Poison centers receive 32 calls a day about kids exposed to prescription opioids
Credit: Nationwide Children's Hospital (COLUMBUS, Ohio) – A new study published online today by Pediatrics and conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy...
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Sexual function concerns not always reflected in prostate cancer…
Preserving sexual function was important to many men facing treatment for prostate cancer, according to a recent study by University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive...
Hitchhiking mites can provide clues to forensic entomologists
IMAGE: Carrion feeding Myianoetus muscarum mites is hitching a ride to their next meal on the fly Synthesiomyia nudiseta. Credit: Entomological Society of America Most...
Most Kidney Transplant Recipients Visit the Emergency Department After…
Certain characteristics may increase patients’ risk for needing emergency care Highlights • Risk factors for emergency department visits included younger age, females, black and Hispanic...
Noninvasive eye scan could detect key signs of Alzheimer’s years…
Credit: Cedars-Sinai LOS ANGELES (Aug. 17, 2017) — Cedars-Sinai neuroscience investigators have found that Alzheimer's disease affects the retina — the back of the eye...
OPTIMISTIC lowers long-stay nursing home residents’ avoidable…
Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The initial phase of OPTIMISTIC, an innovative program developed and implemented by clinician-researchers from the Indiana...
Adapting the transtheoretical model of behavior change to understand…
Credit: Dr. Jeffrey T. Parsons One of the most groundbreaking HIV prevention strategies for HIV?negative gay and bisexual men (GBM) is a once?daily pill called...
Study suggests more effective speech therapy approach for children…
IMAGE: Shelley Velleman, chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, lectures to students in her anatomy and physiology course about the different facial...
Caltech researcher David Anderson wins Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
Credit: Caltech CHAPEL HILL, NC – The UNC School of Medicine has awarded the 17th Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize to David Anderson, PhD, the Seymour Benzer...
UC-led study could bring about strategies to increase ‘good’ cholesterol
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI — After decades of individual attempts to identify the structure of the main building block of HDL (high-density lipoproteins), the...
Penn physicists discover why drying liquid crystal drops leave unusual…
Credit: University of Pennsylvania In previous papers, University of Pennsylvania physicists investigated the "coffee ring effect," the ring-shaped stain of particles left after drops of...
Gut bacteria may hold clues to Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. – The saying "Listen to your gut" is taking on new meaning in the hunt for clues about Parkinson's disease....
Adrian Raftery receives Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day Medal for contributions to statistics
Credit: Nick Crettier On March 15 at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., Prime Minister Enda Kenny of Ireland honored Adrian Raftery, a professor of statistics...
Prenatal cocaine exposure increases risk of higher teen drug use
Credit: CWRU While the crack cocaine epidemic peaked in the late 1980's, its effects are still causing harm to an estimated 3 million teenagers and...
Multi-social millennials more likely depressed than social(media)ly conservative peers
Credit: Tim Betler/UPMC PITTSBURGH, Dec. 19, 2016 – Compared with the total time spent on social media, use of multiple platforms is more strongly associated...
