Affordable health care means better access to diabetes prevention, management
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 100 million Americans are either living with diabetes or have higher than average blood...
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How can hospitals keep doctors positively engaged with their work?
November 13, 2018 - Individual and work-related factors may be helpful in promoting positive engagement with work among hospital physicians, according to a study in...
NIH scientists illuminate causes of hepatitis b virus-associated acute liver failure
Credit: NIAID WHAT: National Institutes of Health scientists and their collaborators found that hepatitis B virus (HBV)-associated acute liver failure (ALF)--a rare condition that can...
Stealth-cap technology for light-emitting nanoparticles
Credit: HZDR/Sahneweiss/istockphoto.com/Thomas-Soellner/Molekuul A team of scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), in collaboration with researchers from Monash University ..
Study examines opioid use among Massachusetts adolescents, trends in opioid prescriptions
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...
Weightlifting is good for your heart and it doesn’t take much
Credit: Iowa State University AMES, Iowa - Lifting weights for less than an hour a week may reduce your risk for a heart attack or...
UMass Amherst team works with Alaska native villages for suicide prevention
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - As the nights grow longer and winter settles in across the north, a team of health researchers is using...
Infectious diseases experts convene to explore lifesaving antibiotic research methods
BALTIMORE (November 13, 2018) - Healthcare professionals nationwide are gathering this week to discuss how to improve programs to better control antibiotic use in healthcare...
Blocking ‘secondary cataracts’
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...
Combination gene therapy more effective in cartilage preservation in osteoarthritis
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...
Arts research transforms Finnish society
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...
Brain changes found in self-injuring teen girls
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...
BU faculty honored with achievement awards from the American Academy of Ophthalmology
(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...
New methods to identify Alzheimer’s drug candidates with anti-aging properties
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...
£500,000 grant could lead to new antibiotic to combat superbugs
(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...
