Medicine
Women with excess weight as a teen or young adult may have higher stroke risk by age 55
Research Highlights: Research Highlights: Women with excess weight at age 14 or 31 may have increased ischemic (clot caused) stroke...
First-of-its-kind test can predict dementia up to nine years before diagnosis
Peer Reviewed | Observational study | People Peer Reviewed | Observational study | People Researchers at Queen Mary University of...
Doctors advise caution as energy drinks may trigger life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias in patients with genetic heart diseases
Philadelphia, June 6, 2024 – A new study in Heart Rhythm, the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the...
Drug used to treat eczema may provide relief for patients with intensely itchy skin diseases
A drug approved to treat eczema provided significant improvement in the symptoms of patients with severe itching diseases that currently...
Antidepressants: new data on prevalence of discontinuation symptoms
Joint press release from Charité & University Hospital CologneCredit: © Charité | Romy Greiner Joint press release from Charité &...
Nuclear medicine highlighted in documentary series
Reston, VA—The field of nuclear medicine is in the spotlight this season on the TV documentary Jobs of Tomorrow. The series, hosted...
Virginia Tech researcher helps reach nutrition security goals
Food is many things.Credit: Photo by Max Esterhuizen for Virginia Tech. Food is many things. It nourishes our bodies, delights...
William T. Grant Foundation announces funding for UT, Cherokee Health Systems for research-practice partnership
Trustees of the William T. Grant Foundation, the Spencer Foundation, the Doris Duke Foundation and the Bezos Family Foundation have...
Researchers investigate possible rural-urban divide in HIV risk behaviors
By George Hale, Texas A&M University School of Public Health Although most newly diagnosed HIV patients in the United States live...
Monell researchers identify universal bitter blocker that could help patients take their life-saving medicines as prescribed
PHILADELPHIA (June 5, 2024) – Many people, especially children and the elderly, have difficulty swallowing pills. Liquid forms of many...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Warm seawater speeding up melting of ‘Doomsday Glacier,’ scientists warn
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Probiotics during pregnancy shown to help moms and babies