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Do You Know How Heavy Your Child's Backpack Is?
Have you ever tried to lift your child’s backpack? If not, you are probably in for a pretty startling surprise. Do you remember your backpack always being insanely heavy as a ...
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Parent-Targeted Interventions In Primary Care Setting Improve Parent-Teen Communication On Alcohol Use, Sexual Behavior
New research shows that brief parent-targeted interventions in the primary care setting can increase communication between parents and their teens about sexual and alcohol-rel...Full Article
Don’t Miss A Beat: Computer Simulations May Treat Most Common Heart Rhythm Disorder
Scientists at Johns Hopkins have successfully created personalized digital replicas of the upper chambers of the heart and used them to guide the precise treatment of patients...Full Article
A Painless Skin Patch Simplifies Diagnostic Tests
Many diagnostic tests require blood, but NIBIB-funded researchers have developed a skin patch with tiny needles that painlessly collect interstitial fluid (ISF) for testing. ...Full Article
CWRU School Of Nursing Awarded $2.14M National Cancer Institute Grant
Patients with head and neck, lung, esophageal, rectal and anal cancers typically undergo rigorous, intense treatment, usually including some combination of radiation, surgery ...Full Article
Survey Data Suggests Widespread Bullying By Superiors in Medical Residency Training
Using questionnaire answers from thousands of internal medicine residents, primarily from U.S. training programs, a research team at Johns Hopkins Medicine says it has added t...Full Article
Snoring Nose No Limits
Snoring, the nocturnal malady that is the bane of countless marriages, affects nearly 40 percent of adult men and 24% of adult women. In addition to affecting others who are t...Full Article
Compound Could Help Improve Heart Attack Recovery
Imagine there were a drug that you could take soon after a heart attack that could reduce damage by protecting healthy heart muscle tissue. “Cardiologists say that when a hea...Full Article
Should Doctors Accept Unvaccinated Children As Patients?
Four in 10 parents say they are very or somewhat likely to move their child to a different provider if their doctor sees families who refuse all childhood vaccines, according ...Full Article
Children With Mild Asthma Can Use Inhalers As Needed
A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis supports evidence that children with mild asthma can effectively manage the condition by using their two...Full Article
When The Best Hearing Aids For The Elderly Are Not Enough, Consider This Solution
Hearing loss is a significant health concern in the United States, especially for the elderly. One in every three people 65 years of age and one in every two 75 years of age a...Full Article
CSHA Releases Video, Resource Guide To Help Parents, Others Determine Children's Language Development Status, Need For Help
The California Speech-Language-Hearing Association (CSHA) has released an educational video and supporting online resource guide to help parents, medical professionals, educat...Full Article
More Cancer Cases Among Women With Sleep Apnea
Women with severe sleep apnea appear to be at an elevated risk of getting cancer, a study shows. No causal relationship is demonstrated, but the link between nocturnal hypoxia...Full Article
Two-In-One Contrast Agent For Medical Imaging
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) visualizes internal body structures, often with the help of contrast agents to enhance sensitivity. A Belgian team of scientists has now devel...Full Article
Canadian Researchers Find ‘Silent’ Strokes Common After Surgery, Linked To Cognitive Decline
Canadian researchers have discovered that covert – or ‘silent’ - strokes are common in seniors after they have elective, non-cardiac surgery and double their risk of cognitive...Full Article
Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment Can Learn – And Benefit From – Mindfulness Meditation
There’s currently no known way to prevent older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) from developing Alzheimer’s disease. But there may be a safe and feasible non-phar...Full Article
Prize-Winning, Student-Designed App Identifies Social Conditions Contributing To Mortality App Review
An app created by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students that identifies social conditions contributing to declining life expectancy at a community level is a Phase 1 winne...Full Article
Nanoscale “Glass” Bottles Could Enable Targeted Drug Delivery
Tiny silica bottles filled with medicine and a special temperature-sensitive material could be used for drug delivery to kill malignant cells only in certain parts of the body...Full Article
Study Finds Lack Of Racial Diversity In Cancer Drug Clinical Trials
New research published this week in JAMA Oncology has found a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in clinical trials for cancer drugs. The study — “Disparity of Race Reportin...Full Article
Pharmacist-Led Approach In Community Hospitals Can Cut Antibiotic Use
In small, community hospitals that don’t have resources for a dedicated staff to oversee the proper use of antibiotics, turning to staff pharmacists showed promise in a model ...Full Article
Imaging A Brain Thinking, Using A New MRI Technique
An international team of researchers with partial support from the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) developed a new MRI technique that can c...Full Article
Northwell Offers Hospitalized Patients Help In Dealing With Opioid, Substance-Use Issues
Northwell Health today announced the implementation of its substance-use screening protocol for patients who are admitted to its hospitals, broadening its ability to support m...Full Article
WINDGO Granted IoT Wearable Products Patent
WINDGO, Inc., a research and development company specializing in smart material and vibrational transfer technologies, announced today that they have been granted US Patent No...
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Emerging Wound Care Therapy Now Heals Limbs Previously Scheduled For Amputation
AVANTI Technologies Inc. (AVANTI) nursing team supports Los Angeles medical device company, Numotech Inc., to address one of health care's biggest challenges - nonhealing woun...Full Article
First Integrative Neurorehabilitation™ Program In The Country Launches At Nexus Neurorecovery Center, Augmenting The Healing Process For Brain Injured Patients
Pain and stress management are hot topics in the United States. Like many healthcare providers, Nexus Neurorecovery Center has focused on alternative ways to address discomfor...Full Article
