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Older drivers show adaptive responses according to traffic when identifying road hazards

A recent study finds that older drivers showed adaptive responses according to the amount of traffic in a driving scene when identifying road hazards.

27 Sep 2017

Penn study finds sustained use of activity trackers for at least 6 months among 80% of users

Use of activity trackers, such as wearable devices and smartphone apps, is on the rise, and a new study shows that 80 percent of users stuck with the device for at least six months.

27 Sep 2017

Study shows benefits of delayed-release stimulant in children with ADHD

A phase 3 study of children ages 6-12 years with attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has shown that a delayed-release, long-acting formulation of the stimulant methylphenidate, when taken in the evening, led to significant improvement in ADHD symptoms and functional impairment first thing the next morning, compared to a placebo.

27 Sep 2017

Study reports prevalence of concussion among teens playing contact sports

A new University of Michigan study confirms what many hospital emergency rooms nationwide are seeing: Teens playing contact sports suffer from concussions.

26 Sep 2017

Emergency departments write shorter duration and smaller-dose opioid prescriptions, study shows

Opioid prescriptions from the emergency department are written for a shorter duration and smaller dose than those written elsewhere, shows new research led by Mayo Clinic.

26 Sep 2017

Researchers will measure and examine how ‘resilience’ may lead to better HIV-related outcomes

With studies showing that African Americans living with HIV disproportionately struggle to remain in care and maintain suppressed HIV RNA levels, a team of public health researchers will look for solutions in a new way: They will systematically and rigorously identify the resources that successful patients draw upon to overcome the pervasive pitfalls that hinder others.

26 Sep 2017

Universal screening not enough to improve language skills of deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Universal screening of newborns for hearing loss before they leave the hospital is not enough to improve language skills of children who are deaf and hard of hearing, according to a new study.

26 Sep 2017

Research reveals curious pattern of autism recurrence based on gender

Having one child with autism is a well-known risk factor for having another one with the same disorder, but whether and how a sibling's gender influences this risk has remained largely unknown.

26 Sep 2017

Antibiotics reduce risk of recurrent staph infections in children, research shows

The overuse of antibiotics has left some doctors questioning whether to give such drugs to children diagnosed with uncomplicated staph infections. Such infections often occur on the skin and look like a pus-filled bug bite.

26 Sep 2017

New approaches to treat aggressive NUT midline carcinoma

Precision medicine, which custom-tailors therapies to the needs of individual patients, is becoming more and more important in cancer therapy. Today, molecular-biological diagnostics can precisely identify alterations in tumor cells.

26 Sep 2017

Existing drugs may be able to improve therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia, mice study shows

Two drugs, already approved for safe use in people, may be able to improve therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML), a blood cancer that affects myeloid cells, according to results from a University of Iowa study in mice.

26 Sep 2017

Seniors treated for depression experience comparable improvements as younger patients, study reveals

A new Cedars-Sinai study reveals that older adults being treated for depression experience comparable improvements in quality of life and functioning as do younger adults treated for the same condition.

26 Sep 2017

Objective tool may help improve communication about prenatal weight gain, study shows

Significant improvements in communication between providers and patients surrounding gestational weight gain during prenatal care were found using a new combination of education and a tracking tool in a study by the Mother Baby clinical service line of Allina Health and Children's Minnesota.

26 Sep 2017

Biomaterial-mediated growth factor delivery can restore perfusion of blood vessels in animal models

Ischemia is a serious medical condition in which the flow of blood and delivery of oxygen to tissues is restricted, thus resulting in pain, weakness, and more seriously, tissue and organ damage. Ischemia in muscle tissue, most commonly as a result of atherosclerosis, leads to life-threatening diseases like coronary artery disease and stroke, but also to chronic peripheral artery disease (PAD).

26 Sep 2017

Pediatric researchers discover gene variants related to aggressive form of neuroblastoma

Pediatric researchers investigating the childhood cancer neuroblastoma have identified common gene variants that raise the risk of an aggressive form of that disease. The discovery may assist doctors in better diagnosing subtypes of neuroblastoma.

25 Sep 2017

$Hypofractionated breast radiation therapy safe and effective in women under 50, study finds$

Hypofractionated breast radiation therapy safe and effective in women under 50, study finds

A higher-dose, shorter form of radiation is safe, effective, and no more damaging to the breast tissue or skin of breast cancer patients under age 50 than it is in older patients.

25 Sep 2017

Study finds barriers to using public access defibrillators for treating cardiac arrests

A study led the University of Warwick suggests that people are reluctant to use public access defibrillators to treat cardiac arrests.

25 Sep 2017

ACLS during transport not linked to increased survival for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

There is no association between prehospital advanced cardiac life support (ACLS) and survival to hospital discharge in patients suffering from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).

25 Sep 2017

New tool reveals high cost of untreated sleep disorders in workplace

Sleep disorders and sleep deficiency are hidden costs that affect employers across America. Seventy percent of Americans admit that they routinely get insufficient sleep, and 30 percent of U.S. workers and 44 percent of night shift workers report sleeping less than six hours per night.

25 Sep 2017

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

A study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience, from Nature publishing group, describes the identification of a novel molecular pathway that can constitute a therapeutic target for cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease.

25 Sep 2017

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Older drivers show adaptive responses according to traffic when identifying road hazards

Penn study finds sustained use of activity trackers for at least 6 months among 80% of users

Study shows benefits of delayed-release stimulant in children with ADHD

Study reports prevalence of concussion among teens playing contact sports

Emergency departments write shorter duration and smaller-dose opioid prescriptions, study shows

Researchers will measure and examine how ‘resilience’ may lead to better HIV-related outcomes

Universal screening not enough to improve language skills of deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Research reveals curious pattern of autism recurrence based on gender

Antibiotics reduce risk of recurrent staph infections in children, research shows

New approaches to treat aggressive NUT midline carcinoma

Existing drugs may be able to improve therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia, mice study shows

Seniors treated for depression experience comparable improvements as younger patients, study reveals

Objective tool may help improve communication about prenatal weight gain, study shows

Biomaterial-mediated growth factor delivery can restore perfusion of blood vessels in animal models

Pediatric researchers discover gene variants related to aggressive form of neuroblastoma

Hypofractionated breast radiation therapy safe and effective in women under 50, study finds

Study finds barriers to using public access defibrillators for treating cardiac arrests

ACLS during transport not linked to increased survival for patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

New tool reveals high cost of untreated sleep disorders in workplace

Study identifies novel molecular interactions that explain cognitive defects in Parkinson's disease

Improving healthcare sustainability through carbon data

Managing vibration in IVF laboratories

A New Approach to Preventing Bladder Cancer Recurrence

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