Archive: 08/12/2017
Early-life trauma may increase heart disease risk in adults
Stress in early life may change the immune response in the kidneys, increasing the risk of heart disease later in life, according to a new study. The paper, published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology—Renal ...
Dec 8, 2017
Searching out pancreatic cancer risk
A prospective study by Wei Zheng, Ph.D., M.D., and colleagues delivers the first direct epidemiological evidence that increased production of a chemical compound called prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), as measured by metabolites ...
Dec 8, 2017
Medicaid expansion increases use of prescription medications among low-income people
There are major barriers in access to prescription medications for the uninsured. New research, published in the December issue of Health Affairs, co-authored by Katherine Baicker, dean of the University of Chicago Harris ...
Dec 8, 2017
Expert discusses how the opioid epidemic spreads
The sale of prescription opioids has risen sharply since 1999, and the number of fatal drug overdoses attributed to the drugs has more than quadrupled. We asked Yale SOM's Marissa King, an expert in social networks who has ...
Dec 8, 2017