City-wide effort boosts NYC’s colorectal cancer screening rates and eliminates…
A concerted effort to increase colorectal cancer screening rates led to a dramatic increase in NYC screening colonoscopy rates among average-risk men and women and...
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Cases of recurrent Clostridium difficile infection are soaring
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA–Intestinal infection with the bacterium Clostridium difficile is the most frequent healthcare-linked infection in the United States. Each year it afflicts about...
Teens and parents agree: Electronic cigarettes need restrictions
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — As electronic cigarette use skyrockets among youth, even teens agree with parents that what's known as "vaping" needs stricter rules. More...
Majority of incontinence treatments deliver poor results
Credit: Portrait photo: Magnus Gotander. "Unfortunately we are not actually curing the condition in that many cases. Surgery aside, the results delivered are poor. And...
Scientists discover combined sensory map for heat, humidity in fly brain
Credit: Marco Gallio, Northwestern EVANSTON, Ill. — Northwestern University neuroscientists now can visualize how fruit flies sense and process humidity and temperature together through a...
Regenstrief Institute investigator honored
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Regenstrief Institute investigator Daniel J. Vreeman, DPT, director of LOINC and Health Data Standards in the Regenstrief Center for Biomedical...
Refugees with PTSD regulate stress differently
Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. – New Michigan State University research has found that refugees diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder regulate stress differently...
GM soybean oil causes less obesity and insulin resistance but is…
Credit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have tested a genetically-modified (GM) soybean oil used in restaurants...
Asymptomatic atrial fibrillation poses challenges for cardiac care
Credit: CHEST Glenview, IL, Jan. 17, 2018 – Atrial fibrillation (AF) can often be asymptomatic, leading to difficulties in diagnosis and untreated risks for morbidity...
China’s one-child generation not so selfish after all
Credit: Yoshihiko Kadoya Every generation has a tendency to despair at the next one's perceived shortcomings, and Chinese society is no different in this regard....
Motorboat noise gives predators a deadly advantage
IMAGE: This image shows a predatory dottyback eyeing up a juvenile Ambon damselfish. Credit: Christopher Mirbach A pioneering new study shows the rate fish are...
New study compares sexual practices among older and younger HIV-infected women
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2017–A new study that compared HIV-positive women over 50 years of age with their...
Are women and minorities adequately represented in new drug testing?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 7, 2017–A new study to assess the effects of U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Ongoing HIV replication replenishes viral reservoirs during therapy
WHAT: In HIV-infected patients undergoing antiretroviral therapy (ART), ongoing HIV replication in lymphoid tissues such as the lymph nodes helps maintain stores, or reservoirs, of...
Rural nursing homes are falling behind in health information…
Credit: MU News Bureau COLUMBIA, Mo. – According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 1 million older Americans depend on nursing...
