Studies and Analyses

Studies and Analyses

Partners of Breast Cancer Patients Face Mood Disorder Risks

Diseases can compromise the mental health of not only affected patients but of their closest relatives as well. Partners in particular are at risk because they…

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Preventive Care Challenges in Emergency Departments Revealed

The high prevalence was surprising, said M. Kit Delgado, MD, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford's Center for Primary Care and…

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Preventive Care Challenges in Emergency Departments Revealed

The high prevalence was surprising, said M. Kit Delgado, MD, the study's lead author and a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford's Center for Primary Care and…

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Genetic Ancestry Sheds Light on Head and Neck Cancer Disparities

Researchers found that while those who self-reported to be African American are at greater risk for late stage cancer, there was no correlation between…

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National Study Finds No Link Between Abortion and Adolescent Depression

The study conducted by researchers from Oregon State University and University of California, San Francisco, is the first to use both depression and low…

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Biometric ID technologies 'inherently fallible' — new report

“For nearly 50 years, the promise of biometrics has outpaced the application of the technology,” said Joseph N. Pato, chair of the committee that wrote the…

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Video Gaming Enhances Brain Skills for Bigger Challenges

Researchers from the Centre for Vision Research at York University in Canada compared a group of 13 young men in their twenties, who had played video games at…

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Phantom Limbs: New Insights Into Nervous System Illusions

Damage to the nervous system, such as stroke, may cause similar illusions in weakened limbs, whereby an arm or leg may feel as if it is in a completely…

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Black motorcyclists — even in helmets — more likely to die in crashes

Results of the research revealing these racial disparities, published in the August issue of the American Journal of Surgery, suggest that injury-prevention…

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Sexual Health Challenges for Women Post-Breast Cancer

Mary Panjari, PhD, of the Women's Health Program at Monash University, reported on the sexual well-being nearly two years after diagnosis and initial treatment…

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Doctors Overprescribe Antibiotics for Respiratory Infections

The study, which tracked patients in two Pennsylvania hospitals, found that doctors often use antibiotics to treat patients whose infections are known to be…

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Humanized Mice Model Aids Typhoid Fever Treatment Insights

Better treatments and prevention for typhoid fever may emerge from a laboratory model that has just been developed for the disease. The model is based on…

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NYC School Students Face Easy Access to Unhealthy Food Options

Most studies of the food choices available near public schools have focused on fast food outlets rather than the full range of options available to…

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Career Choices May Influence Early-Onset Dementia Locations

The study was led by Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute in collaboration with the Memory and Aging Centre at the University of California, San Francisco and…

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Study Finds Protein Function Linked to Neuron Death

A study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital investigators links the muscle weakness and other symptoms of a rare neurodegenerative disease to a…

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IV Aspirin: A Safe Solution for Severe Headaches

“Intravenous aspirin is not readily available in the United States and only on a ‘named patient’ basis in the United Kingdom, while it is more generally used…

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