Novel PET imaging method more fully evaluates extent of rheumatoid arthritis inflammation
Credit: N Narayan et al. 2018, University of Oxford, Headington, Oxford, UK RESTON, VA - A new positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method more fully...
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National school food policies have potential to improve health now and later
Credit: Via Pexels BOSTON (July 9, 2018)--Providing free fruits and vegetables and limiting sugary drinks in schools could have positive health effects in both the...
Pancreatic cancer: Mutable cancer cells are more dangerous
Credit: Sylvia Willax Pancreatic cancer often spreads, forming metastases in the liver or lungs. The prognosis is better for patients with metastases in the lungs....
Under pressure: The surgeon’s conundrum in decision making
In a small study based on conversations with 20 hospital-based surgeons, Johns Hopkins researchers say they found that most report feeling pressure to operate under...
Wills Eye Hospital announces $5 million gift to support vision research — Ushering in new era of scientific advancements
Credit: Wills Eye Hospital Philadelphia, PA - Wills Eye Hospital is proud to announce that a gift of $5 million has been made to the...
Flavors are key to smokers switching to vaping — US study
Credit: Fontem Ventures New peer-reviewed research published today in the Harm Reduction Journal shows that flavours play a critical role in attracting - and retaining...
Medical errors may stem more from physician burnout than unsafe health care settings
Physician burnout is at least equally responsible for medical errors as unsafe medical workplace conditions, if not more so, according to a study led by...
First-trimester screening of pregnant women for elevated bacteria levels in urine
First-trimester screening of pregnant women for asymptomatic bacteriuria -- higher than normal bacteria levels without symptoms of a bladder infection -- is recommended by the...
Lifetime sentence: Incarcerated parents impact youth behavior
Chicago, IL - A new study published in Pediatrics found that young adults who had a parent incarcerated during their childhood are more likely to...
Younger patients don’t attain survival benefit from current rectal cancer treatment recommendations
A new study reveals that individuals younger than 50 years of age who are diagnosed with rectal cancer do not experience an overall survival benefit...
Physician burnout in small practices is dramatically lower than national average
Credit: Department of Population Health, NYU Langone Health Physicians who work in small, independent primary care practices--also known as SIPs--report dramatically lower levels of burnout...
Parents who had severe trauma, stresses in childhood more likely to have kids with behavioral health problems
A new study finds that severe childhood trauma and stresses early in parents' lives are linked to higher rates of behavioral health problems in their...
Simple test to predict rare cancers’ likely spread
Credit: Credit: QUT, Arutha Kulasinghe New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to other organs and researchers are...
Preventative HIV vaccine candidate triggers desired immune responses in humans and monkeys, and protects monkeys from infection
BOSTON - More than three decades after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists are still working to develop a preventative vaccine that...
Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards over $3.6 million to nine top clinical investigators
New York, NY (July 6, 2018) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named six new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators at its spring 2018 Clinical...
