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New poll highlights parental worries about teen tattoos

Seventy-eight percent of parents in a national poll had a clear answer when asked how they would react if their own teen wanted a tattoo: absolutely not.

20 Aug 2018

Researchers review various options to reduce sugar in dairy products

Dairy foods are popular among consumers, and sales gross more than $125 billion per year. With dairy product popularity comes new demands from consumers for healthier, low-calorie products that taste the same as their higher calorie counterparts.

20 Aug 2018

Study reveals how socioeconomic status affects racial, ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival

A new study provides insights into the degree to which socioeconomic status explains racial and ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival.

20 Aug 2018

Common antidepressant restores significant degree of lost plasticity to aging brain cells in mice

A new study provides fresh evidence that the decline in the capacity of brain cells to change, called "plasticity," rather than a decline in total cell number may underlie some of the sensory and cognitive declines associated with normal brain aging.

20 Aug 2018

Novel system can pinpoint ingestible implants inside the body using wireless signals

Medical processes like imaging often require cutting someone open or making them swallow huge tubes with cameras on them. But what if could get the same results with methods that are less expensive, invasive and time-consuming?

20 Aug 2018

New assay may help improve both sarcoma diagnosis and treatment

Sarcomas are rare tumors that are often misdiagnosed. Specific recurrent chromosomal rearrangements, known as translocations, can serve as essential diagnostic markers and are found in about 20 percent of sarcomas.

20 Aug 2018

Scientists examine effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels, satiety

A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Dairy Science. H. Douglas Goff, PhD, and the team of scientists from the Human Nutraceutical Research Unit at the University of Guelph, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, examined the effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels and satiety after breakfast and after a second meal.

20 Aug 2018

Type 2 diabetes on the rise among youngsters

According to a new study, more and more young people are being treated for Type 2 diabetes and this is cause for alarm.

20 Aug 2018

Infection rates of high risk oral HPV in England found to be lower than expected

Infection rates of high risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) oral infection in England are lower than expected, compared to previous US studies.

20 Aug 2018

Areas with high density of alcohol outlets have more hospital admission rates

Areas with a high density of alcohol outlets have higher drink-related hospital admission rates, a new study from the University of Sheffield has found.

20 Aug 2018

Passive smoking exposure among kids greatly increases COPD risk late in life

According to the latest research adults who do not smoke are at a greater risk of dying of serious lung disorders if they grew up around parents who smoked. The study appeared in the latest issue of the journal American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

20 Aug 2018

Don't flush contact lenses after use - bad for environment

Nearly 45 million Americans use soft disposable contact lenses and after use flush them down the toilet. Researchers at the Arizona State University have requested people not to do so because the flushed out contact lenses could be having a severe impact on the environment.

20 Aug 2018

HPI, INTEGRIS and USPI enter into agreement to offer patients more choice, flexibility of care

HPI Holdings LLC, an operator of hospitals, outpatient centers and clinics in Oklahoma City, INTEGRIS, Oklahoma's most advanced health care system, and United Surgical Partners International, a leading provider of ambulatory services in the United States, have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture designed to offer patients and families more choice and flexibility of care settings.

19 Aug 2018

New trial to investigate whether weight loss before conception can make mom and baby healthier

A woman's overall health before conception can impact her pregnancy and the health of her fetus.

19 Aug 2018

URI professor develops simpler and quicker method for detecting impurity in heparin

In 2008, a contaminant eluded the quality safeguards in the pharmaceutical industry and infiltrated a large portion of the supply of the popular blood thinner heparin, sickening hundreds and killing about 100 in the U.S.

19 Aug 2018

Mayo Medical Laboratories and NDSC collaborate to develop new patient blood-management solution

Mayo Clinic implemented a patient blood-management program in 2010 on its Rochester campus and has since experienced a 35-percent reduction of blood transfusions, improving patient outcomes and achieving significant savings.

19 Aug 2018

Insight into endocrine cancers and treatment options

Aretha Franklin died of a neuroendocrine pancreatic tumor, a rare disease where patients often exhibit few symptoms at first.

19 Aug 2018

Loyola Medicine offers scalp cooling treatment to reduce risk of chemotherapy hair loss

Loyola Medicine is offering cancer patients a treatment that reduces the risk of hair loss by cooling the scalp.

18 Aug 2018

Conditions of first sexual encounter can be indicators of future HIV risk and gender-based violence

Adolescent girls and young women in Mombasa, Kenya are more likely to experience higher risks of HIV and gender-based violence when they are involved with sex work venues or have sexual experiences at a young age, suggests a study co-led by St. Michael's Hospital and the University of Manitoba in Canada.

18 Aug 2018

Study evaluates how students change their breakfast consumption when given extra time

Primary school students are more likely to eat a nutritional breakfast when given 10 extra minutes to do so, according to a new study by researchers at Virginia Tech and Georgia Southern University.

18 Aug 2018

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New poll highlights parental worries about teen tattoos

Researchers review various options to reduce sugar in dairy products

Study reveals how socioeconomic status affects racial, ethnic disparities in childhood cancer survival

Common antidepressant restores significant degree of lost plasticity to aging brain cells in mice

Novel system can pinpoint ingestible implants inside the body using wireless signals

New assay may help improve both sarcoma diagnosis and treatment

Scientists examine effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels, satiety

Type 2 diabetes on the rise among youngsters

Infection rates of high risk oral HPV in England found to be lower than expected

Areas with high density of alcohol outlets have more hospital admission rates

Passive smoking exposure among kids greatly increases COPD risk late in life

Don't flush contact lenses after use - bad for environment

HPI, INTEGRIS and USPI enter into agreement to offer patients more choice, flexibility of care

New trial to investigate whether weight loss before conception can make mom and baby healthier

URI professor develops simpler and quicker method for detecting impurity in heparin

Mayo Medical Laboratories and NDSC collaborate to develop new patient blood-management solution

Insight into endocrine cancers and treatment options

Loyola Medicine offers scalp cooling treatment to reduce risk of chemotherapy hair loss

Conditions of first sexual encounter can be indicators of future HIV risk and gender-based violence

Study evaluates how students change their breakfast consumption when given extra time

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