Overweight pregnant women can safely cut calories, restrict weight gain
Credit: Northwestern University CHICAGO --- Being obese or overweight during pregnancy can result in serious health problems for the mother and child. Obstetricians are often...
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LGBT community has poorer health outcomes, assessment finds
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 24, 2018) - The local LGBT community reports twice the number of poor mental health...
Results from the SOLVE-TAVI trial reported at TCT 2018
SAN DIEGO - September 23, 2018 - The first randomized study to compare general versus local anesthesia during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients...
Preventing underage drinking among youths on rural reservations
Underage drinking is a concern all over the country. Among American Indian and Alaska Native populations, there are especially serious issues: alcohol use and heavy...
Blowing the whistle on referee decisions
Credit: QUT Media It's one of the hardest jobs in sport that every armchair fan thinks they can do better. But QUT research has revealed...
SCAI-WIN announces the winner of the CHIP Fellowship
Today, the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) announced that Megha Prasad, MD, MS, has been selected as the recipient of the SCAI-Women in...
New research heralds a blood test for drowsy driving
During this unique study from the Sleep Research Centre at the University of Surrey, led by Professor Derk-Jan Dijk, 36 participants skipped one night of...
Too many people missing out on health benefits of golf, says expert panel
The consensus--one of the first of its kind--comes on the eve of the Ryder Cup, the biennial golf tournament between Europe and the US. Amid...
Prosthetic valve mismatches common in transcatheter valve replacement, ups risk of death
SAN DIEGO--In the largest multi-institutional study to date, led by researchers from Penn Medicine, the team found that among patients who underwent a transcatheter aortic...
Heart failure patients with mitral regurgitation benefit from minimally invasive procedure
A multicenter clinical trial has found that a minimally invasive procedure called transcatheter mitral valve repair significantly reduced hospitalizations and mortality for heart failure patients...
EACS issues position paper to improve cancer research and care
The European Academy of Cancer Sciences (EACS), an independent advisory body of medical specialists and researchers, has issued a position paper encouraging the European Union...
Researchers awarded for lifetime achievements in blood pressure research
Credit: Queen Mary University of London Two academics from Queen Mary University of London have received prestigious awards from the International Society of Hypertension (ISH)...
NIH supports study of health risks and resilience following Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Eight new awards will help researchers examine the health impacts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following the physical damage and community-level hardships...
Researchers explore how changes in diet alter microbiome in artificial intestine
Washington, DC - September 21, 2018 - Using an artificial intestine they created, researchers have shown that the microbiome can quickly adapt from the bacterial...
Morris Animal Foundation awards $850,000 in grants supporting wildlife research
Morris Animal Foundation is extending $850,000 in support to wildlife research through grants to 13 studies. The studies cover a diverse set of critical health...
