NEW YORK (Sept. 20, 2018) -- Healthcare-associated infections can be reduced by up to 55 percent by systematically implementing evidence-based infection prevention and control strategies,...
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are commonly used as inflammation blockers worldwide. However, recent clinical data show these painkillers can...
ATHENS, Ohio (Sept. 20, 2018) - A new federally-funded research project at the Ohio University Edison Biotechnology Institute and Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine could...
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- The medical community has long known that patients on long-term opioid therapy often have significantly more health care visits. But adhering to...
Credit: Jennifer Böhm A growing world population means that more food is needed which in turn may require more land to grow food crops. More...
Credit: © Photo: Rolf Müller/UKB-Ukom How do we know if we're looking at three apples or four? Researchers at the Universities of Bonn and Tübingen...
Reston, Va. (September 20, 2016) - The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018-2020 SNMMI...
INDIANAPOLIS - With the support of a new $3 million, five-year National Institute on Aging grant, researchers from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University Center...
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study assesses the effect of receiving an Annual Wellness Visit (AWV) between 2011 and 2013 on the...
Credit: Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 322 million people worldwide were affected by depression in 2015--4.4 percent of the world's...
Credit: Carnegie Institution for Science Baltimore, MD-- Body organs such as the intestine and ovaries undergo structural changes in response to dietary nutrients that can...
Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington has patented a smart seat cushion that uses changes in air pressure to redistribute body weight and...
A protein produced by the human body appears to be a promising new drug candidate to treat conditions that lead to acute renal failure. This...
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A novel mathematical approach has uncovered that some animal cells have robust 12-hour cycles of genetic activity, in addition to...
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The accuracy and reproducibility of research studies are a major concern of the scientific community. Researchers at Baylor College of...
