Medical News

(Loyola University Health System) About 1 in 1,111 patients who undergo urologic surgery for conditions such as prostate cancer and kidney stones experience opioid dependence or overdose (ODO), a Loyola Medicine study ha...

(Society for Research in Child Development) A new special section of Child Development shows how particularly diverse the use of mobile technology is among children and adolescents, and points to great complexity in the ...

Scientists are structurally modifying vancomycin to make it more powerful in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Why it took a long time for vancomycin-resistant enterococci to strike offers clues on the antibiotic'...

Product Announcement The lead-free steel fasteners are made possible by applying new materials, processes, and tool technologies without compromising fastener quality and performance ... Contributed Author: PennEngineeri...

News Machine learning is a type of artificial intelligence that provides computers with the ability to learn complex patterns in data ... Contributed Author: American Thoracic Society Topics: STEM

News From the data gathered scientists were able to build up a profile of the molecules present in the sperm and how they differ between samples ... Contributed Author: University of Sheffield Topics: Medical Diagnostics

News Now scientists have developed a new test strip that could potentially allow patients to do this at home for the first time ... Contributed Author: American Chemical Society Topics: Cardiovascular

News The metasurface, placed between a patient and the receive coils, enhances the signal-to-noise ratio in the region of interest ... Contributed Author: ITMO University Topics: Medical Diagnostics

People who act out their dreams are likely to develop Parkinson's disease and Lewy bodies dementia. More than 80 percent of those with REM sleep behavior disorder develop neurodegenerative diseases.

Veteran Affairs hospitals have more cases of opioid and drug theft than private hospitals. Doctors and other employees in VA medical centers and clinics are suspected to be behind the missing drugs.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A comprehensive review of four decades of national homicide data show important gender differences and trends among homicide victims and offenders in the U.S., related to...

(Frontiers) A recent study examining how two common types of fungal infection affect the aroma of wine reveals that both bunch rot (Botrytis cinerea) and powdery mildew (Erysiphe necator) do in fact change the aroma of w...

(Academy of Finland) Body- and sex related problems constitute a distinct group of psychological ailments that is most common in middle aged women, according to scientific research. The project was financed by the Academ...

(Deutsches Aerzteblatt International) The duration of a person's unfitness for work is determined by more than his/her primary diagnosis. Patients often report psychological problems and a feeling of being burnt out. Ant...

(University of Zurich) Research in the field of kidney cancer, also called renal cancer, is vital, because many patients with this disease still cannot be cured today. Researchers from the University of Zurich have now i...

(Boston Children's Hospital) As the US Senate takes up the proposed American Health Care Act (AHCA), a large study provides evidence that eliminating the individual mandate could jeopardize health care coverage for young...

(Society for Academic Emergency Medicine) Transgender patients feel it is more important for health care providers to know their gender identity (GI) than their sexual orientation (SO), but are willing to disclose SO/GI ...

(Thomas Jefferson University) Most cases of Parkinson's have no known cause, and researchers continue to debate and study possible factors that may contribute to the disease. Research reported in the journal npj Parkinso...

(Georgia State University) In humans, developing metabolic disease, particularly type 2 diabetes, is correlated with having bacteria that penetrate the mucus lining of the colon, according to a study led by Drs. Benoit C...

(RAND Corporation) One of the largest-ever mental health surveys of college students finds that while students who identify as being LGBQQ suffer from psychological distress more often than their straight peers, they are...

(Nationwide Children's Hospital) A recent study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital published in the American Journal of Emergency Medicine shows that, while there has been a ...

(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) As many as 53 percent of cancer patients' Emergency Department visits that do not require admission could be avoided with better symptom management and greater availability of out...