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New recommendations on standards, ways to communicate quality of probiotics to end-users

Probiotics are increasingly being researched and marketed as functional ingredients to enhance health. As the market for these products grows, consumers face difficulty in distinguishing between high- and low-quality products.

13 May 2019

General public views use of cognitive enhancers as acceptable practice

The general public largely views the use of cognitive enhancers such as Adderall as an acceptable practice when used by adults in the workplace, suggests a new study from Penn Medicine neurologists, which published this week in AJOB Neuroscience.

13 May 2019

Lecture on how to scale up education at a time of doctor shortages

How can we scale up education at a time of doctor shortages and how to widen opportunities for equity and a medical profession that reflects our society?

13 May 2019

UT Southwestern study suggests why UTIs have high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women

A UT Southwestern study suggests why urinary tract infections have such a high recurrence rate in postmenopausal women - several species of bacteria can invade the bladder walls.

12 May 2019

Study finds a downward trend in cancer screening when patients see doctors later in the day

Compared to patients who see their primary care doctor earlier in the day, cancer screening rates decline significantly as the day goes on, according to a new study from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine and the Wharton School both of the University of Pennsylvania.

12 May 2019

Consortium aims to study link between childhood blood sugar levels and mid-life brain health

A consortium of Louisiana scientists from LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Tulane University and Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center aims to discover how blood sugar levels early in life contribute to a person's brain health in middle age.

12 May 2019

New findings could facilitate the development of hepatitis C mouse model

Small differences in a liver cell protein have significant impacts on hepatitis C virus replication in mice and humans, findings that could facilitate the development of a mouse model of the infection. The report, led by researchers at Princeton University, was published today in the journal eLife.

12 May 2019

Psychologists find link between working memory and sleep, age, depressed mood

A team of psychologists has found strong associations between working memory -- a fundamental building block of a functioning mind -- and three health-related factors: sleep, age, and depressed mood.

12 May 2019

Adherence to DASH diet can lower heart failure risk in people under 75

A diet proven to have beneficial effects on high blood pressure also may reduce the risk of heart failure in people under age 75, according to a study led by researchers at Wake Forest School of Medicine, part of Wake Forest Baptist Health.

11 May 2019

Measuring health-related quality of life in pediatric kidney transplant recipients

After receiving a kidney transplant, children may experience quality-of-life difficulties that underscore the importance of screening transplant recipients for psychosocial function, according to Children's research presented May 4, 2019, during the 10th Congress of the International Pediatric Transplant Association.

11 May 2019

Tech-savvy people more likely to accept and use digital healthcare providers

Would you trust a robot to diagnose your cancer? According to researchers at Penn State, people with high confidence in machine performance and also in their own technological capabilities are more likely to accept and use digital healthcare services and providers.

11 May 2019

Is it a feminist right to want more sex? One company thinks a pill is the answer

Studies have never defined a "normal" level of sexual desire. Despite that, there's a website and an online quiz to help you decide if you've got a problem. Called "Right to Desire," it brands libido as a feminist "right," and its home page offers the defiant, in-your-face prompt: "Yes, I want my desire back."

11 May 2019