Archive: 08/02/2017

Hospital program demonstrates significant cuts in cancer care costs

A new University of Alabama at Birmingham study shows that, when older cancer patients were paired with trained nonmedical professionals in the form of 'lay navigators,' there was significant decline in health care resource ...

Feb 8, 2017

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Global vaccine injury system needed to improve public health, expert argues in JAMA

A vital race is on in laboratories across the globe to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus. However, even if a vaccine were available today, many of the world's poorest people would not be able to receive it due to political ...

Feb 8, 2017

Researcher studies ways to enhance cochlear implants

What is hearing? For Valeriy Shafiro, PhD, that question is fundamental, even though it's one that most people who hear well may probably never think about.

Feb 8, 2017

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Function of olfactory receptor in the human heart identified

Researchers have for the first time identified the function of olfactory receptors in the human heart muscle, such as are also present in the nose. One of the receptors reacts to fatty acids that occur in the blood, in patients ...

Feb 8, 2017

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Antioxidants and hearing loss

Severe hearing loss is the third most prevalent chronic condition in older Americans and more than 15% of people in their 30s are also affected. The condition leads to communication problems, social isolation, depression, ...

Feb 8, 2017

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Mental health and wellbeing

People with severe mental illness (SMI) often have poorer physical health than the general population as they are more likely to experience unnecessary health inequalities and are unable to access the physical healthcare ...

Feb 8, 2017

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Cosmetic surgery affects job satisfaction

In the last few decades an increasing amount of money has been spent, mostly by women, on expensive cosmetic surgery procedures in an attempt to feel more attractive.

Feb 8, 2017

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Study provides new insight into different forms of heart failure

Using a novel noninvasive technique, a team of researchers led by a professor at the University of Texas Arlington's College of Nursing and Health Innovation has been able to measure oxygen consumption in the legs of heart ...

Feb 8, 2017

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Aspirin may increase pregnancy chances in women with high inflammation, study finds

A daily low dose of aspirin may help a subgroup of women, those who have previously lost a pregnancy, to successfully conceive and carry a pregnancy to term, according to an analysis by researchers at the National Institutes ...

Feb 8, 2017

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Alcohol companies fail to follow their own ad rules during the 2017 Super Bowl

Alcohol companies used controversial marketing tactics in their 2017 Super Bowl commercials, including the use of animals that are attractive to children and party themes found to influence underage drinking.

Feb 8, 2017

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