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(University of Oxford) This is the first time a clock gene has been found to affect resistance to bacterial pneumonia, a fatal disease responsible for 5% of all deaths in the UK each year.

(American Heart Association) Fulminant myocarditis develops quickly and can prove fatal without early recognition and advanced medical therapy.A new scientific statement from the American Heart Association details the re...

(American Geriatrics Society) In their analysis of blood pressure data, researchers focused on people aged 80 and older who had reported heart disease events (such as heart attacks or strokes), changes in kidney function...

(Rutgers University) Families of children with autism face high physical, mental and emotional burdens, are sometimes ridiculed and even accused of child abuse, according to a Rutgers study.

(SUNY Downstate Health Science University) A study led by researchers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University and Oregon Health & Science University, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, showed that, d...

(Cedars-Sinai Medical Center) A new Cedars-Sinai study reveals how memory and abnormal brain activity are linked in patients with epilepsy who often report problems with memory. The data show that abnormal electrical pul...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A UCLA-led study revealed a new way to predict which patients with 'stable' heart failure -- those who have heart injury but do not require hospitalization -- have...

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) Not only is excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) associated with increased long-term maternal weight, but a new study has shown that there is a cumulative effect of ex...

(American Thoracic Society) A small wildfire in San Diego County in 2017 resulted in a big uptick in children visiting the emergency room for breathing problems.

(Wiley) Published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, a treatment involving electrical nerve stimulation helped women with fibromyalgia in a recent clinical trial.

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A new frailty index shows promise in determining how acute illness affects functional ability in older patients admitted to hospital, according to a new study in CMAJ (Canadian Medi...

(NYU Langone Health / NYU School of Medicine) Study finds novel method of optical imaging combined with artificial intelligence accurately diagnoses brain tumors in real time.

(American Geriatrics Society) Delirium (sudden confusion or a rapid change in mental state) affects 15-26% of hospitalized older adults. Antipsychotic medicines are among the few therapeutic options to ease delirium and ...

(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Scientists at the Columbia Center for Children's Environmental Health (CCCEH) have uncovered a link between prenatal exposure to phthalates--a ubiquitous group of p...

(George Washington University) A review article from the George Washington University highlights the correlation between highly processed foods and increased prevalence of obesity in the United States.

(American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Progesterone signaling is key to a healthy pregnancy. An Austrian team's research suggests a link between recurrent miscarriage and disrupted progesterone synthes...

(American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) 'For the first time, we found that children with more serious sleep issues showed brain activity that indicated more shallow and superficial sleep,' says BGU Prof...

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) Children who undergo expansive genetic sequencing may not be getting the thorough DNA analysis their parents were expecting, say experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

(American Osteopathic Association) Researchers surveyed 385 first- through fourth-year medical students to assess their levels of burnout. They found only 2.3% of participants reported high levels of emotional exhaustion...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) In Southern states that expanded their Medicaid programs under the Affordable Care Act, adults experienced lower rates of decline in both physical and mental health, according to re...

(Massachusetts General Hospital) A simple, inexpensive uterine balloon tamponade (UBT), is almost 86 percent effective in preventing maternal death from bleeding.