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Study: Online diet goal-setting helped pregnant women achieve healthy weight gain

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy increases the risk of obesity in both mothers and babies. To avoid dangerous gestational weight gain, it is important to identify effective tools for behavior change.

9 Apr 2019

New study could help optimize SSRI dosing and minimize adverse effects in teens

In a simulated study, exposure to and maximum blood concentrations of two selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors - commonly used to treat anxiety and depression in adolescents - differed depending on whether the teens modeled were poor, normal, rapid, or ultra-rapid metabolizers of the SSRIs.

9 Apr 2019

International Space Station teeming with bacteria and fungi finds study

A latest study from the NASA has found that the International Space Station is filled with bacteria and fungi.

9 Apr 2019

New findings create opportunity to test new treatments for sarcoma

The origin of certain cancers in the sarcoma group is associated with a hitherto unknown interaction among different proteins. Findings now being presented create the opportunity to test new treatments of these forms of sarcoma.

9 Apr 2019

Brain zaps at 60 could make the brain younger finds study

A new study has shown that zapping the brains of people over the age of 60 can help improve their memory and cognitive functions to function as if they were in their 20s.

8 Apr 2019

Boys having sex too early, finds study

A significant percentage of boys are having sex too early finds a new study. Several factors have been cited as possible associated cause of such occurrences. The results of the study titled, “Prevalence of Sexual Initiation Before Age 13 Years Among Male Adolescents and Young Adults in the United States,” were published in the latest issue of the journal JAMA Pediatrics this week.

8 Apr 2019

Scientists identify receptor responsible for bitter taste of Epsom salt

A team of scientists headed by Maik Behrens from the Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has identified the receptor responsible for the bitter taste of various salts. These include medically used Epsom salt.

8 Apr 2019

Acetaminophen can limit positive empathy for others, study shows

A new study by an Ohio University faculty member showed that acetaminophen limited positive empathy a person has for others while taking it.

8 Apr 2019

Different types of myeloma need specific criteria diagnostic criteria

When our plasma cells start producing a single cancer-causing protein rather than an array of antibody-like proteins to protect us, it's one of two arms of the Y-shaped protein that's likely to blame.

8 Apr 2019

MGH researchers provide insight into use of critical care resources

A study by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators has found wide variation in the use of different hospital units - intensive care or general medical units - to deliver a type of advanced respiratory support called non-invasive ventilation.

8 Apr 2019

Study explores how to improve skin care for elderly people in residential care homes

Skin problems, ranging from generalized skin dryness to pressure ulcers, are common in older, care-dependent people.

8 Apr 2019

Anti-inflammatory medicine can be effective in treating people with depression

The World Health Organization calls depression one of the most serious mental disorders, and researchers around the world are trying to improve treatment of the disease.

8 Apr 2019

Healthy diet pattern strongly associated with better physical function in old age

A person's ability to maintain independence and to physically care for themselves is an essential part of healthy aging.

8 Apr 2019

Study of MS patients shows 18% were given wrong diagnoses

A recent study found that nearly 18 percent of patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis before being referred to two major Los Angeles medical centers for treatment actually had been misdiagnosed with the autoimmune disease.

8 Apr 2019

Current methods may fail to capture accurate health impacts from oil and natural gas extraction

An examination of peer-reviewed studies published over six years on hazardous air pollutants associated with the extraction of oil and natural gas finds that measurements of hazardous air pollutant concentrations near operational sites have generally failed to capture levels above standard health benchmarks; yet, the majority of studies continue to find poor health outcomes increasing as distance from these operations decreases.

8 Apr 2019