Vitamin D blood test may one day speed bipolar diagnosis in kids
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A blood test may have the potential to speed accurate diagnosis - and proper treatment - of bipolar disorder in children, new...
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Presentations at #AGS18 address advance care planning, osteoporosis, hypertension and falls
Credit: (C) 2018, American Geriatrics Society Breaking barriers to advance care planning for incarcerated older adults, improving osteoporosis screenings for older men, and exploring the...
In Europe, CHMP missed an opportunity for osteoporosis patients at high risk of fracture
Experts from the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) and the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (ESCEO) regret the...
Carbon taxes can be both fair and effective, study shows
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the use of fossil fuels, coupled with returning...
Tracking Aedes mosquito invasions in Panama
Credit: Credit: Sean Mattson, STRI According to new research in the journal PLOS ONE by scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) and Panama's...
Expert in symptoms and pain receives Society of General Internal Medicine’s highest award
Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS - Kurt Kroenke, MD, a Regenstrief Institute investigator and the director of the institute's education and training programs, has been named...
Genetic link to IBS identified in women
New research coordinated by Karolinska Institutet in Sweden links certain DNA variants to increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in women. The findings, published...
Negative fateful life events and the brains of middle-aged men
Conflict, a death in the family, financial hardship and serious medical crises are all associated with accelerated physical aging. In a new study, researchers at...
‘Coffee filter’ helps make new cancer drug Z-endoxifen 1000 times cheaper
Credit: Bart van Overbeeke/TU Eindhoven. Making drugs cheaper doesn't always require pricey investments. A joint initiative by researchers from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), the...
270 million visits made to English coastlines each year
Credit: Alex Smalley, University of Exeter Research has revealed for the first time that around 271 million recreational visits are made to marine and coastal...
Efficient genetic modification of immune cells
A new method enables genes in living T-cells in mice to be modified quickly and efficiently. It makes use of plasmids, a tried-and-tested method of...
New actors identified in atherosclerosis
Credit: Graphic: Cochain/Vafadarnejad/Saliba/Zernecke Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of death and disease in the Western world. In Germany, about 300,000 people each year suffer...
New point-of-care test quickly detects Lyme neuroborreliosis
A new research-based point-of-care test has been developed in Finland for detecting the Lyme neuroborreliosis spread by ticks. The test makes rapid initiation of antibiotic...
Dr. Patricia K. Coyle, multiple sclerosis clinician and researcher to lecture on DMTs
Credit: CMSC Optimal use of disease-modifying therapies (DMTs) may be one of the single most important clinical decisions made in treating multiple sclerosis (MS). Currently,...
Mefloquine effectively prevents malaria during pregnancy but is not well tolerated
Credit: Andalu Vila San Juan Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to malaria infections, which can have severe consequences on their health and that of their...