Medical News

News Fluorescence imaging is widely used for visualizing biological tissues such as the back of the eye, where signs of macular degeneration can be detected. It is also commonly used to image blood vessels during reconst...

News A team of Cedars-Sinai investigators has developed a new technique for conducting cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) tests that improves patient comfort, shortens testing time and has the potential to increase...

News Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test, potentially removing the need for millions of diabetics to...

A study has shown that stress is a potent indicative factor of adults being depressed or children having ADHD. This data explains one of the possible causes of the increasing purchase of mental health prescription drugs.

Kindness and compassion can work wonders in helping cancer patients recover faster and reduce pain. A study published in the Journal of Oncology Practice suggested six basic acts of kindness that have positive impacts on...

A young mother found three used needles on the baby changing table at a McDonald's restaurant and thinks these were intentionally left to injure somebody. What was fast food giant's response to the incident?

People prefer to swallow pills or drink tea than to exercise to manage their high blood pressure. A Yale study showed that only 1 in 3 Americans are interested in prolonging their lifespan even if options are available.

(Regenstrief Institute) Controlling blood pressure with any of the commonly prescribed antihypertensive medications (beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, calcium channel blocks, and diuretics) can prevent dementia in older Afr...

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) The agriculture industry is in a tough spot; it's simultaneously tasked with feeding a growing population and minimizing its environme...

(Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications) The Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications journal (CVIA) has just published an Special Issue on Valvular Heart Disease with Guest Editor Blase A. Carabello of East Caro...

(George Washington University) Medicaid work requirements would harm low-income Kentucky families and strain the safety net system, says Friend of the Court Brief filed in support of plaintiffs in Stewart v. Azar.

(American Academy of Family Physicians) In a study spanning four culturally different communities, tailored recruitment materials were developed to facilitate community engagement.

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Primary care leadership and practice resilience can strengthen organizational culture. In small primary care practices, however, practice adaptive reserve and leadership capability...

(Association for Psychological Science) People whose negative emotional responses to stress carry over to the following day are more likely to report health problems and physical limitations later in life compared with p...

(University of Freiburg) The European Research Council awards 2.5 million euro funding to project on the functional role of inhibitory nerve cells in memory formation.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) This press release is issued on behalf of The CRISPR Journal, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert Inc. dedicated to publishing outstanding research and commenta...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a viral disease spread by ticks in the Middle East, Asia, Africa and parts of Europe. Infection with CCHF virus is fat...

(Bentham Science Publishers) The researchers aimed to investigate whether ACE gene polymorphisms rs1800764 and rs4291 are associated with cognitive and functional change in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

(Stanford Medicine) Keeping fit, even if you're born with a high genetic risk for heart disease, still works to keep your heart healthy, according to a study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medici...

(American Academy of Family Physicians) Practice facilitators and practice leaders agreed on the value of a facilitated quality improvement program, but reached different judgments on practices' intensity and pace of cha...

(Wiley) The US population is largely unaware that there are shortages in the availability of cancer drugs, according to a study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society.

(Springer) Rats are able to detect whether a child has tuberculosis (TB), and are much more successful at doing this than a commonly used basic microscopy test. These are the results of research led by Georgies Mgode of ...