Archive: 12/12/2017

Medication assisted treatment is option for opioid use disorder

Of the 20.5 million Americans 12 or older that had a substance use disorder in 2015, two million had a substance use disorder involving prescription pain relievers and 591,000 had a substance use disorder involving heroin, ...

Dec 12, 2017

Study finds uninsured don't use emergency rooms more than other patients

One of the most common arguments for expanding publicly subsidized health coverage is that the uninsured overuse and overburden emergency departments. This argument persists despite evidence that, when the uninsured gain ...

Dec 12, 2017

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Ultra-thin tissue samples could help to understand and treat heart disease

A new method for preparing ultra-thin slices of heart tissue in the lab could help scientists to study how cells behave inside a beating heart.

Dec 12, 2017

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Blood flow–sensing protein protects against atherosclerosis in mice

UCLA scientists have found that a protein known as NOTCH1 helps ward off inflammation in the walls of blood vessels, preventing atherosclerosis—the narrowing and hardening of arteries that can cause heart attacks and strokes. ...

Dec 12, 2017

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Neuroscientists show deep brain waves occur more often during navigation and memory formation

UCLA neuroscientists are the first to show that rhythmic waves in the brain called theta oscillations happen more often when someone is navigating an unfamiliar environment, and that the more quickly a person moves, the more ...

Dec 12, 2017

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Studies highlight potential health risks for consumers and employees at beauty salons

Clients who frequent hair and nail salons exhibit more instances of dermal and fungal symptoms than those who visit less often and nail salon technicians are receiving inadequate training in the use of chemicals, suggest ...

Dec 12, 2017

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Study confirms link between the number of older brothers and increased odds of being homosexual

Groundbreaking research led by a team from Brock University has further confirmed that sexual orientation for men is likely determined in the womb.

Dec 12, 2017

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Tapeworm drug could lead the fight against Parkinson's disease

Researchers at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the University of Dundee, have identified a drug molecule within a medicine used to treat tapeworm infections which could lead to new treatments for patients with Parkinson's ...

Dec 12, 2017

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How Zika virus induces congenital microcephaly

Epidemiological studies show that in utero fetal infection with the Zika virus (ZIKV) may lead to microcephaly, an irreversible congenital malformation of the brain characterized by an incomplete development of the cerebral ...

Dec 12, 2017

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'Death receptors'—New markers for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease

Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found that the presence of death receptors in the blood can be used to directly measure the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes. "We see that people ...

Dec 12, 2017

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