THURSDAY Jan. 23, 2014, 2014 -- Researchers who identified five new genes linked to belly fat say their findings could help efforts to develop medicines to treat obesity or obesity-related diseases such as heart disease, diabetes and ...
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Each year, about half of U.S. adults age 65 and older who are hospitalized must have family assist in medical decision-making, researchers say. Dr. Alexia Torke, an associate professor of medicine at Indiana ...
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Etoposide plus cisplatin, given alongside accelerated hyperfractionated thoracic radiotherapy (AHTRT), remains the gold standard regimen for patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer (SCLC), Japanese researchers say. The phase ...
Children understand numbers differently than adults. For kids, one and two seem much further apart then 101 and 102, because two is twice as big as one, and 102 is just a little bigger than 101. It's only after years of schooling that we're ...
BrainScope Company, Inc. today announced that it has received an award from GE and the National Football League (NFL) to further enhance its portable concussion assessment system by combining imaging biomarkers with its brainwave ...
A novel combination of technologies made this possible A European consortium of epilepsy researchers has reported the discovery of a new gene involved in severe childhood epilepsy. Using a novel combination of technologies, including trio ...
An anti-malaria drug combination might be useful in helping to prevent pregnancy complications in women with lupus and the related disorder antiphospholipid syndrome, Yale School of Medicine researchers have found in a new study published ...
Difficulties with social contact in adolescents from the general population are associated with later development of psychosis, say researchers. This is consistent with studies in people at high risk for psychosis, in whom social ...
Explains why some motor neurons are not vulnerable to ALS and points to potential therapeutic target Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified a gene, called matrix metalloproteinase-9 (MMP-9), that appears to ...
Patients with depression have areas of reduced cortical thickness, with clear distinctions between those with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder (MDD), report US researchers. "Cortical thickness may prove to be a useful tool ...
Children around the world who grow up in dangerous neighborhoods exhibit more aggressive behavior, says a new Duke University-led study that is the first to examine the topic across a wide range of countries. Many U.S. studies have ...
As the New Year kicks off and resolutions become reality, cranberry juice lovers can feel good knowing their favorite cranberry products are the perfect solution to a healthy 2014. A recent study published in Nutrients, a peer-reviewed ...
On 22 January 2014 the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) published the results of a literature search for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines on the treatment of people with asthma. The aim of the ...
A new NPR/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health poll was released today on the views of Latinos in America about their health and health care, communities, financial situation, and discrimination in their lives. The ...
SCL Health System, along with its joint venture partner, Univita Health, announced today the acquisition of Denver-based All Care Home Health LLC. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition of All Care, a home healthcare company that ...