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Board games improve math skills in young children

Board games based on numbers, like Monopoly, Othello and Chutes and Ladders, make young children better at math, according to a comprehensive review of research published on the topic over the last 23 years.

7 Jul 2023

Tick season is here: How to avoid ticks

It's tick season now and researchers from the University of Agder in Norway shed light on the myths and facts about these parasites.

7 Jul 2023

Produce prescription programs could save US healthcare system $40 billion

An apple a day not only keeps the doctor away, it also could save the United States at least $40 billion in medical bills, report Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University researchers in a new study published July 7 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

7 Jul 2023

Researchers investigate the association between low fertility and uterine microbiota in dairy cows

Reduced fertility prolongs the interval from calving to conception in dairy cows, resulting in significant economic losses to dairy farms.

7 Jul 2023

Researchers show how communication networks in the tumor microenvironment promote cancer growth

Tumors consist of both the actual, malignant cancer cells and healthy, non-transformed cells in the immediate environment.

7 Jul 2023

Medi-Cal’s fragmented system can make moving a nightmare

When Lloyd Tennison moved from Walnut Creek to Stockton last year, he assumed his coverage under Medi-Cal, California's safety-net health insurance program, would be transferred seamlessly.

7 Jul 2023

Idaho drops panel investigating pregnancy-related deaths as US maternal mortality surges

On July 1, Idaho became the only state without a legal requirement or specialized committee to review maternal deaths related to pregnancy.

7 Jul 2023

California promises better care for thousands of inmates as they leave prison

California has agreed to improve health care for newly released prison inmates who are disabled, including through a series of measures that advocates say will help almost everyone trying to make the transition from incarceration.

7 Jul 2023

‘It was a bloodbath’: Rare dialysis complication can kill, and more could be done to stop it

Nieltje Gedney was half-asleep in her West Virginia home, watching murder mysteries over the hum of a bedside hemodialysis machine, when she felt something warm and wet in her armpit.

7 Jul 2023

Survey sabotage: careless and inattentive participants misrepresent COVID-19 cleaning habits

Surveys are the most common approaches for collecting data in public health.

7 Jul 2023

Quantum medicine: the way forward?

Study examines how quantum physics can contribute to medicine.

7 Jul 2023

New AI system could revolutionize the diagnosis of valvular heart disease

AI (artificial intelligence) may sound like a cold robotic system, but Osaka Metropolitan University scientists have shown that it can deliver heartwarming - or, more to the point, "heart-warning" - support.

6 Jul 2023

Immunotherapy significantly improves overall survival for advanced NSCLC patients

A global study, led by UCL and UCLH and sponsored by Roche, has shown that the cancer immunotherapy atezolizumab significantly improved the overall survival of advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer patients who were not able to be treated with platinum-containing chemotherapy, when compared to single-agent chemotherapy.

6 Jul 2023

Patient aggression causes lasting harm to medical receptionists

University of Queensland research has found verbal and physical abuse of medical receptionists by patients is rife, and causing lasting harm.

6 Jul 2023

New Zealand researchers call for urgent regulations to protect children from harm in online world

Regulations are urgently needed to protect children from harm in the unregulated online world, researchers at the University of Otago, New Zealand, say.

6 Jul 2023

New vaccine protects infant monkeys from diarrhea and promotes growth

A vaccine originally developed to prevent bacteria-caused diarrhea has now also been found to help infant nonhuman primates grow faster, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.

6 Jul 2023

Eating six key foods can lower a person's risk of heart disease, study finds

A study led by McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences researchers at the Population Research Health Institute (PHRI) has found that not eating enough of six key foods in combination is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in adults.

6 Jul 2023

Study: Unprocessed red meat and whole grains can be included or left out of a healthy diet

Unprocessed red meat and whole grains can be included or left out of a healthy diet, according to a study conducted in 80 countries across all inhabited continents and published today in European Heart Journal, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology.

6 Jul 2023

Jawbone changes may signal future height loss in women

Mid-life structural changes to the jawbone may signal subsequent height loss in women, suggests research published in the open access journal BMJ Open.

6 Jul 2023

Pennington Biomedical Research Center works to combat childhood obesity

One in five children have obesity in the U.S., and even more are considered overweight. Dr. Amanda Staiano, associate professor at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and director of the Pediatric Obesity and Health Behavior Laboratory, believes childhood obesity is at the top of the list for public health issues of this century because children with obesity are much more likely to develop heart disease, diabetes, asthma, sleep problems and other issues.

6 Jul 2023

Research News and Research

Board games improve math skills in young children

Tick season is here: How to avoid ticks

Produce prescription programs could save US healthcare system $40 billion

Researchers investigate the association between low fertility and uterine microbiota in dairy cows

Researchers show how communication networks in the tumor microenvironment promote cancer growth

Medi-Cal’s fragmented system can make moving a nightmare

Idaho drops panel investigating pregnancy-related deaths as US maternal mortality surges

California promises better care for thousands of inmates as they leave prison

‘It was a bloodbath’: Rare dialysis complication can kill, and more could be done to stop it

Survey sabotage: careless and inattentive participants misrepresent COVID-19 cleaning habits

Quantum medicine: the way forward?

New AI system could revolutionize the diagnosis of valvular heart disease

Immunotherapy significantly improves overall survival for advanced NSCLC patients

Patient aggression causes lasting harm to medical receptionists

New Zealand researchers call for urgent regulations to protect children from harm in online world

New vaccine protects infant monkeys from diarrhea and promotes growth

Eating six key foods can lower a person's risk of heart disease, study finds

Study: Unprocessed red meat and whole grains can be included or left out of a healthy diet

Jawbone changes may signal future height loss in women

Pennington Biomedical Research Center works to combat childhood obesity

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