Study investigates link between lactation and visceral, pericardial fat
Research supports health benefits of breastfeedingCredit: TTUHSC As demonstrated by multiple studies over the years, women who breastfeed have a ...
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Violence and its effects on healthcare service, access, and strategies
Credit: Laura Vargas PHILADELPHIA (April 8, 2021) - Many factors, including need, affect healthcare use. Strategies geared to enhancing the ...
FAIR Health unveils three new enhancements to consumer platform, including shoppable services tool
New shared decision-making website for providers complements FAIR Health consumer websiteCredit: FAIR Health NEW YORK, NY--April 8, 2021--The national, independent ...
Experts urge to remove care inequalities for adolescents and young adults (AYA) with cancer
Credit: ESMO Credit ESMO/SIOPE expert position paper raises awareness of need for age-appropriate specialist services to improve cancer outcomes Unique ...
U.S.-Mexico asthma study examines hygiene hypothesis amid pandemic
With a $15.3 million National Institutes of Health grant, a University of Arizona Health Sciences-led research team takes a three-pronged ...
South Korea data helps create framework to identify COVID-19 vulnerable areas worldwide
Credit: TTUHSC Though the U.S. and South Korea recorded their first official COVID-19 case on the same day, January 20, ...
How Fortnite and Zelda can up your surgical game (no joke!)
Scalpel? Check. Gaming console? Check. Study finds video games can be a new tool on surgical tray for medical studentsCredit: ...
New scholarship to reduce barrier for most promising medical students
$1.1 million gift from philanthropist Ann Bedell Hunt establishes Bedell Family Endowed Medical Scholarship at UC San Diego School of ...
Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation awards $1 million grant to CWRU School o
Credit: Case Western Reserve University The Mt. Sinai Health Care Foundation--continuing Mt. Sinai Medical Center's century-old tradition of caring for ...
New pandemic medicine course helped MCG adapt during COVID-19
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University When the COVID-19 pandemic forced medical students out of classrooms and clinical rotations this time ...
Researchers identify barriers to use of surface electromyography in neurorehabilitation
Kessler Foundation team proposes comprehensive approach to integrating surface electromyography into clinical practice as path to improving rehabilitative care for ...
Return to work and the path to recovery after serious injury in Black men
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (March 16, 20201) - After a traumatic injury, returning to work (RTW) can be a strong ...
Physicians and scientists join forces to develop the longevity medicine curriculum
Physicians and scientists highlight the importance of longevity medicine education and collaborate on the first longevity medicine course for physiciansCredit: ...
Heine H. Hansen Award: J. Vansteenkiste and F. Blackhall honored for lung cancer research
Credit: ESMO credit Lugano, Switzerland; Denver, CO, USA, 11 March 2021 - The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and ...