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Trump administration seeks more health care cost details for consumers

Anyone who has tried to "shop" for hospital services knows one thing: It's hard to get prices. President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order he said would make it easier.

24 Jun 2019

Suicide rates are increasing significantly among African American adolescents

A large-scale study from The University of Toledo of young African Americans who have attempted or died by suicide suggests there is a greater need for mental health services in urban school districts, and that we need to do a better job in convincing parents and caregivers to safely secure firearms and ammunition in the home.

24 Jun 2019

First safe, reliable, noninvasive way to monitor rheumatoid arthritis

A first-in-human Phase 1/Phase II study demonstrates that intravenous administration of the radiopharmaceutical imaging agent technetium-99m (99mTc) tilmanocept promises to be a safe, well-tolerated, noninvasive means of monitoring rheumatoid arthritis disease activity.

24 Jun 2019

Researchers discover early biomarker for degenerative neurologic disease

Researchers have discovered a novel radioligand that can effectively differentiate progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) from similar brain disorders, allowing for earlier and more reliable diagnosis of the disease.

24 Jun 2019

Scientists develop new, rapid test to diagnose bacterial lower respiratory tract infections

Scientists at the Quadram Institute and the University of East Anglia have developed a new, rapid way of diagnosing bacterial lower respiratory tract infections in hours rather than days, that could improve patient care and slow the spread of antimicrobial resistance.

24 Jun 2019

Poor sleep linked to reduced memory performance in older adults

A new study has found that variability in night-to-night sleep time and reduced sleep quality adversely affect the ability of older adults to recall information about past events.

24 Jun 2019

Study emphasizes need for prioritizing nutrition care for home health patients

New research from Advocate Health Care and Abbott found that prioritizing nutrition care for home health patients at risk for malnutrition had a dramatic impact on helping keep them out of the hospital - resulting in millions of dollars in healthcare cost savings.

24 Jun 2019

Immature mood neurons develop during adolescence

Researchers have discovered a mysterious group of neurons in the amygdala -- a key center for emotional processing in the brain -- that stay in an immature, prenatal developmental state throughout childhood.

24 Jun 2019

Blastocyst transfer linked to higher risk of preterm birth, large-for-gestational-age rates

The transfer of embryos cultured for five or six days after fertilization in IVF and ICSI has become routine in many fertility clinics.

24 Jun 2019

Two new resources to enhance level of care for patients with obesity

Advocates for obesity prevention and treatment have designed two new resources for medical educators, healthcare providers and community programs that will enhance the level of care for patients, according to two new studies published online today in Obesity, the flagship journal of The Obesity Society.

24 Jun 2019

Responses of cities to invasions are rather reactive, finds study

While exploring the way alien species invade cities around the world, South African PhD student Ashlyn L. Padayachee and her supervisors, Serban Proches and John Wilson remember suddenly being stricken.

24 Jun 2019

Non-invasive measurement of blood flow to the heart using MRI

The non-invasive measurement of blood flow to the heart using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is on par with cardiac catheterization.

24 Jun 2019

LDL-cholesterol does not predict future cardiovascular events in high-risk heart patients

New international study shows that LDL-cholesterol is unable to predict future cardiovascular events and fails to identify those coronary heart disease patients who are at the highest risk and who would benefit most from additional attention and preventive action.

24 Jun 2019

Study shows how bacteria can destroy host cells from the inside

A bacterial pathogen that typically multiplies outside of host cells can enter and induce the destruction of cells called macrophages, according to a study published June 20 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by Anne-Béatrice Blanc-Potard of the Université de Montpellier in France, and colleagues.

From PLOS ONE 24 Jun 2019

Study: Nearly one-third of Cambodians are infected with threadworm

Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted threadworm that is endemic in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world.

From PLOS ONE 24 Jun 2019

Natural antibiotic made by Tübingen researchers interacts with human defense mechanisms

The natural antibiotic Lugdunin, discovered three years ago by Tübingen researchers, attacks pathogenic bacteria in several different ways simultaneously.

24 Jun 2019

New blood test could potentially diagnose Alzheimers even before symptoms appear

Doctors may one day be able to diagnose Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of severe dementia, and monitor a patient's response to treatment by doing a simple blood test.

24 Jun 2019

Veterans with PTSD twice as likely to die from suicide, accidental injury, and viral hepatitis

According to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, United States Veterans seeking treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder are at increased risk of death compared with the general population.

24 Jun 2019

Auburn study explains link between habitat loss and global emergence of infectious diseases

Auburn University researchers have published a new hypothesis that could provide the foundation for new scientific studies looking into the association of habitat loss and the global emergence of infectious diseases.

24 Jun 2019

Meth in the morning, heroin at night: Inside the seesaw struggle of dual addiction

In the 25 years since she snorted her first line of meth at a club in San Francisco, Kim has redefined "normal" so many times. At first, she said, it seemed like meth brought her back to her true self — the person she was before her parents divorced, and before her stepfather moved in.

24 Jun 2019

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Trump administration seeks more health care cost details for consumers

Suicide rates are increasing significantly among African American adolescents

First safe, reliable, noninvasive way to monitor rheumatoid arthritis

Researchers discover early biomarker for degenerative neurologic disease

Scientists develop new, rapid test to diagnose bacterial lower respiratory tract infections

Poor sleep linked to reduced memory performance in older adults

Study emphasizes need for prioritizing nutrition care for home health patients

Immature mood neurons develop during adolescence

Blastocyst transfer linked to higher risk of preterm birth, large-for-gestational-age rates

Two new resources to enhance level of care for patients with obesity

Responses of cities to invasions are rather reactive, finds study

Non-invasive measurement of blood flow to the heart using MRI

LDL-cholesterol does not predict future cardiovascular events in high-risk heart patients

Study shows how bacteria can destroy host cells from the inside

Study: Nearly one-third of Cambodians are infected with threadworm

Natural antibiotic made by Tübingen researchers interacts with human defense mechanisms

New blood test could potentially diagnose Alzheimers even before symptoms appear

Veterans with PTSD twice as likely to die from suicide, accidental injury, and viral hepatitis

Auburn study explains link between habitat loss and global emergence of infectious diseases

Meth in the morning, heroin at night: Inside the seesaw struggle of dual addiction

Advancing Neuroscience Research Through Collaboration and Patient-Centered Innovation

The impact of vibration on microscopy

How Omics Technologies Are Transforming Biological Research and Drug Discovery

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