The markers also may prove useful as “early warning systems” for coronary artery disease, alerting physicians to patients who need preventive treatment to keep…
A set of quality measures used to evaluate the quality of care received by patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer has been created by UCLA…
“We are excited about this finding because there are so few treatment options for pulmonary hypertension,” said study author Mardi Gomberg-Maitland, M.D.,…
Through conversation, books, and the media, young children are continually exposed to information that is new to them. Much of the information they receive is…
Some “chocoholics” who just couldn't give up their favorite treat to comply with a study to test blood stickiness have inadvertently done their fellow…
We've long known that conflict between parents detracts from parents' abilities to be warm, supportive, and emotionally available to their children, while also…
Despite intense health care cost pressures, firms covering more than 90 percent of the nation's workforce view health benefits as an important tool to attract…
In a study using electron cryomicroscopy, Dr. Steven Ludtke, assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and co-director of the National Center…
From Massachusetts to Hawaii, many states, counties and cities are working on ways to provide new health insurance options to the 45 million Americans who lack…
A study of almost 600,000 men aged 70 and older reveals that 56 percent had a routine prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, a blood test for prostate…
Marin Soljacic of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will present research by himself and his colleagues Aristeidis Karalis and John Joannopoulos on the…
The sinister progression of the disorder, which usually begins to manifest between the ages of 6-18 months, includes loss of acquired skills, speech and…
People with sleep apnea could also be at risk for a particular kind of deadly heart arrhythmia, finds Saint Louis University researchers. They presented the…
The researchers used the MChip to detect H5N1 in samples collected over a three-year period from people and animals in geographically diverse locales. In tests…
Huge areas of sea floor (around 3,250 km²) have been freed up by the collapse 4 years ago of the Larsen B platform along the Antarctic Peninsula – leaving a…
A study of healthy women has harvested results involving fatigue and vigor that eventually may help researchers fine tune efforts to treat a multitude of…
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