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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

Changing nature of opioid epidemic could be responsible for increase in overdose deaths

The opioid epidemic in the United States could be responsible for 700,000 overdose deaths between 2016 and 2025, according to a new study published today in JAMA Network Open.

8 Feb 2019

Utah voters approved Medicaid expansion, but state lawmakers are balking

Utah residents may have thought they were done fighting about Medicaid expansion last November. But when Utah lawmakers opened a new legislative session in late January, they began pushing through a bill to roll back the scope and impact of an expansion that voters approved in a ballot measure.

8 Feb 2019

'Trojan horse' drug shows promise for untreatable cancers

A new cancer drug that uses a ‘Trojan horse’ approach to destroy cancer cells from within has shown promising results for patients with untreatable cancers.

8 Feb 2019

Misinformation is causing measles cases to rise worldwide

Misinformation and anti-vaccination groups have caused a rise in cases of vaccine-preventable viral disease measles around the world, according to the WHO.

8 Feb 2019

Beer before wine does not change hangover severity

Despite popular belief, drinking beer before wine does not reduce the severity of veisalgia, otherwise known as a hangover, the following day.

8 Feb 2019

New blood drop emoji due to hit smartphone keyboards in the spring

Blood donors can soon use their time in the donation chair to let people know they are saving lives – using a new blood drop emoji.

8 Feb 2019

What ‘dope sick’ really feels like

Detoxing off heroin or opioids without medication is sheer hell. I should know. For many users, full-blown withdrawal is often foreshadowed by a yawn, or perhaps a runny nose, a sore back, sensitive skin or a restless leg. For me, the telltale sign that the heroin was wearing off was a slight tingling sensation when I urinated.

8 Feb 2019

IAS 2019 plenary program spotlights urgent developments in HIV science

The International AIDS Society has announced the plenary presentations that will lead the 10th IAS Conference on HIV Science, which will take place in Mexico City, Mexico, on 21-24 July 2019. IAS 2019 is the largest open scientific conference on HIV and is expected to bring together more than 6,000 participants from more than 140 countries.

8 Feb 2019

Household rules and conversations help guide teen marijuana use

When Washington voters legalized marijuana in 2012, many parents found themselves with a new teachable moment.

8 Feb 2019

New study aims to investigate lifestyle effects on cognitive function in older adults

Researchers in Finland recently found that lifestyle choices can help older adults stay mentally sharp. Now scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine hope to find confirmatory evidence this is indeed the case by coordinating a large, national clinical trial sponsored by the Alzheimer's Association through a $28 million grant.

8 Feb 2019