Tag: Medicine/Health

Centenary Institute in Sydney has found a brand new target for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis; our scientists have uncovered that the ...

Sex hormone levels in older men are linked to lower biological age

NEW ORLEANS--Older men tend to have lower biological age if they have higher levels of sex hormones, particularly the estradiol ...

Walking downhill after meals boosts bone health in postmenopausal women with diabetes

NEW ORLEANS--Walking downhill after eating can reduce bone resorption, the process in which old bone is broken down and removed ...

Does story time with an e-book change how parents and toddlers interact?

Study suggests that parents and children talk and interact less with electronic books compared to print books ANN ARBOR, Mich. ...

Are preventive drugs overused at the end of life in older adults with cancer?

A new study reveals that preventive medications--such as those to lower blood pressure or cholesterol, or to protect bone health, ...

Income inequalities in Indigenous groups linked to mental health issues

Indigenous peoples in Canada have high rates of psychological distress, suicidal thoughts and suicide attempts, and these mental health issues ...

Peptide shows promise for protecting kidneys from nephritis

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 25, 2019) - A synthetic peptide appears to directly disrupt ...

Obesity speeds up the start of puberty in boys, study finds

NEW ORLEANS--Girls are not the only ones who go through puberty early if they have obesity. Boys with obesity enter ...

Cost savings from growth hormone insurance strategies not passed on to patients

NEW ORLEANS--Increasingly aggressive insurance strategies have lowered the total costs and insurance costs of growth hormone drugs, but those savings ...

Patients bear increased financial burden for growth hormone treatment despite FDA approval

Using insurance data, study shows that cost to patients and their families has increased over time Philadelphia, March 24, 2019--Despite ...

Exercise adds up to big brain boosts

March 24, 2019 - Anyone who trains for a marathon knows that individual running workouts add up over time to ...

Autoimmune diseases are related to each other, some more than others

NEW ORLEANS-- Researchers using the world's largest twin registry to study seven autoimmune diseases found the risk of developing the ...

Particulate air pollution linked with reduced sperm production in mice

NEW ORLEANS--Exposure to tiny air pollution particles may lead to reduced sperm production, suggests new research in mice to be ...

BPA exposure during pregnancy can alter circadian rhythms

NEW ORLEANS--Exposure to the widely used chemical bisphenol A (BPA) during pregnancy, even at levels lower than the regulated "safe" ...

Females respond poorly to ketogenic weight loss diet in an animal model

NEW ORLEANS--The ketogenic diet recently has been touted for weight loss and improving blood sugar control, but a new study ...

Genetic rickets improves more with burosumab than standard care, study finds

NEW ORLEANS--Burosumab, a new injectable medicine to treat X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), an inherited form of rickets, demonstrates superior improvements in ...

Chemicals in household dust may promote fat cell development

NEW ORLEANS--Endocrine-disrupting chemicals present in household dust promote the development of fat cells in a cell model and could contribute ...

Screen time plus snacking a risk for metabolic disorder in teens