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Bottom Line: The number of U.S. adults with high blood pressure is estimated to grow by 31 million and the number of adults recommended for...

Laws allowing denial of services to same-sex couples associated with increase in sexual minority adults reporting mental distress

Bottom Line: Laws that allow same-sex couples to be denied services are associated with an increase in sexual minority adults reporting mental distress. Why The...

Opioid-related adverse drug events common after surgery, associated with worse outcomes

Bottom Line: Opioid-related adverse drug events were common among patients undergoing surgery and endoscopy procedures in the hospital and they were associated with worse patient...

Is there association between groundwater lithium, diagnoses of bipolar disorder, dementia?

Bottom Line: High groundwater concentration of lithium, a naturally occurring trace element, wasn't associated with any benefit in diagnoses of bipolar disorder or dementia when...

Is topical rapamycin effective, safe to treat facial lesions?

Bottom Line: Facial angiofibromas are disfiguring growths and these lesions occur in most people with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder where growths can appear...

How a cell knows when to divide

Credit: Rensselaer Troy, N.Y. - How does a cell know when to divide? We know that hundreds of genes contribute to a wave of activity...

Are pain tolerance levels similar among groups of friends?

Are your friends very pain tolerant? Then it is likely that you are as well, provided you are a male. A recent study, published in...

Surgery involving ultrasound energy found to treat high blood pressure

Credit: ReCor Medical, Inc. An operation that targets the nerves connected to the kidney has been found to significantly reduce blood pressure in patients with...

Sanofi and Swansea collaborate on UK’s first diabetes centre of excellence

Credit: Swansea University Date: May 23, 2018 - Global pharmaceutical company Sanofi chooses Swansea University Medical School as UK's first Diabetes Centre of Excellence Swansea...

Penn researchers identify source of molecule linked to nasal polyps, asthma attacks

PHILADELPHIA - A new discovery about how the immune system responds to common sinus infections and asthma could explain why patients develop these issues in...

Chimpanzee calls differ according to context

Credit: Liran Samuni Studies examining animal alarm calls suggest species which require different escape responses for different predators are more likely to have correspondingly different...

Fatty liver disease research set to benefit from stem cell advance

Scientists have developed a lab-based system for studying the most common type of liver disease, paving the way for research into new therapies. The team...

Research highlights the influence social media marketing has on children’s food intake

New research from the University of Liverpool, presented at the European Congress on Obesity today (Wednesday, 23 May), highlights the negative influence that social media...

Military-civilian partnerships aim to help meet military medical readiness needs

CHICAGO (May 23, 2018): A growing partnership between the Military Health System and permanent civilian trauma institutions is well under way that will create, for...

Study examines bone health in children with leukemia