Generally, children who experience recurrent destructive conflicts between their parents are at a higher risk of later developing mental health problems. However, a new longitudinal...
New research warns that the normalisation of 'plus-size' body shapes may be leading to an increasing number of people underestimating their weight - undermining efforts...
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - June 22, 2018 - Men often tolerate stress urinary incontinence for more than two years before seeking medical help -...
New Orleans, LA - Faculty in LSU Health New Orleans schools of Medicine and Public Health and colleagues report that a collaborative effort to build...
Credit: University of Wisconsin-Madison MADISON, Wis. -- The human gut is teeming with microbes, each interacting with one another in a mind-boggling network of positive...
Bottom Line: An analysis of Medicare claims data suggests chronic opioid use in U.S. counties corresponded with support for Republican Donald Trump in the 2016...
Bottom Line: An analysis of prescription drug coverage policies for the treatment of low back pain suggests insurers could help to reduce opioid overuse by...
Health care insurers including Medicare, Medicaid and major private insurers have not done enough to combat the opioid epidemic, suggests a study led by researchers...
PITTSBURGH, June 22, 2018 - In the first 90 days of concurrent opioid and benzodiazepine use, the risk of opioid-related overdose increases five-fold compared to...
TORONTO, June 22, 2018 - A new CAMH and Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) study shows that people with schizophrenia account for more than...
Credit: Cynthia Brodoway, Nemours Wilmington, DE -- A Delaware team including Erin Crowgey, PhD, associate director of Bioinformatics with Nemours Biomedical Research, has published a...
Platelets are uniquely mammalian cells, and are the small cells of the blood that are critical for us to stop bleeding when we cut ourselves....
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine BRONX, NY--(June 20, 2018)--It's been known for years that humans and other mammals possess an antiviral gene called RSAD2...
(University of Bristol) Correlative light-electron microscopy is being used to increase our knowledge of how platelets are made in the body and the results are...
Heart failure is almost as common in women as men, but its characteristics vary by sex. A new review summarizes the current state of sex-sensitive...
