Archive: 08/08/2016
Volunteering later in life can enhance mental health and wellbeing
Becoming a volunteer later on in life can result in good mental health and wellbeing, according to researchers from the University of Southampton and the University of Birmingham.
Aug 8, 2016
Research supports removing drug use as a restriction for receiving highly curative hep C treatment
Hep C patients being treated for opioid addiction achieved high rates of sustained virologic response after 12 weeks of therapy with elbasvir-grazoprevir compared to those taking placebo for 12 weeks before beginning the ...
Aug 8, 2016
Researchers turn to policy to tackle health disparities in an age of personalized medicine
A new paper from researchers from Tufts University and colleagues addresses how increased support for minority-focused research, community-based participatory research, and studies of gene-environment interactions may improve ...
Aug 8, 2016
In sync: Simultaneous prescription refills boosts medication adherence, study shows
Programs aimed at helping patients adhere to prescription medication regimens have become an area of interest for researchers as nearly half of patients do not take medications as prescribed. In a new study, researchers at ...
Aug 8, 2016
Thyroid tumor: It takes two to tango
Autonomous adenomas are the most common benign tumors of the thyroid gland. Mutations in two genes account for around 70 percent of the cases. Scientists from the University of Würzburg (Germany) have now discovered another ...
Aug 8, 2016
Flint lead crisis adds up to $395 million in social costs
The social costs related to lead poisoning in Flint, Michigan, amount to $395 million from April 2014, when the city switched its water source from Lake Huron to the Flint River, to the present day, not counting the $58 million ...
Aug 8, 2016
For the first time in history, high blood pressure is more common in lower-income countries
For the first time in history, people living in low- and middle-income countries have a higher prevalence of hypertension - or high blood pressure - than people living in high-income countries, according to new research in ...
Aug 8, 2016