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New curriculum to improve soft skills in schools boosts children’s health and behavior

A trial of a new curriculum to improve soft skills in secondary school children has shown that it can boost their physical health and behaviour, as well as changing their career aspirations.

18 Jul 2019

Researchers explain why fascioliasis patients have increased risk for neurological diseases

Fascioliasis is a parasitic disease caused by two species that are present in the liver: Hepatic Fasciola, which is present worldwide, and Fasciola gigantica, which is in Asia and Africa.

18 Jul 2019

Common medications can masquerade as dementia in seniors

By all accounts the woman, in her late 60s, appeared to have severe dementia. She was largely incoherent. Her short-term memory was terrible. She couldn't focus on questions that medical professionals asked her.

18 Jul 2019

New electronic skin system may give robots, prosthetics exceptional sense of touch

Robots and prosthetic devices may soon have a sense of touch equivalent to, or better than, the human skin with the Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin, an artificial nervous system developed by a team of researchers at the National University of Singapore.

18 Jul 2019

Light at last: why do more women develop Alzheimer’s disease?

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a leading cause of dementia in many older people, but it seems to affect twice as many women as men. Scientists have long tried to find out why this is so, and why it seems to follow a fast-track course in women.

18 Jul 2019

New drug-delivery system disguises chemotherapeutics as fat to outsmart tumors

A stealthy new drug-delivery system disguises chemotherapeutics as fat in order to outsmart, penetrate and destroy tumors.

18 Jul 2019

Adolescents using multiple sources for prescription drugs at high risk for substance use disorders

Roughly 11% of high school seniors reported prescription drug misuse during the past year, and of those, 44% used multiple supply sources, according to a pair of University of Michigan studies.

18 Jul 2019

Menstrual cups just as good as sanitary pads or tampons

A new study has shown that menstrual cups are a safe, effective and inexpensive way to deal with menstrual blood flow. The report covered 43 studies and more than 3,300 females. The study titled, 'Menstrual cup use, leakage, acceptability, safety, and availability: a systematic review and meta-analysis, is published in the Lancet Public Health.

18 Jul 2019

Strategic partnership will help improve health outcomes for patients with autoimmune disease

The American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association announced today a strategic alliance with iMD Health Global that will help evolve communications between physicians and patients to improve health outcomes, focused on autoimmune and related diseases, which is estimated to affect over 50 million Americans.

18 Jul 2019

How neighborhood environments contribute to the health of black men

It is well understood that urban black males are at a disproportionately high risk of poor health outcomes.

18 Jul 2019

Potential benefits and risks of using e-cigarettes

While cigarette use for high school students is at an all-time low (8%), 21% of students in the United States report using e-cigarettes in the past month, which is the highest level to date.

18 Jul 2019

"Sexting" amongst teens, numbers not decreasing despite preventive efforts

Sending or receiving sexually explicit or sexually suggestive images and videos, via mobile phones, or “sexting” isn’t an as widespread occurrence as previously thought, but the number of teens engaging in the activity hasn’t lessened despite preventive efforts, a new study found.

18 Jul 2019

Human genotype determines if a given Alzheimer's drug will be effective

University at Buffalo researchers have determined that a human gene present in 75 % of the population is a key reason why a class of drugs for Alzheimer's disease seemed promising in animal studies only to fail in human studies.

18 Jul 2019

Over 1 million years of life lost in Ohio from overdose deaths, shows study

The drug addiction epidemic continues to plague the country, and thousands of lives are cut short each year due to overdose.

18 Jul 2019

Employing new federal rule on health insurance plans could save money

Millions of Americans with chronic conditions could save money on the drugs and medical services they need the most, if their health insurance plans decide to take advantage of a new federal rule issued today.

18 Jul 2019

WHO declares the deadly Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

Ebola, the deadly viral infection, is spreading in Congo and the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced it as an international health emergency. Speaking in front of reporters, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus gave updates on the situation in the Central African country.

18 Jul 2019

Researchers use visual cortical prosthesis to help bring sight to the blind

Baylor College of Medicine researchers, in collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles and Second Sight Medical Products are using a visual cortical prosthesis to help bring sight to the blind.

18 Jul 2019

Marijuana isn’t a great choice for glaucoma treatment, says expert

Marijuana can help reduce the pressure inside the eye (IOP, or intraocular pressure). Being a euphoric drug, it is now a commonly used recreational and medicinal drug. In fact, its use ranks fourth among all substances, behind tobacco, alcohol and caffeine.

18 Jul 2019

New federal health insurance rule could help millions of Americans save money on drugs and care

18 Jul 2019

Global payment model offers a framework for slowing health care spending

One popular idea for lowering the nation's ballooning health care spending is to change the way insurers pay provider organizations for their care. Instead of paying a fee for each service rendered- a model that can encourage the unscrupulous use of more services even when the benefit is dubious, reformers suggest giving clinical practices a global yearly budget to care for a population of patients.

18 Jul 2019