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Contribution of suicide to opioid-related deaths may be overstated, study suggests

The study is the first to use national data on opioid overdose deaths between 2000 and 2017 to find out what share of these deaths in individuals age 15 and older were unintentional, due to suicide, or of undetermined intent.

17 Dec 2019

Study shows the effect of obesity on routine blood tests in children

Weight may affect doctors' ability to correctly interpret routine blood tests in children, according to new research published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

17 Dec 2019

Smart, nature-inspired system provides continuous information on patient’s health

Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and China's Xidian University present, in Chemical Reviews, a comprehensive review of smart systems that provide continuous information on a subject's health.

17 Dec 2019

New discovery can allow scientists to tell old and new memories apart

Researchers have discovered signatures in brain activity that allow them to tell old and new memories apart. A team at Japan's RIKEN Center for Brain Science analyzed recordings from mouse brains using a machine-leaning algorithm, which was able to accurately classify memories as recent or remote. They also found robust communication between a frontal brain region and the hippocampus, an area strongly involved in memory formation.

17 Dec 2019

New technique could lead to better diagnosis and effective tracking of Huntington’s disease

Researchers at the universities of Southampton and Cambridge have developed a new technique to analyze biochemical changes unique to Huntington's disease.

17 Dec 2019

Zebrafish 'avatars' help distinguish radiosensitive from radioresistant tumors

Radiotherapy can effectively reduce or even eliminate some tumors; others, however, show enduring resistance. Considering the potentially harmful side effects of radiotherapy, clinicians agree that it is paramount to be able to determine if a patient will benefit from radiotherapy before exposing them to any of the associated risks.

17 Dec 2019

Women who live near green space may be at lower risk of excess weight, obesity

Women who live less than 300 meters from green space may be at lower risk of excess weight or obesity.

17 Dec 2019

Antioxidant in green tea plant could be key to fighting tuberculosis

An antioxidant found in the green tea plant could become key to tackling tuberculosis one day, a team of international scientists led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore has found.

17 Dec 2019

Lifestyle-related blood lipid profile better predicts type 2 diabetes risk

Using lipidomics, a technique that measures the composition of blood lipids at a molecular level, and machine learning, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a blood lipid profile that improves the possibility to assess, several years in advance, the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.

17 Dec 2019

New kind of AI improves breast cancer risk prediction

Researchers have established a new artificial intelligence (AI) that can identify women with increased risk of breast cancer.

17 Dec 2019

Researchers block malaria parasite’s ability to spread infection

Researchers have discovered a new way to prevent the deadliest malaria parasite from spreading infection.

17 Dec 2019

Modified stroke drug boosts injury repair in rats with spinal cord damage

Adding a modified stroke drug to stem cells used to treat rats with spinal injury boosted the therapy and motor activity.

17 Dec 2019

ASA reaffirms its commitment to protect patients from surprise medical bills

In response to a new Health Affairs article "Out-Of-Network Billing and Negotiated Payments for Hospital-Based Physicians," the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) released the following statement reaffirming its commitment to protecting patients from surprise medical bills.

17 Dec 2019