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Most smokers seem to be confused about actual benefits of lung cancer screenings

Regular cancer screenings can lower the chance of death from lung cancer. But they cannot reduce the risk of developing lung cancer for people who smoke.

26 Jul 2018

Study helps to explain why older adults experience dysphagia

As adults age, they all experience a natural loss of muscle mass and function. A new study finds that as the loss of muscle and function in the throat occurs it becomes more difficult for efficient constriction to occur while swallowing - which leads to an increased chance of food and liquids being left over in the throat.

26 Jul 2018

New research highlights value of free skin cancer screening program

While skin cancer can be deadly, it is also highly treatable when detected early. In fact, melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, has a five-year survival rate of 95 percent when detected and treated before it spreads to the lymph nodes; conversely, the five-year survival rates for regional and distant stage melanomas are 64 percent and 23 percent, respectively.

26 Jul 2018

Simplified, standardized approaches may help open heart surgery patients live longer

Patients who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting; the most common heart surgery performed - may live longer and experience fewer complications when under the care of a highly focused surgical team that uses simplified and standardized approaches, according to research published today in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

26 Jul 2018

$Researcher reveals new way to stimulate bone fracture healing$

Researcher reveals new way to stimulate bone fracture healing

Most people have broken a bone or know someone who has. A break is painful and takes time to heal. Recovering from a fracture is even more complicated and lengthy when your body is not able to produce what is needed to heal.

26 Jul 2018

Majority of Americans oppose efforts to scale back SNAP program, survey finds

A majority of registered voters oppose recent efforts to scale back Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits and believe the government should be doing more to meet the needs of people facing food insecurity and other challenges, according to a new survey commissioned by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for a Livable Future.

26 Jul 2018

New blood test helps patients with traumatic head injury to avoid costly CT scan

Research conducted at the Wayne State University School of Medicine has helped confirm the effectiveness of a blood biomarker that can indicate if patients with a head injury can avoid a costly CT scan because the blood test results indicate no traumatic brain injury

26 Jul 2018

Anti-cancer gene may switch side and promote cancer growth, shows study

It doesn't often happen that army generals switch sides in the middle of a war, but when cancer's attack is underway, it may even cause a gene that acts as the body's master defender to change allegiance.

26 Jul 2018

Scientists develop model that makes real-life stock buying behavior comprehensible

Despite long-term profit expectations, many Germans shy away from investing their money in supposedly riskier forms of investment. Why?

26 Jul 2018

HIV infections on the rise among teenage girls

According to a new report from the United Nations children’s fund UNICEF, more and more adolescent girls are being infected with HIV. The report estimates around 30 teenagers being infected with HIV each hour. Of these 30 infections among those aged between 15 and 19 years, around 20 are girls, the report states.

26 Jul 2018

Pivotal study of dasotraline in adults with binge eating disorder meets primary endpoint

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that a study evaluating the efficacy and safety of dasotraline in adults with moderate to severe binge eating disorder met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a statistically significant decrease in number of binge days per week from baseline to Week 12 in the group treated with dasotraline 6 mg/day versus the placebo-treated group.

25 Jul 2018

Research shows the crucial role of glasses in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

As the first Global Disability Summit takes place, new evidence of how a simple pair of glasses can improve workers' productivity and reduce poverty is published.

25 Jul 2018

New funding initiative addresses social inequality

Finite resources, social inequality, climate change, terrorism - the world is facing major challenges. The UN's "Sustainable Development Goals" constitute a social contract for the world community.

25 Jul 2018

New opioid prescription control framework is a 'funhouse mirror image' of prior monopoly

A rise in addiction and overdose deaths involving opioids in the United States has spurred a series of initiatives focused on reducing opioid risks, including several related to prescription of opioids in care of pain.

25 Jul 2018

Physician discusses role of telehealth in disaster response

Telehealth, the use of TV and computer monitors to deliver healthcare remotely, is proving to be a valuable addition to many practices.

25 Jul 2018

Kaia app reduces low back pain by 40%, could save billions for the UK economy

Low back pain is an increasingly widespread and expensive condition worldwide, and the World Health Organization has identified back pain as being the global number one reason for disability.

25 Jul 2018

Reduced plasmalogen level may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease, shows study

Reduced levels of plasmalogens - a class of lipids created in the liver that are integral to cell membranes in the brain - are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's Disease, according to new research presented this week at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2018 by Mitchel A. Kling, MD, an associate professor of Psychiatry in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

25 Jul 2018

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements reduce disruptive behavior in children, shows study

Something as simple as a dietary supplement could reduce disruptive, even abusive behavior, according to newly released research by a team led by a UMass Lowell criminal justice professor.

25 Jul 2018

Researchers develop “polygenic score” that can help predict education level

An international team of researchers has identified more than 1,200 genetic variants that are associated with how much schooling a person completes and used the findings to create a “polygenic” score that is predictive of more than 11% of the variation in education level between individuals.

24 Jul 2018

New applications for high-throughput flow cytometry in drug discovery

A new special issue of SLAS Discovery reflects examples of the recent groundswell of creative new applications for high-throughput flow cytometry in drug discovery.

24 Jul 2018

Education News and Research

Most smokers seem to be confused about actual benefits of lung cancer screenings

Study helps to explain why older adults experience dysphagia

New research highlights value of free skin cancer screening program

Simplified, standardized approaches may help open heart surgery patients live longer

Researcher reveals new way to stimulate bone fracture healing

Majority of Americans oppose efforts to scale back SNAP program, survey finds

New blood test helps patients with traumatic head injury to avoid costly CT scan

Anti-cancer gene may switch side and promote cancer growth, shows study

Scientists develop model that makes real-life stock buying behavior comprehensible

HIV infections on the rise among teenage girls

Pivotal study of dasotraline in adults with binge eating disorder meets primary endpoint

Research shows the crucial role of glasses in achieving Sustainable Development Goals

New funding initiative addresses social inequality

New opioid prescription control framework is a 'funhouse mirror image' of prior monopoly

Physician discusses role of telehealth in disaster response

Kaia app reduces low back pain by 40%, could save billions for the UK economy

Reduced plasmalogen level may increase risk of Alzheimer's disease, shows study

Omega-3 fatty acid supplements reduce disruptive behavior in children, shows study

Researchers develop “polygenic score” that can help predict education level

New applications for high-throughput flow cytometry in drug discovery

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