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(The Lancet) Healthcare access and quality improved globally from 2000-2016 due in part to large gains seen in many low and middle-income countries in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, according to the latest data f...

Article A new research roadmap by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed guidelines for eliminating flammable materials and providing a better strategy to reduce fire-resulted deaths and ...

News Measuring optical blood flow in the resting human brain to detect spontaneous activity has been demonstrated by Wright State University imaging researchers, holding out promise for a better way to study people with ...

News The research involves a relatively new type of intervention for upper-body amputation patients known as targeted muscle re-innervation. In this groundbreaking procedure, surgeons remove nerves from the vicinity of a...

News Researchers have developed a minimally invasive technique that may help doctors better explore and treat cancerous cells, tissues and tumors without affecting nearby healthy cells. The method, called PLASMAT - Plasm...

Videos The Oregon Health & Science University and Limbitless Solutions have teamed up to start the first US clinical trial of 3D printed bionic arms for children... Staff Author: Tierney King Topics: Wearables

(American Society of Agronomy) Researchers have recently published results identifying the major sources of E. coli breakouts on several beaches on Lake Michigan. They have also researched an effective method of reducing...

(Wiley) In a recent Journal of Sleep Research study, short, but not long, weekend sleep was associated with an increased risk of early death in individuals under 65 years of age.

(Bentham Science Publishers) Some examples of the persistence of incompletely resolved issues in asthma management are: 1) misdiagnosis -- with the related complex consequences --, especially in children population and, ...

(JAMA Network) The number of US adults with high blood pressure is estimated to grow by 31 million and the number of adults recommended for antihypertensive treatment would increase by 11 million under the 2017 American ...

(Wiley) A new Physiological Reports study reveals that evening use of light-emitting tablets can induce delays in desired bedtimes, suppress secretion of melatonin (the hormone that regulates sleep and wakefulness), and ...

(University of Edinburgh) Scientists have developed a lab-based system for studying the most common type of liver disease, paving the way for research into new therapies. The team at the University of Edinburgh has devis...

(Wiley) In a Health Services Research analysis of patients with low back pain, when patients saw a physical therapist first, there was lower utilization of high cost medical services as well as lower opioid use.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) University of Colorado School of Medicine's Karim C. El Kasmi, MD, PhD, assistant professor of pediatrics, and Ronald Sokol, MD, professor of pediatrics, are authors of an...

(JAMA Network) High groundwater concentration of lithium, a naturally occurring trace element, wasn't associated with any benefit in diagnoses of bipolar disorder or dementia when accounting for local health care resourc...

(JAMA Network) Facial angiofibromas are disfiguring growths and these lesions occur in most people with tuberous sclerosis complex, a genetic disorder where growths can appear throughout the body. Current treatments for ...

(JAMA Network) Laws that allow same-sex couples to be denied services are associated with an increase in sexual minority adults reporting mental distress.

(Wiley) A five-year healthy lifestyle counseling program for adult men was linked with a reduced risk of developing cancers related to overweight, diet, and smoking over 25 years.

(Wiley) New research indicates that harm from medicines is common in older adults following hospital discharge, and it results in substantial use of healthcare resources.

(Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience) Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience in collaboration with researchers at Emory University and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sc...

(American College of Surgeons) A growing partnership between the Military Health System and civilian trauma institutions will create, for the first time, a fully integrated military-civilian trauma system.

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) A first-in-human trial evaluating an experimental treatment for Ebola virus disease has begun at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. The Phase 1 clinical t...