Obesity may hasten disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
In a study of adults with rheumatoid arthritis, those who were severely obese experienced more rapidly progressing disability than patients who were overweight. This was...
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Oxford University Press and West China Hospital to launch Precision Clinical Medicine
Oxford University Press and the West China Hospital are pleased to announce the launch of Precision Clinical Medicine. Precision Clinical Medicine is an international, peer-reviewed,...
Study explores link between curiosity and school achievement
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Researchers know that certain factors give children a leg up when it comes to school performance. Family income, access to early...
Researchers find that lipid accumulation in the brain may be an early sign of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: McLean Hospital Belmont, MA - A collaborative team of researchers at McLean Hospital, a Harvard Medical School affiliate, and Oxford University has found that...
Get off the golf cart if you have knee osteoarthritis
CHICAGO --- From presidents to retirees, more than 17 million people over the age of 50 golf regularly. Knee osteoarthritis, which causes swelling, pain and...
A potential new weapon in the addiction battle: FDA-approved diabetes and obesity drugs
Cocaine and other drugs of abuse hijack the natural reward circuits in the brain. In part, that's why it's so hard to quit using these...
Gene transfer alters the neurodegenerative course of GM2 gangliosidosis
Since its clinical description in 1881, Tay-Sachs disease has had almost totemic significance as a cruel and relentless genetic condition that destroys the developing brain...
Hearing screening for public safety professionals — New method for ‘fitness for duty’ assessments
April 27, 2018 - Hearing is an important part of fitness-for-duty assessments of police officers and other public safety professionals - but standard hearing tests...
Size matters when fighting cancer, groundbreaking UTHealth study finds
HOUSTON - (April 26, 2018) - Doctors could be a step closer to finding the most effective way to treat cancer with a double whammy...
Public/private partnership fuels development of new research park in North Chicago
Credit: Rosalind Franklin University The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity recently approved the expansion of a state enterprise zone, designed to stimulate economic...
Hollings Cancer Center immunologist joins Association of American Physicians
Credit: Julia Lynn Physician scientist and Hollings Cancer Center immunologist Zihai Li, M.D., Ph.D., was inducted into the Association of American Physicians (AAP). The prestigious...
First results announced for the AVIATOR 2 international multicenter registry
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - Results of the AVIATOR 2 international registry are being presented as late-breaking clinical science at the Society for Cardiovascular...
First ever risk tool predicts readmission rates for patients after undergoing TAVR
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - A new study looked at the effectiveness of novel risk tool to predict 30-day readmission rates in patients undergoing...
Culprit vessel-only strategy has lower mortality rates compared to routine MVI
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - A contemporary, real-world analysis shows lower mortality rates when culprit-only intervention is used for patients with multivessel disease (MVD)...
Contemporary update to PROGRESS-CTO International Registry shows successful outcomes
SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - A significant update to the PROGRESS-CTO (PROspective Global Registry for the Study of Chronic Total Occlusion Intervention) International Registry...
