Health burden of glaucoma has risen worldwide
The health burden of glaucoma has continuously increased around the globe in the past 25 years, according to an Acta Opthalmologica study. Higher burdens were...
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Being overweight in adolescence may increase kidney cancer risk later in life
Being overweight has been linked with a higher risk of developing a form of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma (RCC) among adults, but it's...
Complex medication regimens are common & sometimes dangerous in patients with lung disease
Patients with interstitial lung disease--a group of disorders causing progressive scarring of lung tissue--are often prescribed various medications that specifically target their disease and others...
Is the drug overdose epidemic unique to the United States?
Is the current American drug overdose epidemic an isolated phenomenon? Have other high-income countries experienced similar increases in drug overdose mortality, or are they likely...
The ‘Laminar Express’: USU engineers dissect the two-seam fastball
Credit: USU News Release -- LOGAN, UTAH -- The worlds of engineering and baseball have collided. Researchers at Utah State University are breaking down the...
IDRI partners with Afrigen Biologics and Biovac to produce tuberculosis vaccine
Transferring technology to South Africa for on-site vaccine production In an effort to produce vaccines where they are needed most, IDRI (Infectious Disease Research Institute)...
Genetic study seeks to prevent foodborne infection caused by Salmonella
Project presented at FAPESP Week London identifies genes that allow bacteria to survive in the digestive tract of poultry and thus infect humansCredit: André Julião...
Certain factors linked with higher risk of infection after orthopaedic surgery
In an International Wound Journal study of 4,818 older patients undergoing elective orthopaedic surgeries, five risk factors were linked with an increased risk of developing...
High-performance grout aims to encapsulate Hanford secondary waste
Credit: Maegan Murray, WSU Tri-Cities RICHLAND, Wash. - After seeing initial success in developing an ultra high-performance grout to potentially encapsulate solid secondary waste at...
A prosthetic that restores the sense of where your hand is
Credit: Luca Rossini The next-generation bionic hand, developed by researchers from EPFL, the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa and the A. Gemelli University...
Free patient case management tool accurately measures physicians’ diagnostic abilities
Assessing the accuracy and value of an increasingly popular and free online patient management app, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and other institutions say that...
2 Rice faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
Torres, Yi selected for work in ocean sciences, physicsCredit: Photo courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory HOUSTON -- (Feb. 20, 2019) -- Two Rice...
How obesity affects vitamin D metabolism
A new Journal of Bone and Mineral Research study confirms that vitamin D supplementation is less effective in the presence of obesity, and it uncovers...
Unnecessary testing for UTIs cut by nearly half
Over-testing drives up health-care costs, promotes overuse of antibiotics Tests to detect urinary tract infections (UTI) often are performed routinely in hospitals, even when patients...
The dollar store diet: Study shows discount produce matches quality of traditional chains
Dollar stores offer a good option to both low-income and budget shoppers, UNLV research finds When you hear about dollar discount stores, the first thought...
