The findings, released today by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, indicate that 95 percent of those age 55 and older have one or more medical conditions,…
Short-term memory getting worse? Exercise getting harder? Examine your diet. New research published online in The FASEB Journal (http://www.fasebj.org) showed…
The study, which was organized principally by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Nanotechnology…
“This is good news for women with a family history of breast cancer,” says Alison Stuebe, assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of…
Oxygen nanosensors are powerful new research tools that one day may also be used for the diagnosis and detection of diseases and for planning treatment…
The nation's sickest and most expensive patients need fewer health care resources and cost insurers less when they are closely supported by a nurse-physician…
Poor communication of the outcomes of medical tests whose results are pending at the time of a patient's hospital discharge is common and can lead to serious…
Previous studies on age-related cognitive decline have not adequately clarified the role demographics and socioeconomic status might play in the rate of…
And that factor is college major.Women are still segregated into college majors that will lead them to careers with less pay than men, said Donna…
The study reveals that drinking beetroot juice reduces oxygen uptake to an extent that cannot be achieved by any other known means, including training.The…
In Aesop's fable 'The crow and the pitcher' a thirsty crow uses stones to raise the level of water in a pitcher to quench its thirst. A new study published…
The studies appear online and will be published in an upcoming issue of Menopause, the journal of The North American Menopause Society.In the first study, the…
The findings could be an important consideration in the way the United States and other Western countries try to stem the rapid rise of obesity, said Carol A….
The analysis of nearly 25,000 Medicare patients in Michigan also showed that transfusion practices after heart surgery varied substantially among hospitals, a…
Cooling unconscious cardiac arrest survivors can increase survival and has a cost effectiveness comparable to other widely accepted treatments in modern health…
The study finds that hybrid sales have come largely at the expense of small, relatively fuel-efficient, conventional cars, rather than large SUVs, trucks and…