Medicare spending higher among older adults with disabilities who lack adequate support
Better support of older adults' care needs could offset Medicare spending A new study from researchers at the Johns Hopkins ...
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Genethon emphasizes its decisive role in the first gene therapy for a neuromuscular diseas
On May 24, the Food and Drug Administration approved Zolgensma®, a gene therapy drug for the treatment of spinal muscular ...
Coming soon: A home blood test to better monitor chronic illnesses
Université de Montréal's Laboratory of Biosensors & Nanomachines, in partnership with Montreal company Nanogenecs Diagnostics, has just been awarded a ...
Steroids can reduce lung cancer risk in COPD patients
Credit: Justin Ohata/UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences For many people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or COPD, a steroid inhaler ...
Reinvent Motherisk to protect mothers and babies
Canada should reinvent the Motherisk program to support pregnant women to have healthy babies, argues an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian ...
Licorice tea causes hypertensive emergency in patient
Licorice tea, a popular herbal tea, is not without health risks, as a case study of a man admitted to ...
Many patients with pancreatic cancer miss out on treatment that may extend survival
Despite potential for prolonging survival with treatment, one-third of patients with metastatic pancreatic cancer do not see a medical oncologist, ...
If you could learn every disease your child could possibly develop in life, would you?
Adding genomic sequencing results to traditional newborn screening means a baby could potentially test positive for numerous conditions that might ...
AFAR celebrates Women in Science and Tech
Honoring Aging2.0's Katy Fike and WOMANIUM's Prachi J. VakhariaCredit: Photo courtesy of Generator Ventures (Millbrae, CA) The American Federation for ...
New in Ethics & Human Research, May-June 2019
Parent experiences when approached for research in a pediatric intensive care unit, the role of inclusion benefits in ethics committee ...
Thoughts on body image in pregnancy important indicator of emotional wellbeing
Researchers have shown that a new way of assessing women's relationship with their bodies during pregnancy could help predict how ...
Vascularized kidney tissue engineered by WFIRM scientists
WINSTON-SALEM, NC, May 22, 2019 - Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine (WFIRM) researchers have shown the feasibility of bioengineering ...
Black men less likely than nonblack men to adopt active surveillance
Findings relate to men with low-risk prostate cancerCredit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Overall active surveillance rates are up, though the increase ...
New study estimates preventable cancer burden linked to poor diet in the US
Credit: Nako Kobayashi/Tufts University BOSTON (May 22, 2019, noon EDT)--A new modeling study estimates the number, proportion, and type of ...
Democratic sneaker design and ultrasonic car communications at UID19 — design talks and degree show
Get a sneak peek of the future when design students from all over the world show off their graduation projects ...
New 3D-printed technology lowers cost of common medical test
Credit: Sean Flynn/UConn A desire for a simpler, cheaper way to do common laboratory tests for medical diagnoses and to ...
TGen-Ethos underscore need for setting high standards in veterinary cancer diagnostics
Rapid, accurate cancer test is critical for dogs' treatment and survival PHOENIX, Ariz. -- May 22, 2019 -- Ethos Veterinary ...
Monkey-infecting virus may provide part of future HIV vaccine
Simian immunodeficiency virus envelope protein elicits desired anti-HIV antibody response in mice A protein from Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), which ...
The top 25 medical lab tests around the world
A recent study can help governments understand which diagnostic laboratory tests are most important when developing universal health coverage systems. ...
First states to expand Medicaid saw larger screening rate increases
Extending rates to non-expansion states would have led to 355,184 additional screenings A new study examining Medicaid expansion and cancer ...