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(University of East Anglia) New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) says there is a 'clear need' for more support for young carers of parents with a mental illness as they move into adulthood. The study arg...

(American Geriatrics Society) As members of the House Committee on Energy & Commerce move to debate, amend, and revise a host of important health proposals, the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) again pledged enthusiasti...

(Garvan Institute of Medical Research) A study in zebrafish indicates that some genes linked to cancers in humans have been strictly regulated throughout evolution.

(University of Cincinnati) Adolescent girls who reach puberty at an earlier age may also have a greater chance of developing migraine headaches, according to new research from investigators at the University of Cincinnat...

(Clemson University) Researchers from Clemson University's Environmental Toxicology Program have published research connecting an enzyme associated with detoxification to obesity and fatty liver disease, especially in ma...

(University College London) A programme of therapy and coping strategies for people who care for family members with dementia successfully improves the carers' mental health for at least a six-year follow-up, finds a UCL...

(American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine) The use of platelet-rich plasma therapy can reduce the risk of a second meniscus failure after operation but does not seem to protect patients who have had surgery to re...

(NIH/National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism) What: The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health, announces that Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D., will de...

(University of North Carolina at Charlotte) A new study finds that though drug companies marketing erectile dysfunction drugs claim to be self-policing their advertising so that 90 percent of the audience viewing sexuall...

(Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care) In the British Medical Journal, IQWiG researchers analyse the first 216 AMNOG assessments of new drugs and derive proposals for more targeted drug development.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) The University of Colorado Cancer Center is leading the way in the development of a new endometrial cancer clinical trial that may lead to practice-changing therapies.

(University of Warwick) A key cause for the pelvic pain experienced by women with endometriosis has been uncovered, potentially opening new opportunities for pain relief for the condition.

(National Institutes of Natural Sciences) Researchers in Japan found that induction of the transcription factor STEM CELL INDUCING FACTOR 1 (STEMIN1) in leaves directly changes leaf cells into stem cells in the moss Phys...

(Johannes Gutenberg Universitaet Mainz) Injured axons instruct Schwann cells to build specialized actin spheres to break down and remove axon fragments, thereby starting the regeneration process.

(University of Pennsylvania) For nearly a century, life expectancy in the United States has been increasing. By contrast, research from Irma Elo and Samuel Preston of the University of Pennsylvania shows that mortality n...

(Boston Medical Center) The prevalence of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL), which precede anal cancer, is much higher in women living with HIV than previously reported, a multi-site, national study...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Some people tend to postpone actions. In women, this trait is associated with a genetic predisposition towards a higher level of dopamine in the brain. This is what researchers from Ruhr-Universi...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) For a patient, a diagnostic error can mean the difference between life and death. While estimates vary, likely more than 100,000 Americans die or are permanently disabled each year due to medical...

(Case Western Reserve University) Riley Tedrow, Ph.D., a medical entomologist at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, has uncovered new findings about malaria transmission in Madagascar. In a recent study ...

(University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture) The 2019 Applied Reproductive Strategies in Beef Cattle Symposium well be held in Knoxville, Tennessee, August 20-21, 2019. The conference is hosted by the Beef Reproduc...

(University of California - Los Angeles) A UCLA Dentistry led research study has found that the gene, mEAK-7, which they discovered last year, may play a key role in cancer metastasis. By comparing mEAK-7 expression leve...

(University of Exeter) Rising temperatures could mean no male loggerhead turtles hatch at a key breeding ground by the end of this century, new research suggests.