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‘De-tabooing’ of abortion- Women would like more support from health care community

Almost half of all pregnancies are unplanned. In 2017, 12 733 abortions were carried out in Norway. The number of live births the same year was 56 600.

21 Mar 2019

European Parliament's report calls on EU to develop policies to regulate endocrine-disrupting chemicals

The Endocrine Society applauded the European Parliament's release of a report demonstrating that endocrine-disrupting chemicals pose a serious threat to the health of current and future generations and illustrating the need for additional action by policymakers in the EU to address this issue.

21 Mar 2019

Researchers develop and validate scale for rating severity of mononucleosis

One to five percent of college students develop infectious mononucleosis each year, and about 10 percent are diagnosed six months later with chronic fatigue syndrome - a complex condition involving severe fatigue coupled with disabling cognitive and musculoskeletal symptoms.

21 Mar 2019

Newly engineered nanoscale protein micelles can be tracked by MRI

A team of researchers from New York University has engineered nanoscale protein micelles capable of both delivering chemotherapeutic drugs and of being tracked by magnetic resonance imaging.

21 Mar 2019

Selective destruction of prostate tumor as effective as complete prostate removal

Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, led by prostate cancer treatment pioneer Dr. Eric Walser, have shown that selectively destroying cancerous prostate tissue is as effective as complete prostate removal or radiation therapy while preserving more sexual and urinary function than the other treatments.

21 Mar 2019

Toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system getting ready to begin commercialization

With 1 million new cases of congestive heart failure diagnosed each year, a revolutionary product is making it easier for hospitals to monitor patients with the condition in the comfort of their own homes.

21 Mar 2019

Tropical storms likely to become more deadly under climate change, research shows

Tropical storms are likely to become more deadly under climate change, leaving people in developing countries, where there may be a lack of resources or poor infrastructure, at increased risk, new research from Oregon State University shows.

21 Mar 2019

Butler Hospital receives COBRE grant to enhance research on neuropsychiatric illnesses

Neuropsychiatric illnesses are common and highly impairing conditions that arise from abnormal functioning of the brain.

21 Mar 2019

Saving energy also saves lives, UW-Madison study says

We all know that turning off lights and buying energy-efficient appliances affects our financial bottom line. Now, according to a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, we know that saving energy also saves lives and even more money for consumers by alleviating the costs of adverse health effects attributed to air pollution.

21 Mar 2019

NSF offers grant to improve treatment approaches for pelvic organ prolapse

It's a simple question many women ask, and as a symptom of pelvic floor dysfunction, urinary incontinence in women is surprisingly common.

21 Mar 2019

New model for intensive care identifies factors that send ill patients to ICU

A new model for intensive care, developed by Rutgers and RWJBarnabas Health System, can help identify preventable - and previously overlooked - factors that often send chronically ill patients to the intensive care unit.

21 Mar 2019

Adverse childhood experiences tied to higher out-of-pocket health care costs in adulthood

A study has found that out-of-pocket health care spending and medical debt are substantially higher when adults have a history of adverse childhood experiences.

21 Mar 2019

Appropriate doffing of personal protective equipment may reduce healthcare worker contamination

More than one-third of healthcare workers were contaminated with multi-drug resistant organisms after caring for patients colonized or infected with the bacteria, according to a study published today in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, the journal of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America.

21 Mar 2019

Study shows ACA's positive impact on healthcare affordability and access for women

According to a new study appearing in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, the rate of health insurance coverage and access to affordable acute and preventive care services improved for women after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.

21 Mar 2019

Role of immunological imprinting in elicitation of new antibodies

We are repeatedly exposed to the influenza virus via infections, vaccinations and our communal environments. The annual flu shot is believed to be the best line of defense, and doctors recommend vaccinations every year because the flu virus is in a constant state of adaptation and mutation, rendering older vaccines obsolete.

21 Mar 2019

Study: Around one in hundred people has autism spectrum condition in China

The first large-scale study of autism in China has revealed that around one in a hundred people in the country has an autism spectrum condition - the same figure as found in the West.

21 Mar 2019

"Statistical significance" may soon be a thing of past?

Research is usually denoted to be effective with the terms “statistically significant”. If a significant difference is observed, the difference between groups is pronounced.

21 Mar 2019

Generic messages don't help patients to lose weight

When it comes to losing weight, doctors' messages to their patients can make a powerful difference, according to new research from Duke University.

21 Mar 2019

Study provides new understanding of how the brain recovers from damage caused by stroke

Each year, approximately 265,000 Americans have a stroke that causes visual impairment. New research, which appears in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, sheds light on how the damage in the brain caused by a stroke can lead to permanent vision impairment.

21 Mar 2019

Gruesome cat and dog experiments by the USDA exposed

A shocking new report from a nonprofit organization called The White Coat Waste Project published this week found that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has been conducting some abhorrent and bizarre experiments with cats and dogs.

21 Mar 2019

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‘De-tabooing’ of abortion- Women would like more support from health care community

European Parliament's report calls on EU to develop policies to regulate endocrine-disrupting chemicals

Researchers develop and validate scale for rating severity of mononucleosis

Newly engineered nanoscale protein micelles can be tracked by MRI

Selective destruction of prostate tumor as effective as complete prostate removal

Toilet-seat based cardiovascular monitoring system getting ready to begin commercialization

Tropical storms likely to become more deadly under climate change, research shows

Butler Hospital receives COBRE grant to enhance research on neuropsychiatric illnesses

Saving energy also saves lives, UW-Madison study says

NSF offers grant to improve treatment approaches for pelvic organ prolapse

New model for intensive care identifies factors that send ill patients to ICU

Adverse childhood experiences tied to higher out-of-pocket health care costs in adulthood

Appropriate doffing of personal protective equipment may reduce healthcare worker contamination

Study shows ACA's positive impact on healthcare affordability and access for women

Role of immunological imprinting in elicitation of new antibodies

Study: Around one in hundred people has autism spectrum condition in China

"Statistical significance" may soon be a thing of past?

Generic messages don't help patients to lose weight

Study provides new understanding of how the brain recovers from damage caused by stroke

Gruesome cat and dog experiments by the USDA exposed

Membrane proteins in focus: Turning high-risk targets into routine workflows

How metabolic phenotyping can detect viral infections in minutes

Directed enzyme evolution and the Nobel Prize: Making enzymes evolve in the lab

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