Opioid-related overdoses and deaths remain a major public health concern in Massachusetts, yet adolescents who experience opioid-related nonfatal overdose (NFOD) have been rarely studied. Using...
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk for a heart attack or...
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - As the nights grow longer and winter settles in across the north, a team of health researchers is using...
BALTIMORE (November 13, 2018) - Healthcare professionals nationwide are gathering this week to discuss how to improve programs to better control antibiotic use in healthcare...
Credit: Photo by Evan Krape Today's cataract surgery is often described as a marvel of modern medicine, a one-hour outpatient procedure that has spared millions...
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 13, 2018--A combinatorial gene therapy approach- one designed to inhibit inflammation and one targeting protection...
Could we improve children's learning and wellbeing at school by increasing access to arts activities? Do elderly people living in institutions have the right and...
Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The brains of teenage girls who engage in serious forms of self-harm, including cutting, show features similar...
(Boston)--The American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) honored two members of the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) faculty with awards during its annual meeting last...
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 13, 2018) Old age is the greatest risk factor for many diseases, including Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cancer. Geroprotectors are...
(University of Lincoln) A new antibiotic hailed as the 'last line of defence' in the battle against drug-resistant superbugs such as MSRA and VRE could...
ARLINGTON, Va. - Before patients receive intravenous (IV) antimicrobial infusion therapy outside of the hospital - whether at home, a doctor's office or a skilled...
Microscopic particles floating in the air we breathe come from sources such as fossil fuel combustion, fires, cigarettes and vehicles. Known as fine particulate matter,...
Up to one-third of female smokers with Medicaid deny tobacco use during pregnancy. A new study finds that, despite reservations, low-income patients have a favorable...
Patient studies of a new sensing device have proved it can provide early warning of the potential failure of breast reconstruction surgery, making it easier...
