Archive: 24/10/2016

Study investigates absorption of artificial sweeteners in blood

A recent study by investigators at the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases at the National Institutes of Health measured how much artificial sweetener is absorbed into the blood stream by children ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Expanding role of hospitalist PAs achieves similar clinical outcomes, costs less

More and more medical centers are relying on hospitalists—hospital-based internal medicine specialists who coordinate the complex care of inpatients. Now, an 18-month study comparing two hospitalist groups—one with a ...

Oct 24, 2016

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High Facebook posts provide insights into pro- and anti-vaccination beliefs

One of the challenges to understanding the concerns behind vaccine hesitancy is that very seldom are people with worries about vaccines and vaccine advocates brought together in the same space, especially online. Both groups ...

Oct 24, 2016

Child migrants taken to Britain need support and psychological care

Hundreds of unaccompanied child asylum seekers are being taken to Britain, moved from a camp in Calais, northern France, as its closure begins. There were 387 unaccompanied minors in the French refugee camp known as "the ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Active agent from the Caribbean sea cucumber could improve treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma

Researchers at the Comprehensive Cancer Center of MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital have discovered a new option for treating malignant pleural mesothelioma. For the first time in the world, they were able to show ...

Oct 24, 2016

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Researcher investigates womens' motivations for clitoral reconstruction

"I don't own my own sexuality." "I more or less take back my own body. I undo what they did."

Oct 24, 2016

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Home handy but not so stable—steep rise in ladder-related falls

Researchers at QUT have warned about the rising popularity of Do-It-Yourself (DIY) culture after a steep rise in the number of people falling from ladders.

Oct 24, 2016

Nutritionists must take a bigger piece of the pie when it comes to influencing food policy

Nutrition professionals need to step up to the plate and gain a larger portion of influence on food policy in Australia to dilute the heavy concentration of 'food industry' representatives with direct links to food policy ...

Oct 24, 2016