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New ESE guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for handling adrenal incidentalomas

The appropriate clinical response to adrenal incidentaloma should depend on the likelihood of malignancy, according to new guidelines published today by the European Society of Endocrinology, in collaboration with the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours and first presented at ESE's annual European Congress of Endocrinology in May 2016.

12 Jul 2016

New education programme can help reduce risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

People at high risk of developing Type 2 diabetes can reduce their chances of getting the condition by more than 80 per cent by fully completing a new education programme, an NIHR-supported study has found.

12 Jul 2016

Sleep specialist stresses importance of good sleeping habits, routines as cornerstones of good sleep

Work-related stress makes many of us lose sleep, and catching up on lost sleep is high on the agenda as the summer holidays approach. Poor sleep can’t be turned into good overnight, but it pays off to try, as good sleeping habits keep us going on holiday and at work.

12 Jul 2016

Social-based messages can increase healthy food choices

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have found that exposure to social-based messages promoting healthy eating can increase consumption of fruit and vegetables and reduce consumption of high-calorie snacks.

12 Jul 2016

Action on Hearing Loss urges people with hearing deficits to inform GP about communication needs

The UK’s largest hearing loss charity Action on Hearing Loss is urging the 9million people in England who are deaf or have hearing loss to tell their GP what support they need to help them communicate

12 Jul 2016

Experts describe pathway to limit blurring of boundaries between medical intelligence, securitisation of health threats

Society must align the overlapping priorities and often clashing interests of medical intelligence, national security agendas and the global health community, according to global health advocates writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

12 Jul 2016

Spinach-like nanoparticle juice may improve doctor's ability to examine gastrointestinal tract

The pigment that gives spinach and other plants their verdant color may improve doctors' ability to examine the human gastrointestinal tract.

12 Jul 2016

Suicide prevention hotlines could improve quality of services by expanding digital offerings

Suicide prevention hotlines in California respond to callers in need and reduce caller distress, but could improve their services and reach more users by expanding digital offerings such as chat services and establishing better programs to monitor and improve the quality of their services, according to new studies from the RAND Corporation.

12 Jul 2016

UNC experts advise against routine recommendation of e-cigarettes for smokers

The health benefits of quitting smoking are widely accepted, but researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have taken issue with the suggestion that doctors should routinely recommend e-cigarettes as an alternative to cigarettes for their patients who smoke.

12 Jul 2016

Prevalence of global diabetes has been vastly underestimated, say Monash researchers

A landmark paper led by Monash University with partners in the UK and US suggests there may be more than 100 million people with diabetes globally than previously thought.

11 Jul 2016

Innovative organ donation program allows living donors to donate kidney in advance

Gift certificate, layaway plan or voucher. Call it what you want, but an innovative organ donation program initiated at UCLA has started to spread to other transplant programs across the United States.

11 Jul 2016

Research pinpoints factors linked to job retention among newly licensed nurses

"About 80% of newly licensed nurses find their first work in hospitals," says New York University Rory Meyers College of Nursing Professor Christine T. Kovner, PhD, RN, FAAN.

11 Jul 2016

Riverview Medical Center receives Lifeline Silver Achievement Award for dedication in cardiac care

Riverview Medical Center, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, has received the Mission: Lifeline Silver Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

11 Jul 2016

MD Anderson, ILC Dover and NASA partner to increase awareness of childhood cancer

Today, several of Space City's best-known institutions -- The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and ILC Dover -- announced a partnership that brings the benefits of arts and science to pediatric cancer patients while increasing awareness of childhood cancer.

11 Jul 2016

Bayshore Community Hospital earns achievement award for appropriate treatment of STEMI patients

Bayshore Community Hospital, part of Meridian CardioVascular Network, has received the Mission: Lifeline Gold Receiving Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients who suffer severe heart attacks.

11 Jul 2016

OCA transplantation can be effective treatment option for active patients with knee cartilage injuries

For athletes and highly active patients who sustain cartilage injuries to their knee, an osteochondral allograft transplantation can be a successful treatment option, according to research presented today at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's Annual Meeting in Colorado Springs, CO.

11 Jul 2016

Urolithin A found in pomegranates may improve muscle strength and endurance during aging

Amazentis SA, an innovative life sciences company applying scientific breakthroughs in nutrition to manage health conditions linked to aging, announced today a collaborative publication in Nature Medicine with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, demonstrating that the Company's lead product candidate, urolithin A, improves mitochondrial and muscle function, resulting in enhanced muscle strength and endurance during aging.

11 Jul 2016

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New ESE guidelines provide evidence-based recommendations for handling adrenal incidentalomas

New education programme can help reduce risk of developing Type 2 diabetes

Sleep specialist stresses importance of good sleeping habits, routines as cornerstones of good sleep

Social-based messages can increase healthy food choices

Action on Hearing Loss urges people with hearing deficits to inform GP about communication needs

Experts describe pathway to limit blurring of boundaries between medical intelligence, securitisation of health threats

Spinach-like nanoparticle juice may improve doctor's ability to examine gastrointestinal tract

Suicide prevention hotlines could improve quality of services by expanding digital offerings

UNC experts advise against routine recommendation of e-cigarettes for smokers

Prevalence of global diabetes has been vastly underestimated, say Monash researchers

Innovative organ donation program allows living donors to donate kidney in advance

Research pinpoints factors linked to job retention among newly licensed nurses

Riverview Medical Center receives Lifeline Silver Achievement Award for dedication in cardiac care

MD Anderson, ILC Dover and NASA partner to increase awareness of childhood cancer

Bayshore Community Hospital earns achievement award for appropriate treatment of STEMI patients

OCA transplantation can be effective treatment option for active patients with knee cartilage injuries

Urolithin A found in pomegranates may improve muscle strength and endurance during aging

New study aims to measure behaviors, attitudes of smokers who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes

Taking probiotics can reduce body weight and BMI

New study finds no significant harm in melanoma screenings by primary care providers

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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