Archive: 22/02/2018

More Americans pushed into high-deductible health plans

(HealthDay)—The number of uninsured American adults held steady at about 13 percent in 2017, but many more insured Americans are being presented with high deductibles, new research shows.

Feb 22, 2018

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Too much TV could boost your odds for a blood clot

(HealthDay)— Hours spent binge-watching that hot new series might feel great, but it's doing no favors for your blood vessels, new research shows.

Feb 22, 2018

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Survey: More than half of US gun owners do not safely store their guns

More than half of gun owners do not safely store all their guns, according to a new survey of 1,444 U.S. gun owners conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Feb 22, 2018

Shedding a tear may help diagnose Parkinson's disease

Tears may hold clues to whether someone has Parkinson's disease, according to a preliminary study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 70th Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, April 21 to ...

Feb 22, 2018

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Researchers adapt HIV test in developing rapid diagnostic test for Zika virus

Researchers at New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry), in collaboration with Rheonix, Inc. (Ithaca, NY), are developing a novel test for Zika virus that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the ...

Feb 22, 2018

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As pediatric use of iNO increased, mortality rates dropped

Use of inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) among pediatric patients has increased since 2005 and, during a 10-year time period, mortality rates dropped modestly as the therapeutic approach was applied to a broader range of health ...

Feb 22, 2018