Chestnut Hill, Mass. (9/24/2018) - Boston College has established the Global Observatory on Pollution and Health to track efforts to control pollution and prevent pollution-related...
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Spinal cord stimulation and physical therapy have helped a man paralyzed since 2013 regain his ability to stand and walk with assistance....
A new study out today in the Journal of Neurology finds that pregabalin is not effective in controlling the chronic pain that sometimes develops following...
A new, $17.8 million grant will ensure USC remains at the forefront of research to protect people from tobacco-related health risks. The money will be...
(University of Arizona Health Sciences) Researchers at the University of Arizona College of Medicine -- Tucson will study why the elderly suffer disproportionately from the...
Bottom Line: A collection of JAMA articles (an editorial and three Viewpoints) focuses on race, medicine and medical research. Excerpts of the articles are below...
Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Of four research participants living with traumatic, motor complete spinal cord injury, two are able to walk over...
Credit: David J. McGee, Xiao-Hong Lu and Elizabeth A. Disbrow Amsterdam, NL, September 24, 2018 - While human genetic mutations are involved in a small...
Genomic "islands" that evolved from viruses can be converted into "drones" that disable Staphylococcus aureus, bacteria that are often resistant to antibiotics and pose a...
About one decade after its first benefit assessment of negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG)...
Almost 12% of all adults in Germany are diagnosed with depression at some point in their lives. The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in...
Disease management programmes (DMPs) should be regularly updated to adapt them to the current state of medical knowledge. Requirements for the content of DMPs are...
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Older adults at risk for falls are less likely to suffer fall-related hospitalizations when they have a "fall plan of care," according...
Credit: Swedish Research Council Amsterdam, NL, September 24, 2018 - Non-motor symptoms are common in late stage Parkinson's disease (PD) as the frequency and severity...
Patients treated with more-invasive surgical techniques for a type of early-stage lung cancer are more likely to become chronic opioid users than patients treated with...
