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UTHealth researchers receive grant to help mobile clinics optimize health care services

The National Science Foundation has awarded $250,000 to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for a project that will help mobile health clinics in Houston optimize their health care services using geographic, socio-economic and epidemiological data.

20 Jul 2016

Study shows ordering food immediately before eating leads to overall increase in calorie content

Want to cut calories and make healthier meal choices? Try avoiding unhealthy impulse purchases by ordering meals at least an hour before eating.

20 Jul 2016

Study underscores need to protect workers against heat-related injury and illness

During warm months when daily temperatures become hotter, industries must increasingly take preventive measures to protect their workers against heat-related injury and illness. To determine what protections should be used, they may follow guidelines from bodies of knowledgeable experts.

20 Jul 2016

Researchers identify how sensory nerve receptors work together to transmit itch signals

Researchers have found how sensory nerve cells work together to transmit itch signals from the skin to the spinal cord, where neurons then carry those signals to the brain. Their discovery may help scientists find more effective ways to make itching stop.

20 Jul 2016

Review highlights effects of mercury exposure in northern Canadian communities

Mercury exposure is common in communities in Canada's north, especially in indigenous peoples who consume fish and other wild food with high mercury content, yet current clinical guidelines are not adequate for this population.

20 Jul 2016

ASTRO honors Ms. Keresztes with 2016 Survivor Circle Award

The American Society for Radiation Oncology has chosen Theresa A. Keresztes, a resident of Wellesley, Massachusetts, to receive the 2016 Survivor Circle Award.

20 Jul 2016

Study shows many nonmelanoma skin cancer patients still get sunburned

A recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins concludes that a substantial number of people with a history of the most frequent kind of nonmelanoma skin cancers still get sunburned at the same rate as those without previous history, probably because they are not using sun-protective methods the right way or in the right amounts.

20 Jul 2016

Gates Institute launches new global urban reproductive health program

The Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health, based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, is launching The Challenge Initiative, a global urban reproductive health program supported by a three-year, $42 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

20 Jul 2016

Eating more healthy fats may lower type 2 diabetes risk

Eating more unsaturated fats, especially polyunsaturated fats, in place of either dietary carbohydrate or saturated fats lowers blood sugar levels and improves insulin resistance and secretion, according to a new meta-analysis of data from 102 randomised controlled feeding trials in adults.

20 Jul 2016

Researchers aim to reduce decision-making errors due to sleep loss

Researchers from Washington State University's Sleep and Performance Research Center received a $1.7 million grant to develop and test cognitive flexibility training to combat the effects of sleep loss on decision-making under rapidly changing circumstances.

20 Jul 2016

Preventable hospitalisation from diabetic foot disease costing Australia millions of dollars

New research from QUT shows preventable hospitalisation from diabetic foot disease is costing Australia hundreds of millions of dollars each year.

20 Jul 2016

Bad diet can affect immune system prior to weight gain, new research shows

Australian researchers have discovered that a bad diet has consequences on your immune system even before you notice an increase in body weight.

19 Jul 2016

Older Japanese patients exhibit most resilience after triple disaster, study reveals

Research into the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown found that the oldest were least likely to experience a deterioration of existing chronic conditions.

19 Jul 2016

Virgin olive oil helps in preventing and treating hypertension

Oleic acid plus a constellation of minor constituents as a natural antihypertensive.

19 Jul 2016

Mindfulness-based eating solution may help people adopt healthy eating habits without giving up food

Americans spend more than 60 billion dollars a year on weight loss products; two-thirds of these dieters are estimated to regain more weight within four or five years than they originally lost according to the Live Strong Foundation.

19 Jul 2016

Review highlights beneficial health effects of cranberries

While decades of cranberry research has found that regular consumption of cranberry products promotes urinary tract health, leading scientists studying the bioactive components of fruits and other foods reported that cranberries possess whole body health benefits.

19 Jul 2016

Anthropologists find new record of vitamin D deficiency in people who lived hundreds of years ago

Researchers at McMaster University have found a rich new record of vitamin D deficiency, one that resides in the teeth of every person and remains viable for hundreds of years or more.

19 Jul 2016

New research examines p-synephrine's role in burning fat during rest and exercise

When we exercise, our body's oxidation of fat and carbohydrates depends on the intensity and duration of the activity.

19 Jul 2016

Experts propose guidelines to offer clarity for disputes over frozen embryos

In at least 11 cases over the last 24 years, including the appeal of a Missouri case heard in June, U.S. courts have grappled with difficult arguments between men and women who fertilized and froze embryos together, but then disagreed about whether they should be gestated and born.

19 Jul 2016

Soy-ghretropin protein increases ghrelin levels and improves appetite

Researchers have discovered a protein that stimulates secretion of ghrelin, an appetite-stimulating hormone produced in the stomach.

19 Jul 2016

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UTHealth researchers receive grant to help mobile clinics optimize health care services

Study shows ordering food immediately before eating leads to overall increase in calorie content

Study underscores need to protect workers against heat-related injury and illness

Researchers identify how sensory nerve receptors work together to transmit itch signals

Review highlights effects of mercury exposure in northern Canadian communities

ASTRO honors Ms. Keresztes with 2016 Survivor Circle Award

Study shows many nonmelanoma skin cancer patients still get sunburned

Gates Institute launches new global urban reproductive health program

Eating more healthy fats may lower type 2 diabetes risk

Researchers aim to reduce decision-making errors due to sleep loss

Preventable hospitalisation from diabetic foot disease costing Australia millions of dollars

Bad diet can affect immune system prior to weight gain, new research shows

Older Japanese patients exhibit most resilience after triple disaster, study reveals

Virgin olive oil helps in preventing and treating hypertension

Mindfulness-based eating solution may help people adopt healthy eating habits without giving up food

Review highlights beneficial health effects of cranberries

Anthropologists find new record of vitamin D deficiency in people who lived hundreds of years ago

New research examines p-synephrine's role in burning fat during rest and exercise

Experts propose guidelines to offer clarity for disputes over frozen embryos

Soy-ghretropin protein increases ghrelin levels and improves appetite

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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