The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care professionals individualize the decision to offer or refer adults without obesity who do not...
Credit: ECDC/European Centre for Disease prevention and Control The incidence of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection has been steadily increasing across the countries of the...
Credit: University of Plymouth People with long term conditions, multiple long term conditions and those at the end of life could see their care better...
PHILADELPHIA -- At least 28 million prescriptions for blood thinners are filled by pharmacists yearly for the irregular heartbeat of atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis,...
Doctors often prescribe preventative drugs to women who are to receive spinal blocks while giving birth via a Caesarean section. This is done to ensure...
Credit: Eskenazi Health INDIANAPOLIS - A visit by a home health worker, such as a nurse or physical therapist, within a week of an older...
DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher has received an 18-month, $308,000 Discovery Award from the Department of Defense for a clinical research study that...
Credit: Eric Raabe Laboratory studies suggest that an experimental drug already in early clinical trials for a variety of adult cancers might enhance radiation and...
Credit: Michael Polydefkis Johns Hopkins physicians report success in a small study of a modified skin biopsy that hastens the earlier diagnosis of an inherited...
Credit: (Image courtesy Sandia National Laboratories) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Water utilities have a Goldilocks problem: If they don't add enough chlorine, nasty bacteria that cause...
Credit: U.S. Naval Research Laboratory/Lt. Cmdr. Michael Prouty-NAMRU-2 (Released) WASHINGTON - Antibiotic resistance is one of the most significant global public health problems and is...
AURORA, Colo. (June 11, 2017) - Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have discovered that a process protecting the body from autoimmune...
Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered that a process that protects the body from autoimmune disease also prevents the immune...
Credit: AG Jacobs Bacteria of the species Staphylococcus aureus are among the most widespread and dangerous pathogens of our time. One of the reasons for...
GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For years, the underlying process that causes a debilitating muscle disorder in infants and young children has been largely unknown. Now, a...
