August 24, 2022
A new study identified multiple risk factors, including high utility bills, employment hardship, and medical hardship, that may lead to food insecurity among mothers of young children.
August 23, 2022
NIH study suggests poverty combined with crowded housing or parental separation pose highest risks.
Risk of premature death in adulthood influenced by patterns of early childhood adversity
August 23, 2022
Lack of sleep is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, depression, diabetes, hypertension and sexual dysfunction. A new study now shows that lack of sleep also affects social interactions, making people less willing to help others. MRI scans of sleep-deprived reveal less activation of empathy parts of brain. Assessments of sleep-deprived also show decreased desire to help others. Charitable giving even drops 10% after the beginning of Daylight Saving Time.
August 23, 2022
Medical researchers report on their identification of high-risk patients with stage 3A disease and microscopic lymph node metastases who would benefit from adjuvant therapy.
August 23, 2022
Research supports a causal relationship between air pollution and heart attacks since smokers, who already inhale smoke, were unaffected by dirty air.
Air pollution is associated with heart attacks in non-smokers
August 22, 2022
What we do while we sit matters. New research indicates seniors engaged in sedentary passive behaviors like watching TV may have an increased risk of dementia.
August 22, 2022
Researchers are one step closer to identifying patients at highest risk for developing sudden cardiac death -- an electrical malfunction in the heart that causes it to stop beating.
Genetic score detects those at risk for sudden cardiac death
August 22, 2022
The UK Government's current proposal to fortify one type of flour with folic acid is inadequate as it suggests a low dose that would fail to prevent hundreds of cases of severe birth defects each year, according to a new paper.
More folic acid in flour needed to prevent severe birth defects, researcher says
August 22, 2022
Brain tumors may create interactions that hide them from the body's defenses. They can adapt to treatment by recruiting help from nearby healthy tissue. These interactions could be why these deadly cancers recur in almost all cases.
August 22, 2022
A detailed analysis of pancreatic cancer by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has revealed details of two key transition points in the development of these tumors -- the shift from normal cells to precancerous cells, and the change from precancerous to cancerous cells. Understanding these transitions will help lead to the development of novel therapies.
