Dental hygiene, caveman style
Credit: Karen Hardy Bits of wood recovered from a 1.2-million-year-old tooth found at an excavation site in northern Spain indicate that the ancient relatives of...
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Partnership for a healthy brain
Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Center LA JOLLA–(Sept. 14, 2017) Salk Institute scientists have discovered that an interaction between two key proteins helps regulate and maintain the...
TTUHSC El Paso Faculty publish cardiology textbook
Credit: Tommie Morelos / Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso EL PASO, Texas – A textbook guiding cardiologists on the latest treatments in...
To prevent infection after C-section, chlorhexidine better than iodine
IMAGE: Chlorhexidine-alcohol skin prep is superior to iodine-alcohol for preventing infection after C-section. Women undergo more cesarean sections each year in the United States than...
Listening to the patient’s voice: A more patient-centered approach to medication safety
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS — Communication between patients and clinicians that is patient-centered, taking into account patient concerns and preferences has important implications fo..
CNIC researchers discover a new target for the treatment of fatty…
IMAGE: This is an image of fatty liver. Credit: CNIC Two proteins, p38 gamma and p38 delta, control the accumulation of fat in the liver,...
When one twin gets cancer, other faces higher risk
A large new study of twins has found that having a twin sibling diagnosed with cancer poses an excess risk for the other twin to...
Mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s diagnoses trigger lower self-ratings of…
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA — Researchers at Penn Medicine have discovered that a patient's awareness of a diagnosis of cognitive impairment may diminish their self-assessment...
How the brain recognizes familiar faces
Credit: Laboratory of Neural Systems at The Rockefeller University There's nothing quite like the rush of recognition that comes from seeing a familiar face. But...
New insights into cause of phantom limb pain may have therapeutic…
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan – Phantom limb pain is the pain experienced following loss of a limb, either from injury or amputation. This sensation...
New medication guidelines for rheumatic disease patients having joint…
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons has developed guidelines for...
Wayne State and Henry Ford present findings on ESRD and CKD
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – On November 17, 2016, a Wayne State University doctoral student, Matthew Jasinski, will present results from his dissertation at...
Following Presidential action, AGS renews call for bipartisan…
Credit: (C) 2017, American Geriatrics Society Presidential action to alter current law risks undermining progress made by Congress, the American people, and a cadre of...
Study finds mild exercise helps decrease pain and improve activity…
Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery It's never too late to reap the benefits of exercise, and that includes older adults with arthritis and other muscle...
Prostate cancer screening drops dramatically in middle-aged men
(Nov. 17, 2015, BOSTON) – PSA testing has dropped significantly in middle-aged men after a 2012 recommendation that all men should not be routinely screened...
