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Review highlights poor documentation of ADHD diagnoses

Many ADHD diagnoses are not well documented, according to a review of the medicals records of 549 children with an ADHD diagnosis.

4 Feb 2019

Researchers move a step closer to developing new pneumonia vaccine

A vaccine against the biggest bacterial killer on the planet is a step closer to being available with funding secured for preclinical trials.

4 Feb 2019

Rutgers study uncovers new threat in the opiate epidemic

A Rutgers study has uncovered a new threat in the opiate epidemic: Overdoses of loperamide, an over-the-counter diarrhea medication, have been steadily increasing in number and severity nationwide over five years.

4 Feb 2019

Obesity-related cancers found to be increasing among younger adults in the United States

A new study finds rates are increasing for six of 12 cancers related to obesity in younger adults in the United States, with steeper increases in progressively younger ages and successively younger generations.

4 Feb 2019

Researchers link protein clusterin to many facets of cardiometabolic syndrome risk

During a study spanning nearly a decade, researchers at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Houston Methodist Research Institute and Houston Methodist Cancer Center have linked the protein clusterin - for the first time -- to many different facets of cardiometabolic syndrome risk through its actions in the liver.

4 Feb 2019

Graphene could hold key to unlock next generation of early lung cancer diagnosis

The wonder-material graphene could hold the key to unlocking the next generation of advanced, early stage lung cancer diagnosis.

4 Feb 2019

FDA warns that some home-use test strips may provide inaccurate results

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today is warning patients and doctors, who use at-home or in-the-office medical devices to monitor levels of the blood thinner warfarin, that certain test strips used with the devices may provide inaccurate results and should not be relied upon to adjust the drug dosage.

4 Feb 2019

Iridium attached to albumin can attack cancer cells when blasted with light

A new compound based on Iridium, a rare metal which landed in the Gulf of Mexico 66 M years ago, hooked onto albumin, a protein in blood, can attack the nucleus of cancerous cells when switched on by light, University of Warwick researchers have found.

4 Feb 2019

Children born after fertility treatment do not have greater risk of developing cancer

Children born after assisted reproductive technology do not appear to be at greater risk of developing cancer than other children, according to the first study to look at the long-term cancer risk in ART children compared to those in the general population or who were naturally conceived by subfertile women.

4 Feb 2019

Programs to reduce childhood obesity must include all family members, suggests study

Many mothers have to navigate a sea of advice from family and experts when it comes to feeding their babies. Nonetheless, nutrition educators typically focus only on the mother, even in Latino communities where grandmothers and other older female relatives often play major roles in caring for children.

4 Feb 2019

Walking cadence appears to be a reliable measure of exercise intensity

In an ongoing study exploring walking for health across the adult lifespan, University of Massachusetts Amherst kinesiology researchers found that walking cadence is a reliable measure of exercise intensity and set simple steps-per-minute guidelines for moderate and vigorous intensity

4 Feb 2019

Folate levels decrease significantly when solar radiation is higher, shows study

For the first time, researchers from the University of Malaga have evidenced this relationship, confirming that ultraviolet radiation affects directly in proportion to folate in blood.

4 Feb 2019

Researchers harness immune system to reveal new clues to produce HIV vaccine

The immune system is the body's best defense in fighting diseases like HIV and cancer. Now, an international team of researchers is harnessing the immune system to reveal new clues that may help in efforts to produce an HIV vaccine.

4 Feb 2019

New online software package trains health care workers in safe Ebola disease response

In a world where we can travel the globe by jet, diseases that were once thought to plague faraway places can now strike close to home.

4 Feb 2019

New research course to improve minority health and reduce health disparities

Health disparities have persisted, despite extensive research and a decades-long mandate to eliminate them. Thus, the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities led a National Institutes of Health-wide, two-year science visioning process to chart a new research course to improve minority health and reduce health disparities.

4 Feb 2019

Researchers emphasize need for more physical activities for home-school children

Parents who home-school their children may think putting them into organized sports and physical activities keeps them fit, but Rice University researchers say young people need more.

4 Feb 2019

Researchers use integrated data analysis to classify liver cancer

Liver cancer remains a major problem in healthcare globally, being the second most common cause of cancer-related death globally.

3 Feb 2019

Opioid overdose epidemic likely to increase in the U.S in coming years

A study from investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technology Assessment projects that the opioid overdose epidemic in the U.S. is likely to increase in coming years, and that measures based on restricting access to prescription opioids will have a minimal impact in reducing overdose deaths.

3 Feb 2019

RhoE protein plays key role in the development of nervous system

Researchers have revealed the key role of the RhoE protein in essential processes for the development of the central nervous system, such as myelination.

3 Feb 2019

Breakfast not the most important meal for weight loss

A new study has busted the common belief that breakfast is the most important meal of the day for people trying to lose weight.

3 Feb 2019

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Review highlights poor documentation of ADHD diagnoses

Researchers move a step closer to developing new pneumonia vaccine

Rutgers study uncovers new threat in the opiate epidemic

Obesity-related cancers found to be increasing among younger adults in the United States

Researchers link protein clusterin to many facets of cardiometabolic syndrome risk

Graphene could hold key to unlock next generation of early lung cancer diagnosis

FDA warns that some home-use test strips may provide inaccurate results

Iridium attached to albumin can attack cancer cells when blasted with light

Children born after fertility treatment do not have greater risk of developing cancer

Programs to reduce childhood obesity must include all family members, suggests study

Walking cadence appears to be a reliable measure of exercise intensity

Folate levels decrease significantly when solar radiation is higher, shows study

Researchers harness immune system to reveal new clues to produce HIV vaccine

New online software package trains health care workers in safe Ebola disease response

New research course to improve minority health and reduce health disparities

Researchers emphasize need for more physical activities for home-school children

Researchers use integrated data analysis to classify liver cancer

Opioid overdose epidemic likely to increase in the U.S in coming years

RhoE protein plays key role in the development of nervous system

Breakfast not the most important meal for weight loss

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