The numbers are grim: Of the 200,000 Americans diagnosed with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) each year, 30 to 50
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Exercise mitigates genetic effects of obesity later in life: Importance of remaining physically active even after age 70
If you’re up there in age and feel like you can coast as a couch potato, you may want to
Continue reading »Precision medicine clinical trial releases new findings: NCI-MATCH data strengthen path forward for targeted cancer therapies
The National Cancer Institute’s Molecular Analysis for Therapy Choice (NCI-MATCH) trial, the largest precision medicine trial of its kind, has
Continue reading »Study links screen time to insomnia symptoms and depressive symptoms in adolescents: Regulating screen times may improve sleep health and reduce depression
Preliminary results from a new study indicate that greater amounts of daily screen time are associated with more insomnia symptoms
Continue reading »A filthy first — the 6 common types of disgust that protect us from disease revealed
Disgust has long been recognised as an emotion which evolved to help our ancestors avoid infection, but now researchers have
Continue reading »Sleep loss linked to nighttime snacking, junk food cravings, obesity, diabetes
Nighttime snacking and junk food cravings may contribute to unhealthy eating behaviors and represent a potential link between poor sleep
Continue reading »Structure of protein pair provides blueprint for future drugs
Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers have visualised for the first time how the protein SOCS1 ‘switches off’ cell signalling
Continue reading »Finances are a major motivating factor in patient avoidance of diagnostic testing
Patient preferences for diagnostic testing differed significantly across levels of risk, benefit, and cost of diagnostic testing, but cost was
Continue reading »Study estimates increased death rate in Puerto Rico in months after Hurricane Maria: Official death count of 64 likely a substantial underestimate
The mortality rate in Puerto Rico rose by 62% [95% confidence interval (CI) 11% to 114%] after Hurricane Maria, according
Continue reading »Soy lecithin NSAID combo drug protects against cancer with fewer side effects, UTHealth reports
When scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) applied a chemical found in soybeans to
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