Health News Archives - Page 898 of 901

04/06/2018

Patient safety check-up: Promise, progress and a need for vigilance

Long-time patient safety advocate Tejal Gandhi, MD, has seen the U.S. health system improve when it comes to patient safety

04/06/2018

Double-drug strategy blocks escape route for most lung cancers

A one-two combo punch using two currently available drugs could be an effective treatment for the majority of lung cancers,

04/05/2018

Telomerase-expressing liver cells regenerate the organ

Liver stem cells that express high levels of telomerase, a protein often associated with resistance to aging, act in mice

04/05/2018

How live vaccines enhance the body’s immune response

Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin’s university hospital, have discovered a new mechanism by which live vaccines induce immunity. Molecules produced exclusively by

04/05/2018

Anemia: When cells fail to produce enough protein factories: Researchers gain new insights into blood cell formation

Every day, stem cells in our bone marrow produce billions of new red blood cells. Any disruption in this process

04/05/2018

Dance aids healthier ageing

Queensland Ballet and QUT today released the results of a joint project examining the health and wellbeing benefits of ballet

04/05/2018

Scoliosis surgery in children with cerebral palsy: Quality of life benefits outweigh risks

For children with severe cerebral palsy (CP), surgery for scoliosis (sideways curvature of the spine) significantly improves the quality of

04/05/2018

Fewer Americans are fixing their noses

Americans love cosmetic surgery. Last year in the U.S., there were 1.8 million plastic surgeries and nearly 16 million nonsurgical

04/05/2018

How an uproar over aid and sexual exploitation ignored women’s actual experiences

The recent “Oxfam sex scandal” – during which some aid workers were accused of paying for sex with young women

04/05/2018

People use emotion to persuade, even when it could backfire

We intuitively use more emotional language to enhance our powers of persuasion, according to research published in Psychological Science, a