How often do medical problems lead to bankruptcy?
CAMBRDIGE, MASS.--A team of researchers led by an MIT economist has found that medical expenses account for roughly 4 percent of bankruptcy filings among nonelderly...
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Surpassing critical blood pressure threshold could signal hypertension regardless of age
Boston, MA-- Hypertension, abnormally high blood pressure, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Many healthcare professionals still believe that incremental...
Study evaluates connection between drug, alcohol use and infant abdominal malformation
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Alcohol use early in the pregnancy by the mother may be a risk factor for a condition in which...
Drought-induced changes in forest composition amplify effects of climate change
The face of American forests is changing, thanks to climate change-induced shifts in rainfall and temperature that are causing shifts in the abundance of numerous...
Parkinson’s gene initiates disease outside of the brain
(PHILADELPHIA) - Until very recently, Parkinson's had been thought a disease that starts in the brain, destroying motion centers and resulting in the tremors and...
Children’s Hospital Los Angeles treats first patient on the west coast using gene therapy
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (March 21, 2018) - Surgeons of The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los Angeles completed a revolutionary gene...
New brain scanner allows patients to move freely for the first time
A new generation of brain scanner, that can be worn like a helmet allowing patients to move naturally whilst being scanned, has been developed by...
Learning to see
Credit: Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital A radiologist's ability to make accurate diagnoses from high-quality diagnostic imaging studies dire..
Brief cardiac arrest? Tend to the heart, but don’t neglect the brain
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences Patients who survive a brief cardiac arrest and who appear neurologically intact should nonetheless receive a detailed neuropsychological assessment...
Automated notification system improves follow-up of actionable tests pending at discharge
Many patients are discharged from the hospital with pending tests. For example, a patient may be awaiting biopsy results for a mass that may turn...
Forgetting details, getting the gist may prompt false memories in older adults
Older adults often complain about forgetting, but Penn State psychologists suggest that another problem may be misremembering. In a study, the researchers found that as...
Neuroscientists develop potential tools for the study of brain function
Credit: Melody Kroll, MU Division of Biological Sciences A team of University of Missouri neuroscientists are inching closer to developing the tools needed to decipher...
First ‘non-gene’ mutations behind neurodevelopmental disorders discovered
In the largest study of its kind, genetic changes causing neurodevelopmental disorders have been discovered by scientists at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators...
Researchers discover new anti-cancer protein
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum/Swiss Nanoscience Institute An international team of researchers has discovered a new anti-cancer protein. The protein, called LHPP, prevents the...
New insights into the late history of Neandertals
Credit: I. Crevecoeur Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have sequenced the genomes of five Neandertals that lived between...