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Grocery store-based nutrition counseling effective in improving dietary habits

Hypertension affects over 60 million adults in the United States and less than half have their condition under control. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior found that grocery store−based nutrition counseling was effective in changing dietary habits of patients being treated for hypertension.

12 Feb 2019

NIH and partners host meeting to discuss the future of spinal cord injury research

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its partners will host a meeting of researchers, clinicians, patients and patient advocates to discuss spinal cord injury (SCI) research and to chart a course of future studies.

12 Feb 2019

VA pushing research, inventions into commercial markets to improve public health

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced on Monday a new effort to improve public health by pushing its research and inventions into commercial markets.

12 Feb 2019

FDA issues warning letters to companies for selling unapproved products that claim to treat Alzheimer’s

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today posted 12 warning letters and 5 online advisory letters issued to foreign and domestic companies that are illegally selling more than 58 products, many that are sold as dietary supplements, which are unapproved new drugs and/or misbranded drugs that claim to prevent, treat or cure Alzheimer's disease and a number of other serious diseases and health conditions.

12 Feb 2019

False lead: Senator’s offer to help patient import cheap insulin goes nowhere

It sounded like an answer to prayers for millions with diabetes struggling to pay soaring prices for insulin.

11 Feb 2019

Better architectural design could stop suicide among young people

Suicide among younger people is often so spontaneous that it can be prevented if they do not encounter a potentially dangerous place outdoors. Getting the form of the built environment correct is therefore a very important factor in stopping suicide among young people.

11 Feb 2019

Surgical skills could be improved with stress-free training

University of Houston and Methodist Hospital researchers are reporting in Scientific Reports that the best way to train surgeons is to remove the stress of residency programs and make surgery a hobby.

11 Feb 2019

LGBTQ youths are more likely to suffer negative outcomes in child welfare system

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) youths are more likely to end up in foster care or unstable housing and suffer negative outcomes, such as substance abuse or mental health issues, while living in the child welfare system, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.

11 Feb 2019

Rutgers study explores facial trauma litigation

Southern courts favor physicians in malpractice lawsuits over facial trauma treatment, while courts in the Midwest favor patients, according to a Rutgers study.

11 Feb 2019

MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than other drug users

Long-term MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than cannabis and other drugs users, new research suggests.

11 Feb 2019

Study: Complementary medicine use remains hidden to conventional medical providers

Research reveals that 1 in 3 complementary medicine users do not disclose their CM use to their medical providers, posing significant direct and indirect risks of adverse effects and harm due to unsafe concurrent use of CM and conventional medicine use.

11 Feb 2019

NIH "Inclusion Across the Lifespan" policy supports research involving underrepresented age groups

The pipeline of research supporting care as we age is about to look a bit more like the country it serves--and for good reason. Beginning this year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), America's premier institution for medical research, will for the first time in its history require NIH-funded scholars to eliminate arbitrary age limits in their work, age limits that previously allowed for excluding groups like older people without just cause.

11 Feb 2019

New heated tobacco device is as toxic as vaping and traditional cigarettes

A new study that directly compares new heated tobacco devices with vaping and traditional cigarettes shows that all three are toxic to human lung cells.

11 Feb 2019

Experts offer five solutions to achieve gender equality in medicine and science

Women's representation in science and medicine has slowly increased over the past few decades. However, this rise in numbers of women, or gender diversity, has not been matched by a rise in gender inclusion.

11 Feb 2019

DASH-Sodium trial: Higher sodium intake linked with increased lightheadedness

Lightheadedness with standing, otherwise known as postural lightheadedness, results from a gravitational drop in blood pressure and is common among adults.

11 Feb 2019

Targeting aging process itself can lead to better and more effective interventions

Medical care for older adults has long focused on preventing and treating chronic diseases and the conditions that come with them.

11 Feb 2019

Researchers find a dearth of mental health interventions for ethnic minority American youth

Hispanic and Latino youth are more likely to drink alcohol at a younger age than their African-American and non-Hispanic Caucasian peers, but they are less likely to receive treatment for substance abuse.

11 Feb 2019

Clinicians often miss to detect serious health concerns in older adults

Paper is call for action for delivering health care to seniors, said accompanying editorial. In older people, symptoms of pain, depression and fatigue are commonplace. But how common?

11 Feb 2019

Scientists create 3D-bioprinted brain model to study interaction with immune cells

Around a glioblastoma, a very aggressive brain tumor, cells of the human immune system start helping the tumor instead of attacking it. To do research on what happens in the interaction of these cells, scientists of the University of Twente now created a 3D-bioprinted mini model of the brain.

11 Feb 2019

Empa researchers investigate the safety of graphene for humans

Graphene, a single layer of hexagonally arranged carbon atoms, is regarded as the miracle material of the future: it is flexible, transparent, strong, can assume different electrical properties and has the highest thermal conductivity of all known materials.

8 Feb 2019

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Grocery store-based nutrition counseling effective in improving dietary habits

NIH and partners host meeting to discuss the future of spinal cord injury research

VA pushing research, inventions into commercial markets to improve public health

FDA issues warning letters to companies for selling unapproved products that claim to treat Alzheimer’s

False lead: Senator’s offer to help patient import cheap insulin goes nowhere

Better architectural design could stop suicide among young people

Surgical skills could be improved with stress-free training

LGBTQ youths are more likely to suffer negative outcomes in child welfare system

Rutgers study explores facial trauma litigation

MDMA users have higher levels of empathy than other drug users

Study: Complementary medicine use remains hidden to conventional medical providers

NIH "Inclusion Across the Lifespan" policy supports research involving underrepresented age groups

New heated tobacco device is as toxic as vaping and traditional cigarettes

Experts offer five solutions to achieve gender equality in medicine and science

DASH-Sodium trial: Higher sodium intake linked with increased lightheadedness

Targeting aging process itself can lead to better and more effective interventions

Researchers find a dearth of mental health interventions for ethnic minority American youth

Clinicians often miss to detect serious health concerns in older adults

Scientists create 3D-bioprinted brain model to study interaction with immune cells

Empa researchers investigate the safety of graphene for humans

Exploring the nanoscale: How AFM is transforming cosmetic science

Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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