A national conversation is essential to addressing challenging needs of an aging population
PHILADELPHIA (May 8, 2018) - Over forty percent of all older adults in the United States are living with four or more chronic illnesses, receive...
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LSUHealth NO La tumor registry among 16 funded by NCI seer program
New Orleans, LA - The Louisiana Tumor Registry (LTR) at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health has been awarded a one-year $1.8 million...
Many Airbnb venues lack basic safety protections, new study suggests
Many Airbnb venues in the United States fail to provide the critical carbon monoxide and fire safety protections that are legally required of hotels and...
Switching off insatiable hunger
In a new study researchers from the Institute for Experimental Pediatric Endocrinology of the Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have successfully treat patients whose obesity is...
Despite mutations in makona Ebola virus, disease consistent in mice, monkeys
Credit: NIAID WHAT: Early during the recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa, scientists speculated that the genetic diversity of the circulating Makona strain of virus...
New fertility treatment for men and women being developed at Ben-gurion U
NEW YORK, May 8, 2018 - Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers are developing a new, single-dose treatment which may improve both male and...
Financial strain has major impact on patients’ health care decisions
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - May 8, 2018 - Financial strain is the single most important factor in making health care decisions for low-income individuals,...
Climate change: Fake news?
Credit: World Scientific If you follow either traditional news sources or social media, you would have heard strikingly different assertions about scientific issues such as...
Majority of the population trusts state structures in consumer health protection
In the latest issue, it can be seen that people are becoming more and more aware of glyphosate, the active substance used in certain plant...
£53 million for research to probe genetic links to health and disease
(University of Edinburgh) Research into human genetics has received a £53 million boost from the Medical Research Council (MRC). Funds will support work at the...
Heartbeat out of sync
(University of Bonn) Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias often occur after a heart attack, as the scar tissue can interfere with the spread of electrical impulses that...
Troubling stats for kids with intellectual disabilities
COLUMBUS, Ohio - By federal law passed in 1975, children with intellectual disabilities are supposed to spend as much time as possible in general education...
A new mechanism for neurodegeneration in a form of dementia
Philadelphia, May 8, 2018 A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that dementia-related and psychiatric-related proteins cluster together to form aggregates in the brain, leading...
First proton imaging system to be installed in NHS high energy proton beam therapy center
One of the most complex medical imaging systems ever developed which uses proton beams to create 3D images of the internal anatomy of cancer patients...
Cell phones at summer camp: Research explores the effects
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Summer camp often conjures up images of wooded retreats with lakes and cabins, camping under the stars and making new friendships...
