Promising breath-test for cancer
Potential for early warning of head, neck cancerCredit: Flinders University The global quest to use a person's breath analysis for ...
Tag: Mortality/Longevity
Pitt trauma experts aim to reduce deaths by providing blood-clotting agent
Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Oct. 5, 2020 - Severely injured trauma patients who received a blood-clotting drug before arriving at the ...
Penn Medicine researchers discover a rare genetic form of dementia
Credit: Edward Lee PHILADELPHIA -- A new, rare genetic form of dementia has been discovered by a team of Penn ...
Cardiac arrest, poor survival rates common in sickest patients with COVID-19
Credit: Stephanie King/ Michigan Medicine Even when a sudden cardiac arrest happens inside a top hospital, where a code blue ...
Breast cancer medication risk
Beta-blockers linked to lower survival in some patientsCredit: Flinders University New research led by Flinders University has found a link ...
Thousands of excess deaths from cardiovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic
Credit: University of Leeds A major new study has identified 2085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart ...
Maximizing cures and minimizing side effects in children with Hodgkin lymphoma
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network publishes free treatment recommendations for pediatric Hodgkin lymphoma, adding to growing library of pediatric cancer ...
Last-resort life support option helped majority of critically ill COVID-19 patients survive
ECMO outcomes study at experienced centers suggests key role for treating worst-hit patients as pandemic continuesCredit: University of Michigan It ...
US hospital admissions for non-COVID-19 have only partially rebounded from initial decline
Admissions still low among Hispanic neighborhoods and for respiratory diseasesCredit: J. Skinner et al. While declines in U.S. hospital admissions ...
Male baboons with female friends live longer
Strong opposite-sex bonds linked to better chances of survivalCredit: Photo by Susan Alberts, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Close bonds ...
MDIBL scientists decipher role of a stress response gene
Klf9 may be key to understanding the adverse health effects of chronic stressCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...
American Heart Association honors UVA endocrinologist for high blood pressure work
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Robert M. Carey, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia School of ...
IoT results-oriented exercise system for social distancing with field sensors, no gym needed
Credit: Copyright © 2020 American Physiological Society A common notion is to walk 10,000 steps a day to improve ones' ...
Premature deaths from alcoholic liver disease rising as gap between men and women narrows
Since the early 2000s, alcoholic liver disease deaths among non-Hispanic whites, particularly women, have increased more rapidly than rates among ...
Additional data on blood thinner efficacy for COVID-19 and insight on best possible regimens
Credit: Mount Sinai Health System Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, Mount Sinai researchers were among the first to show that ...
Study shows socioeconomic status linked to heart failure mortality in United States
Research highlights importance of addressing socioeconomic factors to improve outcomesCredit: University Hospitals CLEVELAND -- Heart failure is a medical condition ...
The CNIO pave the way for a future gene therapy to reverse pulmonary fibrosis associated with ageing
Credit: CNIO Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis is a potentially lethal disease for which there is currently no cure and that is ...
NSD2 enzyme appears to prevent cellular senescence
Toward an era where aging can be controlledCredit: Professor Mitsuyoshi Nakao Researchers from Kumamoto University in Japan have used comprehensive ...
UArizona Health Sciences researcher seeks safer, more effective leukemia treatment
Dr. Emmanuel Katsanis, of the University of Arizona Cancer Center, is studying a new chemotherapy treatment for patients with blood-related ...
Racial discrimination linked to suicide
Two reports: Pain of discrimination can be greater than will to live; reframing can helpCredit: University of Houston In this ...