Day February 21, 2018

Medicine, Health Care Number of Obese Years Not… Published: February 20, 2018.Released by Johns Hopkins Medicine   In an analysis of clinical data collected on more than 9,000 people, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown that the number of years spent overweight…

Medicine, Health Care MRI Technique Differentiates Benign Breast… Published: February 20, 2018.Released by Radiological Society of North America   OAK BROOK, Ill. – An MRI breast imaging technique that requires no contrast agent, combined with sophisticated datan analysis, could reduce the…

Medicine, Health Care Study Looks at How Newly… Published: February 20, 2018.Released by St. Michael’s Hospital   TORONTO, Feb. 19, 2018–A new study published today found that a newly discovered gene helps grow blood vessels when it senses inadequate blood flow…

Medicine, Health Care D-galactose Affects Ageing Male And… Published: February 20, 2018.Released by Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona – A research study by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in collaboration with the University of La Laguna (ULL) demonstrates in mice…

Medicine, Health Care Past Encounters with the Flu… Published: February 20, 2018.Released by University of Chicago Medical Center   New research on why the influenza vaccine was only modestly effective in recent years shows that immune history with the flu influences…

Medicine, Health Care Team Identify Genetic Targets for… Published: February 20, 2018.Released by University of Missouri-Columbia   Autism is a spectrum of closely related symptoms involving behavioral, social and cognitive deficits. Early detection of autism in children is key to producing…

Study finds that early dermatology consultation for presumptive cellulitis can improve patient outcomes, reduce costs and reduce unnecessary hospitalization. Cellulitis – a bacterial infection of the skin – is a common medical condition, yet there is no diagnostic tool for…

ROCHESTER, Minn. — When people are suffering from a chronic medical condition, they may place their hope on treatments in clinical trials that show early positive results. However, these results may be grossly exaggerated in more than 1 in 3…

CLEVELAND, Ohio (February 21, 2018)–The Women’s Health Initiative found that hormone therapy (HT) use was associated with a reduction in vertebral fracture risk. A new study shows these same benefits may also guard against a woman’s risk of developing hyperkyphosis,…

A recent study published in Health Education Research suggests that lay-health workers may be able to significantly reduce readmissions rates to hospitals for high risk patients following surgery. A lay-health worker is someone who has received some training to promote…

A new paper in the Oxford Art Journal examines the significance of a newly discovered recoding of Andy Warhol’s famous 1963 interview with Gene Swenson, published in ARTnews under the heading “What is Pop Art?” The printed interview omitted a…

MINNEAPOLIS — February 21, 2018 — Results from a retrospective study of 1,629 patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) showed that survival at 4 years following allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) for patients age 65 years and older is comparable to…

Republicans who believe that God is highly engaged with humanity are like Democrats — more liberal — when it comes to social and economic justice issues, according to a Baylor University study. “Partisanship explains only so much. Images of God…

IMAGE: CONTISOL was tested at Cologne, Germany using simulated ‘suns’, rather than an actual solar field, and the storage and heat exchanger was also simulated, because the reactor itself is the… view more  Credit: DLR International solar thermal energy researchers have…

IMAGE: These are ways to reduce health risks from space radiation during deep space travels. Multiple approaches from medical selection of radioresistant individuals to gene therapy may be proposed. view more  Credit: Biogerontology Research Foundation, NASA Ames Research Center, Environmental and…

Finding a solution to the causes and impacts of marine litter is now widely recognised as one of the major environmental challenges of our time. And one of the key elements required to address the issue is encouraging people of…