Study says some nursing homes gaming the system to improve their Medicare star ratings
Credit: Florida Atlantic University For families faced with the difficult decision of placing a loved one in a nursing home, a government rating system is...
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First long-term study on medical marijuana’s impact on opioid use for pain
Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine (Aug. 8, 2017) — BRONX, NY — The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded researchers at Albert Einstein...
Open data on adolescent health in 41 countries released
IMAGE: This is Professor Oddrun Samdal, HBSC Data Manager. Credit: Thor Brødreskift/University of Bergen A WHO-project on health in the adolescent population is now giving...
Effectiveness of drug to improve natriuretic peptide levels for…
Mihai Gheorghiade, M.D., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, and colleagues randomly assigned 456 patients with worsening chronic HF and reduced left...
A higher risk of breast cancer does not motivate many women to have screening checks
SAN DIEGO: Some women, because of genetic predisposition, personal, or family history, have a higher than average lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. For those...
Cool lizards are better at learning socially
Bearded dragons which are incubated in colder environments are better at solving cognitive tasks as adults than incubated in warmer temperatures, according to new research...
Poll: Nearly two-thirds of mothers ‘shamed’ by others about their parenting…
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health Some mommy-shaming "wars" become national news headlines. Actress Reese Witherspoon was recently food-shamed for f..
80-year-olds as street-savvy as 18-year-olds
Our gut instinct about whether a stranger poses a threat is as good when we’re 80 as when we’re 18, according to new research. Older...
Expression of certain genes may be key to more youthful looking skin
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Some individuals' skin appears more youthful than their chronologic age. Although many people try to achieve this...
Crowding in the skin
Credit: MPI f. Biology of Ageing Human skin is a remarkable organ serving as a barrier protecting us from pathogens, toxic substances and others. Our...
Scientists use magnetic fields to remotely stimulate brain — and control body…
Credit: Credit: Munshi et al, eLife BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scientists have used magnetism to activate tiny groups of cells in the brain, inducing bodily movements...
Refuting the idea that mutations cause cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center What causes cancer? Smoking, certainly, and also things like sun and chemical exposure. Cancer risk also increases with some...
New study on reasons for low rates of blood glucose monitoring in type…
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 21, 2017–Researchers in China who assessed self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) behavior among nearly 19,000...
Death rate for depressed heart patients double than for non-depressed heart patients
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center People who are diagnosed with coronary artery disease and then develop depression face a risk of death that's twice as high...
From mice, clues to microbiome’s influence on metabolic disease
Credit: Bryce Richter/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — The community of microorganisms that resides in the gut, known as the microbiome, has been shown to work in...
