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Credit: Paola Nogueras/Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (June 21, 2017) -- Ever burn your tongue so badly that you were unable to taste your food for a...

Breast implants may impede ECG and lead to false heart attack diagnosis

Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: Breast implants may impede an electrocardiogram (ECG) and could result in a false heart attack diagnosis, according to research...

Stroke history higher in asymptomatic versus symptomatic atrial fibrillation patients

Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: Newly diagnosed asymptomatic atrial fibrillation patients have a higher rate of previous stroke than those with symptoms, according to...

European Heart Rhythm Association congress becomes annual in 2018

Vienna, Austria - 21 June 2017: The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) announced today that its scientific congress will become an annual event from 2018....

Study seeks to improve screening for falls in emergency departments

When individuals visit the emergency department after falling, they may receive a diagnosis reflecting the injury sustained -- such as fractures, contusions, etc. -- without...

Small rodent species may become endangered

Credit: Thames Water A small rodent called the hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius) is a European Protected Species and is monitored by volunteers at sites in...

When estimating extinction risk, don’t leave out the males

Credit: Luke Eberhart-Phillips Extinction risk for some species could be drastically underestimated because most demographic models of animal populations only analyse the number and fertility...

Drowsy dormice doze into decline

Credit: Thames Water & People's Trust for Endangered Species Britain's population of hazel dormice, famed for their sleepy lifestyle, has declined by more than 70%...

Allen Institute releases new data and visualizations for Allen Brain Observatory

Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data and analysis tools for the Allen Brain Observatory: a...

Family history and location of genetic fault affect risk for carriers of cancer genes

A large scale study of women carrying faults in important cancer genes should enable doctors to provide better advice and counselling for treatments and lifestyle...

Age-specific overall risk of breast, ovarian cancer among women with BRCA1/2 genetic mutations

Researchers conducted an analysis that included nearly 10,000 women with the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic mutations to estimate the age-specific risk of breast or ovarian...

NAMS 2017 position statement updates guidelines for hormone therapy use

CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 20, 2017)--A new position statement on the use of hormone therapy (HT) for menopausal and postmenopausal women from The North American Menopause...

Experts set out plan to tackle ‘questionable integrity’ of medical evidence

A plan to tackle "serious flaws in the creation, dissemination and implementation of medical evidence" is set out by experts from The BMJ and Oxford...

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine impact factor increases

RESTON, Va. --The Journal of Nuclear Medicine (JNM)--the flagship publication of the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI)--has again been ranked among the...

Researchers call for paradigm shift in type 2 diabetes treatment