Can chocolate, tea, coffee and zinc help make you more healthy?
Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. A team of researchers led by Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivanovi-Burmazovi from...
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The Lancet Oncology: For new HPV DNA test, study finds there may be little benefit in screening women aged 55 with a negative test
Regular cytology screening (pap or smear test) is still the most commonly used HPV screening method, and can prevent cancers up to age 75 years,...
‘Human brain’ supercomputer with 1million processors being switched on for first time
The world's largest neuromorphic supercomputer designed and built to work in the same way a human brain does has been fitted with its landmark one-millionth...
Online program helps prevent teen depression
Credit: UIC/Monika Marko and TJ Crawford Although up to 20 percent of adolescents experience a depressive episode each year, the medical community has struggled to...
Molecular virologist fights influenza at the molecular level
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Molecular virologist Chad Petit, Ph.D., uses basic science to fight influenza -- through experiments at the atomic level. This includes...
Study finds hospital communication-and-resolution programs do not expand liability risk
Boston, MA -- To be more transparent and to promote communication with patients after medical injuries, many hospitals have implemented a new approach called the...
Internists note that final CMS payment rule improves on proposed changes to E/M codes
Washington, DC (November 2, 2018) -- The American College of Physicians (ACP) appreciates that the final Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and the Quality Payment Program...
O’Donnell Brain Institute helps US effort to research learning, memory
DALLAS - Nov. 2, 2018 - UT Southwestern's O'Donnell Brain Institute will help in a national effort to understand the neural circuits behind learning, memory,...
Food for thought
From the standpoint of heart health, the Tsimane are a model group. A population indigenous to the Bolivian Amazon, the Tsimane demonstrate next to no...
Physicists explain how large spherical viruses form
Credit: Zandi lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- A virus, the simplest physical object in biology, consists of a protein shell called the capsid, which...
Gene PPM1D gives stem cells a ‘winning boost’ after chemotherapy
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Chemotherapy has been associated with increased risk of leukemia years after the treatment, but what leads to that association is...
Study examines racial disparities in patient characteristics, survival after heart attack
Bottom Line: This study analyzed data for about 6,400 patients who had heart attacks to compare black and white patients across a range of characteristics...
How often are cost considerations documented in clinical notes?
Bottom Line: Treatment in intensive care units (ICUs) is driven by urgency rather than economic considerations. Many clinicians have been trained not to consider financial...
Rise in indicators extends positive trend for Americans with disabilities
Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - November 2, 2018 -The key economic indicators for Americans with disabilities continued to rise, according to today's National...
How one tough shrub could help fight hunger in Africa
Credit: The Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - The trick to boosting crops in drought-prone, food-insecure areas of West Africa could be a ubiquitous native...
