For many, ‘flexible work boundaries’ become ‘work without boundaries’
Credit: Lehigh University Personal relationships and home life suffer for those tied to their work emails round-the-clock, according to a new study. The study is...
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Novel blood test predicts kidney cancer risk and survival five years prior to diagnosis
A critical biomarker of kidney disease may help predict clear cell kidney cancer - the most common form of kidney cancer - years before clinical...
Association of radiation therapy plus lumpectomy in reduced risk of dying in women with DCIS
Bottom Line: Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared with lumpectomy or mastectomy alone...
Adolescent health undervalued and under-invested across the globe
Melbourne's Murdoch Children's Research Institute, in partnership with Harvard Medical School, has discovered that adolescent health programs across the developing world receive only a tiny...
Global funding for adolescent health misses the target
Even though adolescents make up 26 percent of the population in developing countries, their health claimed a meager 1.6 percent of global development assistance between...
Precision public health method identifies clusters of respiratory disease in Uganda
A study led by researchers at Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Department of Medicine...
Early type 1 diabetes shortens women’s lives by 18 years
Credit: Charlotta Sjostedt Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of ten years die an average of nearly 18 years earlier than women...
Over-the-counter drugs, dietary supplements and their effect on lab test results
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs and dietary supplements are widely used and popular, with US households spending an average of almost USD 350 annually on OTC products....
Breastfeeding in Germany from a scientific viewpoint
Is breastfeeding really better? The intense debate on this question has been going on for decades -- and is often controversial and emotionally discussed. Breastfeeding...
Francisella tularensis infections from foods unlikely
In Germany, 41 cases of tularemia were reported in 2016. The infections are mainly due to direct contact with infected animals or with insect vectors...
Tough life in the savannah? Chimpanzee foods are mechanically more demanding than previously thought
Credit: Adam van Casteren Chimpanzees are generally known as the ripe fruit specialist among the great apes but also incorporate other food items such as...
MSU scientists unraveled the influence of aging on kidneys regeneration ability
Credit: Courtesy of Egor Plotnikov. Autophagy is a process of destruction and processing of damaged cell components by the cells themselves. It is used by...
Initiation of potentially inappropriate drugs linked to higher fracture, mortality risk
A recent study published in The European Journal of Health Economics finds that the initiation of potentially inappropriate medication (PIM) is associated with a higher...
Mechanism of fibrosis development discovered
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is an incurable lung disease of unknown origin with limited treatment...
Findings from Marshall University researcher reveal insights into brain circuitry
Credit: Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - New research from a team led by Marshall University scientist W. Christopher Risher,...
