Healthy diets linked to better outcomes in colorectal cancer
Colorectal cancer patients who followed healthy diets had a lower risk of death from colorectal cancer and all causes, even those who improved their diets...
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Electronic medical records show promise in reducing unnecessary testing
Upon implementing electronic medical record-based interventions, Boston Medical Center reduced unnecessary diagnostic testing and increased the use of postoperative order sets, two markers of providin..
UTA researchers find genomic evidence of rapid adaptation of invasive Burmese pythons in Florida
Credit: UTA Florida has become a haven for invasive species in the United States, but perhaps the most well-known of the State's alien residents is...
Researchers discuss the role of evidence-based medicine in healthcare decision making
A special issue of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)'s Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making explores the competing perspectives on evidence-based medicine,...
Making the case for a comprehensive national registry for pediatric CKD
Credit: Children's National Health System Even though chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a global epidemic that imperils cardiovascular health, impairs quality of life and heightens...
The terrible yet unrecognized toll violence takes on children
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - Joy D. Osofsky, PhD, Paul J. Ramsay Chair and Professor of Pediatrics and Psychiatry at LSU...
New drug could sustain oxygen-starved hearts
Running low on oxygen is a major danger for any of your body's tissues, but the heart is particularly sensitive to such hypoxic conditions, which...
Cleveland Clinic shows better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life
Friday, October 19, 2018, CLEVELAND: Cleveland Clinic researchers have found that better cardiorespiratory fitness leads to longer life, with no limit to the benefit of...
Recent survey provides updated national estimate of doctors’ financial ties to industry
Credit: The Dartmouth Institute Since 2013, gifts and payments to doctors by pharmaceutical and medical device companies have been publicly reported. In addition, some medical...
How do pelvic floor muscle exercises reduce overactive bladder symptoms?
October 19, 2018 - Overactive bladder (OAB) is a common form of urinary incontinence that is widely treated with pelvic floor muscle (PFM) training. A...
Sleep apnea more deadly when patients experience short interrupted breaths
Credit: Oregon Health & Science University/Kristyna Wentz-Graff Patients with sleep apnea who have short interruptions in breathing while they sleep are at higher risk for...
Juul e-cigarettes pose addiction risk for young users, Stanford study finds
Teens and young adults who use Juul brand e-cigarettes are failing to recognize the product's addictive potential, despite using it more often than their peers...
Pod-based electronic cigarette use among California youth
Bottom Line: Adolescents and young adults who used new pod-based electronic cigarettes commonly did so along with other e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes. Why The Research...
Link found between chronic inflammation and risk for Alzheimer’s disease
(Boston)--While it is widely shown that possessing the ApoE4 gene is the major genetic risk factor of Alzheimer's disease (AD), not all ApoE4 carriers develop...
Patients at risk of coverage denial
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital analyzed a national sample of Emergency Department visits between 2011-15 to determine what proportion of them could be denied...
