Month: June 2017

Cardiovascular risk factors such as high blood pressure, cholesterol and smoking have long been associated with cognitive deficiencies in adults. A new study, published today in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, …

Credit: Susanna Hamilton, Broad Communications, from material provided by Leslie Gaffney and Lauren Solomon Following up on findings from a an earlier genome-wide association study (GWAS) of type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Latinos, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) traced an association detected in that study to variants in a specific gene, SLC16A11, and uncovered two distinct mechanisms by which those variants disrupt the gene’s function in

Transmission electron microscope image of negative-stained, Fortaleza-strain Zika virus (red), isolated from a microcephaly case in Brazil. The virus is associated with cellular membranes in the center. Credit: NIAID New guidance for including pregnant woman and their babies in Zika vaccine research has been published today. It has been issued by a group of international experts in vaccinology, maternal and child health, public health and ethics. Zika infection in pregnancy can have devastating effects on

Dr. Corinne Fischer, director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and lead author of the study. Credit: St. Michael’s Hospital People with Alzheimer’s disease who experience psychosis—including delusions and hallucinations—are five times more likely to be misdiagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies compared to patients who do not, new research suggests. Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia characterized by protein deposits in the brain including twisted fibers found inside

Medicine, Health Care ACP Applauds House for Passage… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by American College of Physicians   (Washington, June 29, 2017) — The American College of Physicians (ACP) applauds the House of Representatives for its passage of a multifaceted approach to medical-liability reform, the “Protecting Access to Care Act” (H.R. 1215), yesterday. In a March 15 letter to bill-sponsor Congressman Steve King, ACP noted that the legislation will, among other things, set a federal limit

Medicine, Health Care Researchers Find Link Between Food… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health   June 29, 2017 — Researchers at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and Albert Einstein College of Medicine studied the link between food allergy and childhood anxiety and depression among a sample of predominantly low socioeconomic status minority children. The results showed that children with a food allergy had a significantly higher prevalence of

Medicine, Health Care Even Perfectly Clean Hands Can… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Drexel University Even if hospital workers practice perfect hand hygiene, MRSA can still spread among babies in the NICU, according to new research led by a Drexel University researcher. Neal D. Goldstein, PhD, assistant research professor in the Dornsife School of Public Health, and his team of researchers decided to look at how the complex patient care environment of a neonatal intensive

Medicine, Health Care Subtle Molecular Changes Along the… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Georgetown University Medical Center   WASHINGTON (June 30, 2017) — Based on a new molecular study of tissues biopsied from various parts of the upper digestive tract, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified significant, if subtle, differences in gene mutations and other factors that could help in developing more tailored treatment options for cancer patients. This finding is notable because

Medicine, Health Care Genes May Cause Tumor Aggressiveness… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by George Washington University   WASHINGTON (June 30, 2017) — A form of genetic variation, called differential RNA splicing, may have a role in tumor aggressiveness and drug resistance in African American men with prostate cancer. Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center published their findings in Nature Communications. “We wanted to understand the genetic basis of prostate cancer disparities. Why is

Medicine, Health Care Why Does Acupuncture Work? … Published: June 30, 2017.Released by LA BioMed LOS ANGELES – The use of acupuncture to treat pain dates back to the earliest recorded history in China. Despite centuries of acupuncture, it’s still not clear why this method of applying and stimulating tiny needles at certain points on the body can relieve pain. Recent studies have raised additional questions, with some finding acupuncture reduced chronic pain while others

Medicine, Health Care Older Americans Don’t Get -… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Michigan Medicine – University of Michigan   ANN ARBOR, MI – The majority of Americans over age 50 take two or more prescription medicines to prevent or treat health problems, and many of them say the cost weighs on their budget, a new poll finds. People over 50 who talked to their doctors and pharmacists about the cost of their prescription drugs did

This post was originally published on this site Many studies have shown that Mediterranean diets (MD) help prevent the colorectal lesions that lead to cancer, but which elements of the diet offer the most protection? A new study from Israel’s Tel-Aviv Medical Center offers some answers. Researchers found that a diet rich in fish and fruit and miserly on soft drinks are the three most important components. “We found that each one of these three

This post was originally published on this site You may think your exposure to sun is minimal, if you spend more time in your car or indoors than out in the sun. But think again: The truth is you can still be exposed to dangerous levels of UV radiation from the sun while driving and in other indoor settings. “People think they are safe in the car,” says dermatologist Dr. Kally Papantoniou. “But you can

This post was originally published on this site FRIDAY, June 30, 2017 — Almost half of people with type 1 diabetes are still producing some insulin more than a decade after being diagnosed with the disease. The new findings challenge previous assumptions that people with type 1 diabetes lose the ability to produce any insulin — a hormone that helps usher sugar to cells to be used as fuel — over time. Researchers at Sweden’s

This post was originally published on this site FRIDAY, June 30, 2017 — Teen births in the United States dropped to a record low last year, falling 9 percent from 2015, U.S. health officials reported Friday. The overall birth rate declined, too, dropping 1 percent between 2015 and 2016, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The total number of births in 2016 was 3,941,109. Moreover, the fertility rate

Figure: Schematic diagram illustrating how hepatocytes or liver cells clear excess bile from blocked ducts. (A) Bile ducts are blocked in diseases such as biliary atresia. (B) Bile builds up behind the blockage, putting pressure on the surrounding cells that make up the walls of the duct. (C) If the pressure increases, the actin cortex, which lies inside the cell, may rupture. Once the actin filament network is fragmented, the bile will push the cell

High magnification micrograph of hypertrophic decidual vasculopathy, as seen in pregnancy-induced hypertension. Credit: Wikipedia (Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers from Singapore, the Netherlands and Turkey has isolated a hormone in pregnant mice that appears to be associated with preeclampsia—a pregnancy-related condition characterized by high blood pressure and kidney problems. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how they studied the hormone elabela in pregnant mice and their hope that their findings

Credit: University of Gothenburg Professionally active doctors increasingly hesitate to take on the task of tutoring students from undergraduate medical education. Stress and pressure from higher up, and sometimes also from colleagues, contributes to this ambivalence, according to a thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy. “If you don’t have clear support from management, a mistrust of the tutors can arise; you’re viewed as someone who doesn’t take care of patients and is just a burden. Tutoring should

It is not a good time to be a pain patient, says Mark Bailey, D.O., Ph.D., a pain specialist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. It’s not a good time to be a pain doctor, or a pharmacist either, he says. The nation is dealing with an opioid epidemic, and the field of pain management has gotten very complicated. Bailey, a clinical professor in the Department of Neurology, sat on the panel of the

The benefits of a Mediterranean diet (MD) are well-known when it comes to colorectal protection, but it’s hard to know specifically what elements of the diet are the healthiest. Now a new study, presented today at the ESMO 19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer suggests loading up on fish and fruit, and cutting back on soft drinks are the three most important things. “We found that each one of these three choices was associated with

Higher intelligence (IQ) in childhood is associated with a lower lifetime risk of major causes of death, including heart disease, stroke, smoking related cancers, respiratory disease and dementia, finds a study published …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The majority of reproductive-age and pregnant women who use opioids for non-medical purposes also use at least one other substance, ranging from nicotine or alcohol to cocaine, according to a University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health analysis. It was the first to look at use of multiple substances in a nationally representative group of U.S. women age 18 to 44. The findings, published online and scheduled for an upcoming

A new study, to be presented at the ESMO 19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer, shows that so-called “liquid biopsies”, blood tests that detect circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA), may not only sound an early alert that a treatment’s effect is diminishing, but may also help explain why -sometimes offering clues about what to do next. Why a cancer treatment is losing its effectiveness, is a question that preoccupies every patient and their doctor. But checking

Credit: Medical Research Council Today, a new drug will become available for patients with bowel cancer as part of a national clinical trial; based on a scientific discovery made only two years ago at the CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology. An Achilles’ heel of certain cancer cells – mutations in a gene called SETD2 – was discovered by a yeast genetics research group led by Professor Tim Humphrey at the Institute. Professor Humphrey and

Credit: Peter Griffin/public domain Less is more when it comes to helping children learn new vocabulary from picture books, according to a new study. While publishers look to produce ever more colourful and exciting texts to entice buyers, University of Sussex psychologists have shown that having more than one illustration per page results in poorer word learning among pre-schoolers. The findings, published in Infant and Child Development, present a simple solution to parents and nursery

By age 2, most children have been infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), which usually causes only mild cold symptoms. But people with weakened immune systems, such as infants and the elderly, can face serious complications, …

Senior author Shannon LaDeau samples pools of water collected in discarded trash for mosquito breeding activity. Credit: BES Photo Archive A new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology reports that in Baltimore, Maryland, neighborhoods with high levels of residential abandonment are hotspots for tiger mosquitoes (Aedes albopictus). This environmental injustice may leave low-income urban residents more vulnerable to mosquito-borne disease. Shannon LaDeau, a disease ecologist at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies and

In this Wednesday, June 28, 2017, photo, Oscar Mayer classic uncured wieners are for sale at a grocery store in New York. Oscar Mayer is touting its new hot dog recipe that uses nitrite derived from celery juice instead of artificial sodium nitrite, which is used to preserve the pinkish colors of processed meats and prevents botulism. Kraft Heinz, which owns Oscar Mayer, says sodium nitrite is among the artificial ingredients it has removed from

A single genetic mutation can lead to completely different diseases, depending on the time and location at which the mutation occurs. This finding emerged from the PhD study conducted by Rocio Acuña-Hidalgo of Radboudumc. For example, a mutation in the SETBP1 gene that occurs early in development leads to Schinzel-Giedion syndrome, but later in life it results in myeloid leukemia. “Determining the timing of mutation is crucial for its interpretation and for providing careful genetic

Is objectification bad if you welcome sexualized attention? Credit: Lionsgate AMC When Joan Holloway – the bombshell office worker on the show “Mad Men” – enters a room, she knows she looks good and is going to turn heads. Every morning, Joan meticulously does her makeup and hair and puts on a skintight dress. The men in her office take notice and are quick with the catcalls and sexual comments. Rather than becoming embarrassed or

Demyelination by MS. The CD68 colored tissue shows several macrophages in the area of the lesion. Original scale 1:100. Credit: Marvin 101/Wikipedia Treatment options currently are limited for people suffering from secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. However, an OHSU pilot study suggests over-the-counter antioxidant lipoic acid holds promise in improving patients’ lives. The research was published June 28 in the journal Neuroimmunology Neuroinflammation. The randomized double-blind study involved 51 participants who completed the two-year trial. Twenty-seven

Have you ever hosted a party, but as the day approaches, your closest friends say they won’t be able to attend? Or maybe you sent a friend request to someone on Facebook who never responded, or weren’t invited to an event that most of your friends are attending. People in these situations usually feel socially excluded, which often leads to antisocial and self-defeating responses. What would it take to persuade people to counteract this spiral

Giving up alcohol for a month might help you feel better in the short term, but no-one knows if taking part in these campaigns promotes long-term healthy drinking habits. Credit: www.shutterstock.com Julie Robert, University of Technology Sydney July on the doorstep means many people will be taking their last drinks until August. Australia’s Dry July annual campaign to raise funds for people affected by cancer is about to begin and thousands have pledged to abstain

Credit: University of South Australia Knowing just how to speak to farmers to gain their trust and engagement could be a key factor in protecting the mental health of one of Australia’s highest risk groups for suicide. New research from the University of South Australia, PhD candidate Melissa Hull and a team of researchers including Associate Research Professor and Project Director, Department of Rural Health, Dr Martin Jones have assessed the differences between farming and

Credit: Jeff Leach, Author provided Mounting evidence suggests that the richer and more diverse the community of microbes in your gut the lower your risk of disease. Diet is key to maintaining diversity and was strikingly demonstrated when an undergrad student went on a McDonald’s diet for ten days and after just four days experienced a significant drop in the number of beneficial microbes. Similar results have been demonstrated in a number of larger human

A new research report appearing in the May 2016 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, suggests that specific enzymes, called “salt-inducible kinases,” may be able to help curb runaway inflammation associated with autoimmune …

Right now, while you are reading these typewritten words, your hand muscles are moving imperceptibly, but measurably. These movements would be even greater if the words were handwritten.

(HealthDay)—America’s exit from the Paris climate change agreement will lead to more punishing summer heat waves and thousands of additional heat-related deaths each year in major U.S. cities, a new report claims. Conducted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the report projected that all 51 of the country’s urban areas with more than 1 million people will experience more dangerously hot summer days both in the middle and late parts of this century. In

Higher intelligence (IQ) in childhood is associated with a lower lifetime risk of major causes of death, including heart disease, stroke, smoking related cancers, respiratory disease and dementia, finds a study published …

Cleveland Clinic researchers have uncovered a biological link between gut bacteria metabolism and obesity. The team showed that blocking a specific intestinal microbial pathway can prevent obesity and insulin resistance, as well as cause fat tissue to become more metabolically active. The study was recently published in Cell Reports. The research team, led by J. Mark Brown, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute, studied the metabolic pathway that creates trimethylamine oxide (TMAO), a chemical

Scientists have solved the structure of a protein that helps a common respiratory virus evade the immune system. The team, led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, have identified critical parts of the protein that could be targeted with drugs or vaccines, opening up the possibility of preventing or treating an infection that sickens thousands of babies and elderly people every year. Credit: Daisy Leung By age 2, most children

Medicine, Health Care Cancer Researchers Overestimate Reproducibility of… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by McGill University   Cancer scientists overestimate the extent to which high-profile preclinical studies can be successfully replicated, new research from McGill University suggests. Thes findings, published in PLOS Biology by Jonathan Kimmelman and colleagues from McGill, are based on a survey in which both experts and novices were asked to predict whether mouse experiments in six prominent preclinical cancer studies conducted by the

Medicine, Health Care Common Antimicrobials Help Patients Recover… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria are resistant to multiple antibiotics and commonly cause skin infections that can lead to more serious or life-threatening infection in other parts of the body. In new findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers found that two common, inexpensive antimicrobials can help patients heal from MRSA skin

Medicine, Health Care Car Seat Laws for Older… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Ohio State University   COLUMBUS, Ohio — Laws that require increasingly older kids to sit in car safety seats appear to have limited impact, new research has found. The same parents who already were buckling up kids appear most likely to switch to safety seats, leaving the same number of kids unrestrained, found a study published in the Journal of Policy Analysis and

Medicine, Health Care Confusion over Symptoms May Be… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Queen Mary University of London Women who are at high risk of developing breast cancer may be failing to take the preventive anti-cancer drug tamoxifen because they are confusing naturally-occurring symptoms with side effects from the medicine, according to a study of nearly 4,000 women led by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL). The researchers say that their findings have important implications

Medicine, Health Care State Revenue Declines Lead to… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Rice University   HOUSTON – (June 29, 2017) – State spending cuts during economic downturns fall more heavily on children than the elderly, according to new research by experts at Rice University. Their findings are published in the National Tax Journal and analyze implications for policymakers. “The Most Unkindest Cut of All? State Spending on Health, Education and Welfare During Recessions” was co-authored

Medicine, Health Care Controlling a Single Brain Chemical… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital   Learning language or music is usually a breeze for children, but as even young adults know, that capacity declines dramatically with age. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have evidence from mice that restricting a key chemical messenger in the brain helps extend efficient auditory learning much later in life. This image shows (from left) Noah Roy,

Medicine, Health Care Research Suggests Association Between Gut… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences   Researchers have identified gut microbiota that interact with brain regions associated with mood and behavior. This may be the first time that behavioral and neurobiological differences associated with microbial composition in healthy humans have been identified. BACKGROUND Brain-gut-microbiota interactions may play an important role in human health and behavior. Previous research suggests that microbiota,

Medicine, Health Care A Perturbed Skin Microbiome Can… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by University of Pennsylvania Even in healthy individuals, the skin plays host to a menagerie of bacteria, fungi and viruses. Growing scientific evidence suggests that this lively community, collectively known as the skin microbiome, serves an important role in healing, allergies, inflammatory responses and protection from infection. In a new study, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have shown for the first time

Medicine, Health Care Overactive Scavenger Cells May Cause… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by University of Zurich Similar to other neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer’s is a disease in which the cognitive abilities of afflicted persons continuously worsen. The reason is the increasing loss of synapses, the contact points of the neurons, in the brain. In the case of Alzheimer’s, certain protein fragments, the β-amyloid peptides, are suspected of causing the death of neurons. These protein fragments clump

Medicine, Health Care Possible Early Diagnosis of Autism… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by UT Southwestern Medical Center   DALLAS – June 29, 2017 – Measuring a set of proteins in the blood may enable earlier diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study from the Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute at UT Southwestern Medical Center. The research found that the levels of two proteins previously identified as potential markers for ASD could help scientists

Medicine, Health Care Study Shows Antibiotics Effective for… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by Vanderbilt University Medical Center   New multicenter research, which included Vanderbilt University Medical Center investigators, could change treatment approaches to simple skin abscesses, infections often caused by Staphylococcus aureus (staph) bacteria. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows that adults and children who have simple abscesses five centimeters or smaller in diameter have higher cure rates if the abscess

Medicine, Health Care Popular Class of Drugs Reverse… Published: June 30, 2017.Released by York University TORONTO, Friday, June 30, 2017 – Beta blockers are commonly used world-wide to treat a variety of cardiovascular conditions, such as arrhythmias and heart failure. Scientists have known for decades that the medications work by slowing the heart rate and reducing the force of contraction – lessening the burden of work carried out by the heart. However, new research out

This post was originally published on this site Popular hormone-based drugs for treating an enlarged prostate could increase men’s risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease or stroke, a new study suggests. A group of German men taking the drug Avodart (dutasteride) for three years wound up with higher blood sugar and cholesterol levels than men taking another class of prostate medication that does not affect male hormones, the researchers reported. “Our small study suggests

This post was originally published on this site FRIDAY, June 30, 2017 — If you know someone with autism, you’ve probably noticed that they rarely look people in the eye. Now, new research suggests why that is so. “Contrary to what has been thought, the apparent lack of interpersonal interest among people with autism is not due to a lack of concern,” said study co-author Dr. Nouchine Hadjikhani. “Rather, our results show that this behavior

This post was originally published on this site THURSDAY, June 29, 2017 — Joann Elmore is a doctor, so when her dermatologist said her skin biopsy indicated possible melanoma, she knew just what to do — get a follow-up biopsy to verify. But she got two polar-opposite diagnoses, leaving her anxious and uncertain. One pathologist declared it benign, while the other called it suspicious for invasive melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. “It showed

Based on a new molecular study of tissues biopsied from various parts of the upper digestive tract, researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified significant, if subtle, differences in gene mutations and other factors that could help in developing more tailored treatment options for cancer patients. This finding is notable because as the digestive tract winds its way down from the mouth to the rectum, a continuum of cancers can arise, each of

Follicular lymphoma is an incurable cancer that affects over 200,000 people worldwide every year. A form of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, follicular lymphoma develops when the body starts making abnormal B-cells, which are white …

Researchers have found that patients with acute heart failure and diabetes, compared with those without diabetes, have distinct markers related to inflammation, cardiovascular function, and kidney health.

Size switchable nano-theranostics constructed with decomposable inorganic nanomaterials for acidic TME targeted cancer therapy. (a) A scheme showing the preparation of HSA-MnO2-Ce6Pt (HMCP) nanoparticles, and (b) their tumor microenvironment responsive dissociation to enable efficient intra-tumoral penetration of therapeutic albumin complexes. (c) A scheme showing the preparation of Ce6(Mn)@CaCO3-PEG, and (d) its acidic TME responsive dissociation for enhanced MR imaging and synergistic cancer therapy. Credit: ©Science China Press Cancer is one of leading causes of human

Protein fragments found in semen, and previously only known for their ability to enhance HIV infection, also appear to play an important role in reproductive biology. A team of researchers from the Gladstone Institutes, the …

Uncovering rare susceptibility variants that contribute to the causes of complex diseases requires large sample sizes and massively parallel sequencing technologies. These sample sizes, often made up of exome and genome data from tens to hundreds of thousands of individuals, are often too large for current analytical tools to process. A team at Baylor College of Medicine, led by Dr. Suzanne Leal, professor of molecular and human genetics, has developed new software called SEQSpark to

Credit: University of Manchester A team of researchers from The University of Manchester have found that people who rent their homes for longer have more symptoms of depression and lower levels of wellbeing, while the opposite is true for those who live in owned homes for a longer part of their lives. Buying a house used to be a key development in people‘s lives in the UK, providing a way to accumulate wealth as well

The Affordable Care Act pays for preventive services, including mammogram screenings for women. Credit: Tyler Olson/www.shutterstock.com As members of Congress are heading back to their districts over Fourth of July break, the future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), America’s health care system and millions of Americans continues to hang in the balance. While the House and Senate version of a proposed ACA repeal differ in the details, their broad outlines essentially boil down to

Though 27 percent of people over age 50 said their drug costs posed a financial burden, nearly half of those who said this hadn’t talked about the cost of their drugs with their doctors. Credit: University of Michigan The majority of Americans over age 50 take two or more prescription medicines to prevent or treat health problems, and many of them say the cost weighs on their budget, a new poll finds. But many older

PET scan of a human brain with Alzheimer’s disease. Credit: public domain For the first time, researchers from the University of Zurich demonstrate a surprising effect of microglia, the scavenger cells of the brain: If these cells lack the TDP-43 protein, they not only remove Alzheimer’s plaques, but also synapses. This removal of synapses by these cells presumably leads to neurodegeneration observed in Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Similar to other neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer’s is

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Use of the EPO hormone to boost athletic performance did nothing for amateur cyclists in a road-race trial, according to a study Friday that questioned whether blood doping is worth the risk. While they gained a bit of power on stationary bikes in lab tests, cyclists given erythropoietin (EPO) did not perform better in a real race than peers given a dummy-dose, Dutch researchers said on the eve of the annual

Medicine, Health Care Depression Linked to Physical Health… Published: June 29, 2017.Released by American Cancer Society A new report finds cancer caregivers suffer a steady decline in physical health compared to controls, and that symptoms of depression were the only significant predictor of caregivers’ physical health decline. Writing in Cancer, the authors say assessing and addressing depressive symptoms among caregivers early in the cancer survivorship trajectory may help to prevent premature health decline among this

Medicine, Health Care Biomechanical Acoustics Study Sheds Light… Published: June 29, 2017.Released by Acoustical Society of America   WASHINGTON, D.C., June 29, 2017 — Running is one of the most popular sports in the world. More than 110 million people in the EU and the U.S. reported running recreationally in recent surveys; billions of dollars are spent globally each year to purchase running apparel and participate in races. However, the sport’s devotees suffer from a surprisingly

Medicine, Health Care New Anesthesia Dosing Models May… Published: June 29, 2017.Released by American Society of Anesthesiologists   CHICAGO – Researchers have developed new dosing models that may provide the scientific basis for more accurate administration of remifentanil, a synthetic opioid commonly used during surgery, in children and obese patients. The dosing models, described in two studies in Anesthesiology, the peer-reviewed medical journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), could help prevent children from receiving