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Good communication can make medical visits more successful for patients with autism

Doctor visits can be a challenge for patients with autism, their families and health care providers. Kristin Sohl, associate professor of child health at the University of Missouri, offers several steps providers and families can take to make medical visits more successful.

3 Feb 2017

Online ratings and discussions about quality of care can add to stress level of doctors

Online ratings and discussions about the quality of care American doctors provide can add to their stress levels. Patients, on the other hand, feel that such information empowers them to make better informed health-related choices.

3 Feb 2017

Current salt reduction strategy in the UK fails to reduce existing health inequalities, research shows

New research conducted by the University of Liverpool in partnership with the universities of Gdansk and Manchester shows that current salt reduction strategy in England has failed to reduce existing inequalities in salt consumption, cardiovascular disease, and gastric cancer burdens.

3 Feb 2017

Poor socioeconomic conditions linked to loss of more than two years of life

Having poor socioeconomic conditions -- such as a lower occupational position -- can take away 2.1 years of life on average from a person.

3 Feb 2017

Simple, innovative app helps patients to take medications on time

Digital health specialist Inhealthcare has launched a new app to remind patients to take their medicines on time.

From Inhealthcare Limited 3 Feb 2017

Sleep may be regulated by several brain-based immune proteins, study reveals

Sleep -- one of the most basic, yet most mystifying processes of the human body -- has confounded physicians, scientists and evolutionary biologists for centuries.

2 Feb 2017

Researchers show how level of perinatal testosterone impacts person's earnings in life

Researchers from the Higher School of Economics have shown how the level of perinatal testosterone, the sex hormone, impacts a person's earnings in life.

2 Feb 2017

Study finds impaired secretion of stress hormone in healthy Indigenous young adults

James Cook University scientists have made a disturbing finding about some young Indigenous people's biological reaction to stress, but one that could help close the health gap for indigenous people.

2 Feb 2017

Oxford University Press to publish official journal of Society for the Study of Reproduction

Oxford University Press is pleased to announce its partnership with the Society for the Study of Reproduction to publish Biology of Reproduction.

2 Feb 2017

Researcher proposes simple, cost-effective tools for monitoring aerobic fitness

Although this system is already being used by professional sportspeople and teams, it cannot always be extended to amateur sportspeople or patients with limited economic resources because it requires supervision by qualified professionals.

2 Feb 2017

Study confirms that cocaine makes users more willing to partake in risky sex

Cocaine use has long been tied anecdotally to higher-than-usual rates of impulsive behavior, including risky sex, but the tie-in has been difficult to study with any scientifically controlled rigor.

2 Feb 2017

Study looking for toxicity markers in smokers who replace tobacco for e-cigarettes seeks volunteers

The first study to closely follow toxicity markers in smokers who replace tobacco for e-cigarettes is seeking volunteers.

2 Feb 2017

Study finds high rates of hospital-acquired infections among children in paediatric ICUs

A study has demonstrated 'unacceptably high' rates of hospital-acquired infections among children in the UK and Europe.

2 Feb 2017

Conventional therapies do not sufficiently treat psoriasis patients, study suggests

A substantial part of people, one in five, undergoing systemic treatment for psoriasis till have considerable problems with their disease.

2 Feb 2017

New analysis finds toxic highly fluorinated chemicals in fast food packaging

Many Americans, with the start of the New Year, will resolve to cut back on fast food to avoid an overload of fat and calories.

2 Feb 2017

EXASOL and PATH collaborate to support Zambian government’s campaign to eliminate malaria

EXASOL, a high-performance in-memory analytic database developer, and PATH, an international nonprofit organization and global leader in health and innovation, today announced a partnership to support the Zambian government’s ambitious campaign to eliminate malaria by 2020.

2 Feb 2017

Sphere Medical study finds high variability in glycaemic control practices across northwest European ICUs

Sphere Medical, an innovative company in critical care monitoring and diagnostics equipment, has recently presented at the Intensive Care Society State of the Art Meeting and published a scientific poster discussing, “A comparative survey of glycaemic control practice in the UK, Germany and BeNeLux”.

2 Feb 2017

Study links low socioeconomic status to ill health and early death

Low socioeconomic status is linked to significant reductions in life expectancy and should be considered a major risk factor for ill health and early death in national and global health policies, according to a study of 1.7 million people published by The Lancet.

2 Feb 2017

Physical activity may not protect from weight gain, study shows

An international study led by Loyola University Chicago is providing compelling new evidence that exercise is not the key to controlling weight.

2 Feb 2017

New $2 million NIH grant aims to improve health of ‘grandparent caregivers’

As the number of grandparents caring for grandchildren full-time continues to swell, so do the stress-induced health risks associated with such a demanding responsibility.

2 Feb 2017

Healthcare News

Good communication can make medical visits more successful for patients with autism

Online ratings and discussions about quality of care can add to stress level of doctors

Current salt reduction strategy in the UK fails to reduce existing health inequalities, research shows

Poor socioeconomic conditions linked to loss of more than two years of life

Simple, innovative app helps patients to take medications on time

Sleep may be regulated by several brain-based immune proteins, study reveals

Researchers show how level of perinatal testosterone impacts person's earnings in life

Study finds impaired secretion of stress hormone in healthy Indigenous young adults

Oxford University Press to publish official journal of Society for the Study of Reproduction

Researcher proposes simple, cost-effective tools for monitoring aerobic fitness

Study confirms that cocaine makes users more willing to partake in risky sex

Study looking for toxicity markers in smokers who replace tobacco for e-cigarettes seeks volunteers

Study finds high rates of hospital-acquired infections among children in paediatric ICUs

Conventional therapies do not sufficiently treat psoriasis patients, study suggests

New analysis finds toxic highly fluorinated chemicals in fast food packaging

EXASOL and PATH collaborate to support Zambian government’s campaign to eliminate malaria

Sphere Medical study finds high variability in glycaemic control practices across northwest European ICUs

Study links low socioeconomic status to ill health and early death

Physical activity may not protect from weight gain, study shows

New $2 million NIH grant aims to improve health of ‘grandparent caregivers’

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Innovating Texture and Culture in Plant-Based Foods

Advancing brain microphysiological systems (bMPS)

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