CHICAGO (May 3, 2010) -- While timely care can reduce stress among breast cancer patients about their condition, the drive for expediency should not compromise…
May 3, 2010
St. Louis, MO, May 3, 2010 -- Living in a food-insecure household during pregnancy may increase the odds of greater weight gain and pregnancy complications…
May 3, 2010
Young adult survivors of childhood cancers are four times more likely to develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) than their control group siblings, a Childhood Cancer Survivors Study has found.
May 3, 2010
DETROIT -- Quality-of-life measures used routinely to assess treatment outcomes for patients with pancreatic disease may be used to predict both malignancy and survival for those patients, according to a study by Henry Ford Hospital.
May 3, 2010
STANFORD, Calif. -- Researchers at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine have shown for the first time that a…
May 2, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA (May 2, 2010) -- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which may soon be the leading indication for liver transplant, is found to be significantly associated with worse transplant outcomes.
May 2, 2010
Pay-for-performance reimbursement of surgeons, intended to reward doctors and hospitals for good patient outcomes, may instead be creating financial incentives…
May 2, 2010
NEW ORLEANS, LA (May 2, 2010) -- Pay-for-performance reimbursement models may create unintended financial incentives for doctors to discriminate against obese…
May 2, 2010
WASHINGTON, May 1, 2010 -- How much "green exercise" produces the greatest improvement in mood and sense of personal well-being?
May 1, 2010
On May 1, more than 100 scientists will head out to the Midwest for the second part of VORTEX2 , the most ambitious study of tornadoes in history.
May 1, 2010
WESTCHESTER, Ill. -- A study in the May 1 issue of the journal SLEEP is the first to examine sleep issues in a large sample of exceptionally old adults, including nearly 2,800 people who were 100 years of age and older.
Apr 30, 2010
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Positronium is a short-lived system in which an electron and its anti-particle are bound together.
Apr 30, 2010
Hydrogen would command a key role in future renewable energy technologies, experts agree, if a relatively cheap, efficient and carbon-neutral means of producing it can be developed.
Apr 30, 2010
A new 4-dimensional software program promises to improve the treatment of lung cancer by allowing doctors to take the movement of breathing into account when…
Apr 30, 2010
