Day September 18, 2017

Medicine, Health Care Steroid Hormones Could Hold Further… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University   AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 15, 2017) – A group of steroid hormones could provide new insight into the bone loss and…

Medicine, Health Care Parents Not Confident Schools Can… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan   ANN ARBOR, Mich. — If your child had an asthma attack during the school day, would school personnel know how to…

Medicine, Health Care Time to Dial Back on… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan Anyone with diabetes who takes blood sugar medication knows their doctor prescribed it to help them. After all, the long-term effects…

Medicine, Health Care Memory Decline After Head Injury… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by Rutgers University   The excessive burst of new brain cells after a traumatic head injury that scientists have traditionally believed helped in recovery could instead lead to epileptic…

Medicine, Health Care A New Approach to High… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by Université de Genève Diabetes is characterised by a deficiency of insulin. The opposite is the case in congenital hyperinsulinism: patients produce the hormone too frequently and in…

Medicine, Health Care Deprescribing Gets Support from Canada’s… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by University of Montreal MONTREAL, Sept. 15, 2017 – Most Canadians over 65 years of age take a lot of prescription drugs — two-thirds, in fact, take more…

Medicine, Health Care University of Minnesota Researchers Replicate… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by University of Minnesota A new study published in the journal Nature Communications describes a breakthrough in research related to facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD). The debilitating genetic disease…

Medicine, Health Care ‘Exciting’ Discovery on Path to… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by University of Southampton Scientists at the University of Southampton have made a significant discovery in efforts to develop a vaccine against Zika, dengue and Hepatitis C viruses…

Medicine, Health Care Vaping Doubles Risk of Smoking… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by University of Waterloo   Teenagers who try e-cigarettes double their risk for smoking tobacco cigarettes, according to a new study. The study — from the University of Waterloo…

Medicine, Health Care Medical Students Not Trained to… Published: September 18, 2017.Released by Washington University School of Medicine Although 29 states and the District of Columbia allow marijuana use for medical purposes, few medical students are being trained how to…

(left) Coronal section of the locus coeruleus with the different populations of cells labeled with different colored retrograde tracers from the amygdala or medial prefrontal cortex. (right) A schematic. Green-labeled cells projected to the amygdala and were needed for fear…

At least 44 people have now died in a cholera outbreak in northeast Nigeria, the United Nations said Monday, calling for nearly $10 million to keep the disease from spreading. “To date, the outbreak has claimed at least 44 lives,…

Journal reference: The Lancet Haematology

Provided by: American Heart Association

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and other brain imaging technologies allow for the study of differences in brain activity in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The image shows two levels of the brain, with areas that were more active in healthy…

Tattoos and body piercings are an increasingly popular form of self-expression, but it is important for young people to carefully consider the consequences and potential risks associated with body modifications, according to the first clinical report on the topic published…