Medical News

(Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University) Identifying a protein that plays a key role in cancer cell growth is a first step toward the development of a targeted cancer therapy. It is especially promising when th...

(Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati) New research conducted in the Cognitive Neuroscience group of SISSA shows that a perceptual decision - recognizing an object and taking the appropriate action - is trig...

(Emory Health Sciences) Public health researchers suggest adjustments to recently proposed rule changes on how Medicare pays for dialysis services.

(Boston University School of Medicine) Incremental physical activity, even at light intensity, is associated with larger brain volume and healthy brain aging.

(Michigan State University) New evidence from Michigan State University suggests that those who smoke cannabis, or marijuana, weigh less compared to adults who don't. The findings, published in the International Journal ...

(University of Illinois at Chicago) New research shows that when pharmacies close, people stop taking widely used heart medications -- like statins, beta-blockers and oral anticoagulants -- that have known cardiovascular...

(JAMA Network) How pharmacy closures are associated with declines in cardiovascular medication adherence for statins, β-blockers and oral anticoagulants among adults 50 or older was the focus of this analysis of prescri...

(The Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth) Dartmouth-led study of more than 25 million pregnant women reports on rates of smoking cessation at the start of and during pregnancy and also examines the association of quit...

(Kaiser Permanente) Patients prescribed opioid pain medications whose doses varied over time were three times more likely to experience an overdose than patients prescribed stable opioid doses, according to an observatio...

(JAMA Network) This study of more than 25 million pregnant women reports on rates of smoking cessation at the start of and during pregnancy and also examines the association of quitting cigarette smoking and the risk of ...

(American Thoracic Society) A short video describing the potential benefits and risks of low-dose CT screening for lung cancer in addition to an informational brochure increased patients' knowledge and reduced conflicted...