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Preventative measures to protect hearing during summer outdoor activities

For many, summer means the sweet sounds of live concerts, fireworks, lawnmowers and splashing water. To optimize the fun summer sounds, here are some preventative measures to protect your hearing during these outdoor activities.

14 Jun 2018

Study shows improvements in adherence, outcomes of gout patients receiving text message reminders

The results of a study presented today at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR 2018) demonstrate significant improvements in adherence and clinical outcomes in gout patients who received a daily text message to remind them to take allopurinol.

14 Jun 2018

Pharmacists can play key role in resolving treatment-related problems among undeserved people

Pharmacist-delivered home medication management review service effectively resolves treatment-related problems in patients displaced by humanitarian crisis, according to a new study published in Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy

14 Jun 2018

Innarah launches new rechargeable electronic skin care device which works on Radio Frequency

Today the discoverer of Anti-Aging effects of fruit acids Patent # US5153230A has announced the introduction of a new rechargeable electronic skin care device MURSAL®RF which works on Radio Frequency.

14 Jun 2018

Innovative concept for implementing WHO resolution to safeguard quality of cancer treatment

Cancer is a burden to those affected by it and a growing challenge to the political sector. In 2017, WHO therefore issued an international resolution to safeguard the quality of cancer treatment, and access to it, in every country in the world.

14 Jun 2018

Osteoarthritis patients with greater disease severity may have higher risk of depression

Two measures of disease severity cumulatively contribute to depressive symptom onset; physical performance and structural severity

14 Jun 2018

New clinical trial of MS drug will be first to recognize needs of wheelchair users

A new clinical trial testing a disease-modifying drug for multiple sclerosis will be the first in the world to recognise the importance of wheelchair users retaining the use of their hands.

14 Jun 2018

New chemical solution could reduce chances of infection associated with root canal work

A new chemical solution jointly developed by the University of Adelaide's Dental School and Australian company Dentalife could radically reduce the chance of infection associated with root canal work.

14 Jun 2018

That ‘living will’ you signed? At the ER, it could be open to interpretation.

"Don't resuscitate this patient; he has a living will," the nurse told Dr. Monica Williams-Murphy, handing her a document.

14 Jun 2018

UC San Diego establishes new Center For Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery And Development

Neglected tropical diseases are a group of chronic and disabling parasitic infections that primarily affect poor and underserved communities.

14 Jun 2018

Parents believe cancer prevention potential as best reason for adolescents to receive HPV vaccine

Parents of adolescents believed that the potential to prevent certain types of cancer is the best reason for their children to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine, whereas other reasons health care providers often give were far less persuasive.

14 Jun 2018

Researchers study effects of different mind-body practices on brain function

A variety of meditation-based programs have been developed in recent years to reduce stress and medical symptoms and to promote wellness.

14 Jun 2018

NYIT researcher receives grant to study concussion and jockey helmet safety

New York Institute of Technology Center for Sports Medicine has received $15,000 from the New York Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association to fund a future study on concussion and helmet safety.

13 Jun 2018

Replacing potatoes or rice with lentils can reduce blood glucose levels, study shows

Replacing potatoes or rice with pulses can lower your blood glucose levels by more than 20 per cent, according to a first-ever University of Guelph study.

13 Jun 2018

New study explores impact of religious practices on sleep quality

Can a person's religious practices impact their sleep quality? That's the focus of a new study by Christopher Ellison in The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Sociology and his collaborators.

13 Jun 2018

Mediterranean-style eating pattern with lean unprocessed red meat improves heart health

Adopting a Mediterranean-style eating pattern improves heart health, with or without reducing red meat intake, if the red meat consumed is lean and unprocessed, according to a Purdue University nutrition study.

13 Jun 2018

Nurses have been overlooked in antimicrobial stewardship programs, study finds

Empowering nurses to participate in antimicrobial stewardship programs is the missing link in strengthening hospital-wide antimicrobial stewardship and improving patient care, according to a new study presented at the 45th Annual Conference of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology

13 Jun 2018

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Preventative measures to protect hearing during summer outdoor activities

Study shows improvements in adherence, outcomes of gout patients receiving text message reminders

Pharmacists can play key role in resolving treatment-related problems among undeserved people

Innarah launches new rechargeable electronic skin care device which works on Radio Frequency

Innovative concept for implementing WHO resolution to safeguard quality of cancer treatment

Osteoarthritis patients with greater disease severity may have higher risk of depression

New clinical trial of MS drug will be first to recognize needs of wheelchair users

New chemical solution could reduce chances of infection associated with root canal work

That ‘living will’ you signed? At the ER, it could be open to interpretation.

UC San Diego establishes new Center For Anti-Parasitic Drug Discovery And Development

Parents believe cancer prevention potential as best reason for adolescents to receive HPV vaccine

Researchers study effects of different mind-body practices on brain function

NYIT researcher receives grant to study concussion and jockey helmet safety

Replacing potatoes or rice with lentils can reduce blood glucose levels, study shows

New study explores impact of religious practices on sleep quality

Mediterranean-style eating pattern with lean unprocessed red meat improves heart health

Nurses have been overlooked in antimicrobial stewardship programs, study finds

Combining financial incentives and goal-setting with wearables may encourage heart patients to exercise

Dermatologist gives tips to safely use stick and spray sunscreen

How America got hooked on a deadly drug

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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