
Tests conducted at Northumbria University show drinking concentrated No 1 Rosemary Water improves cognitive performance Findings published by scientists at Northumbria University in the Journal...
Most people don’t know the difference between OCD and OCPD
BINGHAMTON, NY - The general public has trouble understanding differences between obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), according to new research fr..
Three health professionals Named 2018 National Academy of Medicine Fellows
WASHINGTON -- The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected three outstanding health professionals for the class of 2018 NAM Fellowships. The fellows were chosen...
Arctic sea ice decline driving ocean phytoplankton farther north
Credit: NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory WASHINGTON -- Phytoplankton blooms that form the base of the marine food web are expanding northward into ice-free waters where...
UC San Diego Health’s Lucila Ohno-Machado elected to National Academy of Medicine
Credit: UC San Diego Health Lucila Ohno-Machado, MD, PhD, chair of the Department of Biomedical Informatics at UC San Diego Health, professor of medicine and...
UIC scholar selected as National Academy of Medicine fellow
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine The National Academy of Medicine (NAM) has selected the University of Illinois at Chicago's Dima Qato to serve as its 2018 Fellow...
Use of tobacco & marijuana products frequently featured in hip-hop music videos
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Over the past decade, hip-hop music has become a world-wide phenomenon and, in 2017, surpassed rock as the biggest music genre...
Engineering professor focusses on antifouling to make life easier with medical implants
AKRON, OH - Oct. 15, 2018 - Jie Zheng, Ph.D., a chemical and biomolecular engineering professor at The University of Akron (UA), recently received a...
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