Relatives and healthcare staff find it hard to diagnose pain levels in nursing home residents accurately, especially if they are cognitively impaired with…
Sep 17, 2009
WASHINGTON -- A report released today by the National Research Council calls on the United States to launch a new multiagency, multiyear, and multidisciplinary…
Sep 17, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 17, 2009) -- In a decade-long initiative to protect millions of families from malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, a U.S.
Sep 16, 2009
A committee of scientists led by Johns Hopkins investigators has published a new guide to the biology, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer in never-smokers, fortifying measures for what physicians have long known is a very different disease than in smokers.
Sep 16, 2009
(SALT LAKE CITY) -- A University of Utah sleep expert has joined with researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Stanford…
Sep 16, 2009
While many have argued that media freedom is integral to a functioning democracy and respect for human rights, a new study is the first to examine the effects of media freedom in countries that lack such democratic institutions as fair elections.
Sep 16, 2009
ERCP is a specialized technique used to study and treat problems of the ducts that drain the liver and pancreas.
Sep 16, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY -- University of Utah medical researchers have identified a gene with mutations that cause febrile seizures and contribute to a severe form of…
Sep 16, 2009
CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Chemical engineers at Oregon State University have invented a new technology to deposit "nanostructure films" on various surfaces, which may first find use as coatings for eyeglasses that cost less and work better.
Sep 16, 2009
Levels of chloride, a component of salt, are elevated in many urban streams and groundwater across the northern U.S., according to a new government study.
Sep 16, 2009
Parolees with a gambling habit may resort to criminal activities and substance abuse when they are released from prison if there are few community supports to help them re-integrate, a University of Alberta study has concluded.
Sep 16, 2009
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Sep 16, 2009
Younger people with pain look similar in terms of their disability to people who are two to three decades older without pain, according to a study published in this month's issue of the Journal of the American Geriatric Society.
Sep 16, 2009
Sept. 16, 2009 -- WASHINGTON, D.C., A diverse collaboration of healthcare leaders today released the AF Stat™ Call to Action for Atrial Fibrillation to serve as a roadmap for reducing the burden of atrial fibrillation (AFib) in the United States.
Sep 16, 2009
