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Discovery may help broaden the scope of defenses against HPV

Yale Cancer Center scientists have filled in a key gap in understanding the unusual route by which the Human papillomavirus infects cells.

16 Aug 2018

Improved visual communication could help patients to make informed health-care decisions

A woman goes to the doctor for a mammogram. The result comes back positive. This doesn't necessarily mean you have cancer, false positives are common, her doctor might say. Maybe the patient is also given a pamphlet with some statistics about mortality and survival rates.

16 Aug 2018

Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke increases risk of COPD death in adulthood

A new study suggests that long-term exposure to secondhand smoke during childhood increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease death in adulthood.

16 Aug 2018

New research finds no harm from average salt consumption

The current issue of The Lancet, one of the oldest and most prestigious medical journals, features a new study from the Population Health Research Institute of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences.

16 Aug 2018

Diabetes epidemic in Guatemala driven by aging, not obesity

The diabetes epidemic in Guatemala is worse than previously thought: more than 25 percent of its indigenous people, who make up 60 percent of the population, suffer from type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, suggests a new study published in PLOS ONE from researchers at the Penn Center for Global Health, in collaboration with the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City and the Hospitalito Atitlán.

14 Aug 2018

Immunovia's new blood-based testing platform accurately detects non-small cell lung cancer

Immunovia AB announced today that in a new collaborative study with a major global pharma company, Immunovia ́s innovative blood-based testing platform, IMMray could differentiate healthy controls from non-small cell lung cancer samples with a 95 % accuracy.

14 Aug 2018

Simple intervention during routine care reduces alcohol consumption in men with HIV

Among the more than 1 million people in the U.S. living with HIV, 19 percent meet the criteria for an alcohol use disorder.

14 Aug 2018

Keck Medicine of USC's hospitals ranked among nation's best for the 10th consecutive year

For the 10th consecutive year, Keck Medicine of USC's hospitals have been ranked among the country's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

14 Aug 2018

Researchers develop revolutionary zebrafish model to gain more insight into bone diseases

Although much scientific research has been done into the development of the skeleton, the underlying mechanisms that drive the formation and maintenance of our bones are still not very well understood, and research into the development of our bone remains of enormous importance.

13 Aug 2018

Grip strength of children predicts future cardiometabolic health

While other studies have shown that muscle weakness as measured by grip strength is a predictor of unhealthy outcomes -- including cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, disability and even early mortality -- this is the first to do so for adolescent health over time, a Baylor University researcher said.

13 Aug 2018

Fracture risk increases by 30% after gastric bypass, study shows

A study published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral Research shows that the risk of fractures increases by about 30 percent after a gastric bypass operation. It was also discovered that falls increase after these operations.

13 Aug 2018

Incidence of coronary artery compression in children may be more common than previously thought

The incidence of coronary artery compression in children fitted with epicardial pacemakers may be slightly more common than previously believed, say noted cardiologists.

13 Aug 2018

Study: Rotavirus vaccination reduces infant diarrhea deaths by 34% in rural Malawi

A major new study has shown that rotavirus vaccination reduced infant diarrhoea deaths by 34% in rural Malawi, a region with high levels of child deaths.

13 Aug 2018

Lumpectomy plus radiation associated with reduced risk of breast cancer death, study finds

Lumpectomy plus radiation was associated with a small clinical benefit in reduced risk of breast cancer death compared with lumpectomy or mastectomy alone in women with ductal carcinoma in situ, a noninvasive early form of breast cancer.

13 Aug 2018

New type of bed net could prevent millions of malaria cases, shows research

A new type of bed net could prevent millions of cases of malaria, according to new research published in The Lancet today (10 August).

10 Aug 2018

Average consumption of salt found to be safe for heart health

New research shows that for the vast majority of individuals, sodium consumption does not increase health risks except for those who eat more than five grams a day, the equivalent of 2.5 teaspoons of salt.

10 Aug 2018

$Initiation of PIMs associated with higher risk of fracture-specific hospitalizations and mortality$

Initiation of PIMs associated with higher risk of fracture-specific hospitalizations and mortality

A recent study published in The European Journal of Health Economics finds that the initiation of potentially inappropriate medication is associated with a higher risk of fracture-specific hospitalizations and mortality.

10 Aug 2018

Women who develop type 1 diabetes at early age have increased risk of premature death

Women who developed type 1 diabetes before the age of ten years die an average of nearly 18 years earlier than women who do not have diabetes.

10 Aug 2018

Study: Over 40% of women with asthma may develop COPD

More than 4 in 10 women with asthma may go on to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to a study conducted in Ontario, Canada, and published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

10 Aug 2018

Older kidney disease patients on dialysis have higher dementia risk

Older kidney disease patients who are sick enough to require the blood-filtering treatment known as dialysis are at high risk of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, according to a study led by scientists at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

9 Aug 2018

Mortality News and Research

Discovery may help broaden the scope of defenses against HPV

Improved visual communication could help patients to make informed health-care decisions

Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke increases risk of COPD death in adulthood

New research finds no harm from average salt consumption

Diabetes epidemic in Guatemala driven by aging, not obesity

Immunovia's new blood-based testing platform accurately detects non-small cell lung cancer

Simple intervention during routine care reduces alcohol consumption in men with HIV

Keck Medicine of USC's hospitals ranked among nation's best for the 10th consecutive year

Researchers develop revolutionary zebrafish model to gain more insight into bone diseases

Grip strength of children predicts future cardiometabolic health

Fracture risk increases by 30% after gastric bypass, study shows

Incidence of coronary artery compression in children may be more common than previously thought

Study: Rotavirus vaccination reduces infant diarrhea deaths by 34% in rural Malawi

Lumpectomy plus radiation associated with reduced risk of breast cancer death, study finds

New type of bed net could prevent millions of malaria cases, shows research

Average consumption of salt found to be safe for heart health

Initiation of PIMs associated with higher risk of fracture-specific hospitalizations and mortality

Women who develop type 1 diabetes at early age have increased risk of premature death

Study: Over 40% of women with asthma may develop COPD

Older kidney disease patients on dialysis have higher dementia risk

Bringing real-time analytics to downstream bioprocess monitoring

Designing fluidic architecture for scalable diagnostic platforms

Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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