Health literacy linked to blood pressure medication adherence among Hispanics
Despite connection, NYU Meyers and Columbia study finds troublingly low rates of both health literacy and medication adherence Good health ...
Tag: Medicine/Health
Multiple sclerosis — Helping cells to help themselves
Researchers decipher one of the body's brain regeneration mechanismsCredit: Copyright: Staroßom/Charité Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage ...
All too human
The price we pay for our advanced brains may be a greater tendency to disordersCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. ...
New skin test detects prion infection before symptoms appear
Proof-of-concept study demonstrates test's preclinical utilityCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Prions can infect both humans and animals, ...
White blood cells related to allergies may also be harnessed to destroy cancer cells
Eosinophil immune cells are capable of killing colon cancer cells, Tel Aviv University researchers say A new Tel Aviv University ...
Bentham Science publishes new edition of Higgin's organ donation guide
This book is by Dr. Robert S. D. Higgins, and Dr. Juan Sanchez, published on Nov. 29, 2018 The lifesaving ...
Keeping astronauts healthy during deep space missions
When you get sick, a doctor or hospital is typically right down the road, a couple hours away at most. ...
GSK and Sanofi join FinnGen, a large scale genome study of the Finnish population
The FinnGen study, launched in autumn 2017, is a broad academic-industrial collaboration between the Finnish biobanks and their respective Universities, ...
Orthopedic implants double the rate of bone lengthening in kids
Russian scientists developed advanced implants for the Ilizarov orthopedic systemCredit: Tomsk Polytechnic University The implants developed by TPU scientists passed ...
The second volume of Frontiers in Ceramic Science is now available
This book is by Dr. Moisés R. Cesário, Dr. Daniel A. de Macedo, Dr. Cédric Gennequin & Dr. Edmond Abi-Aad, ...
Exercise before surgery can protect both muscle and nerves, study suggests
Exercise expert seeks to prevent damage caused by restoration of blood flowCredit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Exercise can ...
Study identifies new genes associated with the leading cause of blindness
A new study, published in Clinical Epigenetics, identifies genes associated with Age-related Macular Degeneration (AMD) that could represent new targets ...
A concise and visual reference diagnostic ultrasonography and biopsy of the thyroid gland
This book is by Dr. Samer El-Kaissi, and Dr. Jack R. Wall, Published on: December 11th, 2018. The book provides ...
Antiepileptic drugs linked to accumulation of hospital days in persons with Alzheimer's disease
People with Alzheimer's disease who used antiepileptic drugs had a higher number of accumulated hospital days than people with Alzheimer's ...
Human respiratory viruses continue to spread in wild chimpanzees
MADISON - Less than two years after the first report of wild chimpanzees in Uganda dying as a result of ...
Investigators close in on best treatment guidelines for critical limb ischemia
1,572 patients enrolled in ongoing trial Critical limb ischemia (CLI), a manifestation of peripheral arterial disease, is a debilitating and ...
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists link concussions to epilepsy development
Altered astrocytes may be the root of epilepsy developmentCredit: Oleksii Shandra/Fralin Biomedical Research Institute Researchers at the Fralin Biomedical Research ...
Frog eggs help researchers understand repair of DNA damages
The DNA replication process, which takes place every time a cell divides, also triggers repair of DNA damage, researchers from ...
Gene changes may predict breast cancer relapse, study suggests
Scientists have identified genetic changes that may predict the likelihood of breast cancer relapse in women taking a common type ...
Faulty molecular master switch may contribute to AMD
NIH researchers discover that TGF-beta signaling governs immune cell function in the eyeCredit: Credit: Wenxin Ma, M.D., Ph.D., and Wai ...