Like other industries before it, health care has embraced technology and the resulting trends that have emerged. Many of these trends combine elements of our digital and physical worlds, creating hig… [+6063 chars]
Pass the olive oil, please! New research by the University of Barcelona shows that consuming extra virgin olive oil during pregnancy and while breastfeeding can increase antioxidants in breast milk, … [+1682 chars]
Ericka Wong, MD: I think of pharmacological treatment for myasthenia gravis in several major categories. I divide them into short-acting medications, chronic immunosuppressants, and acute or rapid th… [+1862 chars]
Since antibiotics were discovered over a century ago, theyve improved our lives dramatically. Research suggests theyve even extended average human life expectancy by more than 20 years. But if were n… [+5789 chars]
Humans are famously social animals. But they are not alone in their tendency to team up with other individuals of the same species (conspecifics) to reach their goals. In fact, herds of mammals, floc… [+4570 chars]
Exposing humans to ultraviolet radiation to test sunscreen effectiveness should be phased out, according to scientists and cancer experts. The recommendation from the Australian Radiation Protection… [+3720 chars]
Have you ever been fixated on a part of your body that nobody else seems to notice or that causes you a great level of stress? If youve brought up these concerns to friends or loved ones, they migh… [+5400 chars]
Data collected by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and the Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy suggest that Clostridioides difficile, or C. diff, a bacterial spec… [+5121 chars]
Before a "magic" mushroom trip, one man's obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) symptoms were so bad that he would check that the stove was turned off up to 20 times in a short time period to ease a se… [+4158 chars]
Summary of findings Alcohol consumption, including at low levels, was observationally associated with higher brain iron in multiple basal ganglia regions. There was some evidence supporting a causal… [+11551 chars]
Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experienced lower voice-related quality of life (VRQOL) as a result of their disease, as measured by their risk of dysphagia and changes in … [+3848 chars]
Integrating telephone-based smoking cessation and lung screening programs not only has the potential to maximize long-term health benefits, it can also be cost-effective in the long term, according t… [+3615 chars]
