Medicine/Health

New online tool can enhance lethal means counseling Access to firearms and other lethal methods of suicide during periods of risk can make it more likely that a suicide attempt will end in death. Yet many patients with suicidal thoughts or…

NYU study finds active adults are more likely to do multiple types of physical activity Highly active adults engage in a greater variety of physical activities than do less active adults, finds a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory…

Credit: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery January 29, 2020 - In the era of 'Dr. Google,' social media is a tremendous influence on patients interested in cosmetic surgery, and with more than two billion users - representing almost…

A new analysis, published in The Lancet, includes 99 patients with laboratory-confirmed 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) who were transferred to Jinyintan Hospital, an adult infectious disease hospital admitting the first 2019-nCoV…

In rodent studies, method reduced likelihood of further spinal cord trauma while delivering large doses of potentially reparative stem cells; the approach may have utility for multiple neurodegenerative conditionsCredit: UC San Diego Health…

2019-nCoV likely emerged very recently and was detected relatively rapidly 2019-nCoV likely emerged very recently and was detected relatively rapidly. The virus may use the same molecular 'doorway' as severe acute respiratory…

DALLAS - Jan. 29, 2020 - In a new report published today in Circulation, experts outline national and global goals to help people live healthier for longer. While heart disease and stroke-related deaths continue to decline, the rate at…

Widely used brain organoids are 'confused' and 'disorganized' compared to new atlas of the developing human brain Brain organoids -- three-dimensional balls of brain-like tissue grown in the lab, often from human stem cells -- have been…

Breakthrough findings from a new study point toward the first targeted therapy for an aggressive form of breast cancer that disproportionately affects black womenCredit: Gu Xiao Researchers identified two proteins -- mutant tumor…

Credit: The Sanger Institute / UCL Protective cells in the lungs of ex-smokers could explain why quitting smoking reduces the risk of developing lung cancer, Cancer Research UK-funded researchers have determined. Scientists…