Health inequality threatening more adolescents worldwide than ever before
US stands out for poor adolescent health compared with other high-income countries A detailed global study of the health and well being of the world's...
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Study suggests hip replacement patients can skip hip precautions
Low-risk patients undergoing a total hip replacement with a posterior approach can skip the standard hip precautions currently recommended for post-surgical recovery, according to a...
Study finds IV and pill form of acetaminophen work equally well after hip replacement
Researchers tested both forms of acetaminophen as part of multimodal analgesia protocolCredit: Hospital for Special Surgery Pain management after surgery is a vital part of...
Study reviews the potential impacts of future heat waves on humans and wildlife
Climate change is often talked about in terms of averages — like the goal set by the Paris Agreement to limit the Earth's temperature increase...
Adding docetaxel-based chemotherapy to standard treatment for high-risk prostate cancer
NRG Oncology trial suggests adding docetaxel-based chemotherapy to standard treatment should be considered for men with high-risk prostate cancer According to the American Cancer Society,...
OU neuroscientists find brain pathway supporting an intersection of taste and pain
Credit: University of Oklahoma University of Oklahoma neuroscientists have found a pathway in the brain where taste and pain intersect in a new study that...
UM study suggests climate change limits forest recovery after wildfires
Credit: Courtesy of Kimberley Davis MISSOULA - New University of Montana research suggests climate change makes it increasingly difficult for tree seedlings to regenerate following...
Desert plants provided by homeowners offer habitat for desert bird species
UMass Amherst, Forest Service and Arizona State ecologists investigate bird diversityCredit: Eyal Shochat/Ben Gurion University of the Negev AMHERST, Mass. - A persistent question among...
Stanford researchers outline the role of a deep brain structure in concussion
Concussion researchers have long suggested that damage to the corpus callosum, a thick bundle of nerves that connects the brain's two halves, could result in...
Problem drinking linked to HIV, other sexually transmitted infections in Ugandan youth, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Youth living in the slums of Uganda who are infected with both HIV and sexually transmitted infections are more likely to...
Kessler Foundation awarded federal grant to study wearable robotic in spinal cord injury
Ghaith J. Androwis, PhD, of Kessler Foundation will lead study of the MyoPro device to improve upper extremity motor function in people with incomplete spinal...
Speedy ‘slingshot’ cell movement observed for the first time
ANN ARBOR--By slingshotting themselves forward, human cells can travel more than five times faster than previously documented. University of Michigan researchers observed the movement in...
Your body is your internet — and now it can’t be hacked
Researchers have protected your pacemaker, other medical tech from remote hacks before they happenCredit: Purdue University/Erin Easterling WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Someone could hack into...
LifeTime is delighted to receive EU funding
LifeTime is one of the six winners of an EU-wide competition in which ambitious and forward-looking research projects are selected and fundedCredit: Spencer Phillips, EMBL-EBI....
Cancer imaging technology can help reveal life-threatening pregnancy disorder
Photoacoustic imaging can help detect preeclampsia, which accounts for 14 percent of global maternal deaths annually An imaging technique used to detect some forms of...
