Archive: 24/07/2017

Hot days can seriously affect seniors' health

"Is it hot enough for you?"

Jul 24, 2017

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Depression among heart attack survivors can be deadly, yet is often ignored

Clyde Boyce has been hospitalized 14 times in the past four years.

Jul 24, 2017

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Stress hormone linked to mood and hippocampus volume

Individual differences in the pattern of release of the hormone cortisol in response to a stressful experience reveal how stressed a person actually feels, suggests a study of healthy women published in The Journal of Neuroscience. ...

Jul 24, 2017

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Immunotherapy efficacy up with Gal-1/SIT co-administration

(HealthDay)—Galectin-1 (Gal-1), allergen-specific immunotherapy (SIT) co-administration may suppress allergic responses in the intestine more than use of SIT or Gal-1 alone, according to an experimental study published ...

Jul 24, 2017

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Lasting damage after monolateral acute primary angle closure

(HealthDay)—Significantly greater structural and functional damage occurs in eyes with monolateral acute primary angle closure (APAC) compared with fellow eyes, and more than half of fellow eyes develop chronic angle closure ...

Jul 24, 2017

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Too little vitamin D may hinder recovery of injured corneas

Injury or disease in combination with too little vitamin D can be bad for the window to your eyes.

Jul 24, 2017

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Monitoring fluid intake may help improve outcomes for bariatric surgery patients

Nurses on the bariatric surgery care team at a Connecticut hospital were having difficulty keeping track of patients' fluid intake after hospital admission. To standardize this process, and to avoid patient readmission following ...

Jul 24, 2017

Research targets long-term brain deficits in cardiac arrest survivors

Research conducted by Jason Middleton, PhD, Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy, and Neuroscience at LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine, and colleagues may lead to a treatment to prevent long-term sensory ...

Jul 24, 2017