Archive: 29/03/2018

CDC get $480 million to replace lab for deadliest germs

The nation's top public health agency has its money for a new lab to handle dangerous germs.

Mar 29, 2018

Opioid use prevalent among electronic dance music partygoers

One in 10 electronic dance music (EDM) party attendees have misused opioids in the past year, exceeding the national average, finds a study by the Center for Drug Use and HIV/HCV Research (CDUHR) at NYU Meyers College of ...

Mar 29, 2018

Child sexual abuse in US costs up to $1.5 million per child death, study finds

Child sexual abuse in the United States is costly, with an average lifetime cost of $1.1 million per death of female victims and $1.5 million per death of male victims, according to a new study.

Mar 29, 2018

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Breast cancers detected at smaller size in women with implants

Breast augmentation with implants does not interfere with the ability to detect later breast cancers—in fact, cancers may be detected at a smaller size in breasts with implants, according to a study in the April issue of ...

Mar 29, 2018

Tumor suppressor protein targets liver cancer

Salk Institute scientists, together with researchers from Switzerland's University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, discovered a protein called LHPP that acts as a molecular switch to turn off the uncontrolled growth ...

Mar 29, 2018

Researchers explore how personality affects gamified diabetes self-management

Mobile health (mHealth) apps using gamified elements, like Empower by Ayogo and Fitocracy, for improving behaviors important to self-managing chronic illness are growing in popularity. But evidence of effectiveness of mHealth ...

Mar 29, 2018