Archive: 03/10/2016
High up-front costs could delay access to life-saving blood cancer drugs for Medicare patients
Significant out-of-pocket costs that cancer patients can face before Medicare insurance drug benefits kick in may delay the patients' treatment with a novel class of targeted therapies, according to a University of North ...
Oct 3, 2016
A simple antidote for shame
Have you ever felt embarrassed or guilty? A new study suggests that drinking a cup of cold water or iced tea could reduce these types of uncomfortable emotions.
Oct 3, 2016
Healthy rewards points can promote healthy foods in restaurants
From fast food chains to coffee shops, marketers use various promotional strategies to nudge selection of featured foods. Price discounts, rewards cards, and coupons are some common methods. A new Cornell University School ...
Oct 3, 2016
Research on normative brain development in children could help doctors test for depression
A focus on brain development, particularly in early childhood, may eventually be the key to detecting psychiatric risk before the symptoms have the chance to progress. Research at Binghamton University, State University of ...
Oct 3, 2016
A tour de (tiny) force: Researchers apply inconceivably small force to mysterious receptor
From the blood coursing through our veins to the fly landing on our arm, we sense forces both inside and outside of our bodies through certain receptors on our cells. A new Duke University study takes researchers a step further ...
Oct 3, 2016
Cells' garbage disposal may hold key to healthier life
Autophagy, the little-understood method by which human cells dispose of harmful waste and unwelcome intruders, may one day be central to therapies for longer, healthier living, experts said.
Oct 3, 2016
Polish women hold nation-wide strike against abortion ban
Tens of thousands of black-clad women protested across Poland Monday against a proposed near-total abortion ban in the devoutly Catholic country, where the law is already among the most restrictive in Europe.
Oct 3, 2016