Archive: 08/09/2016
Borderline personality disorder—as scientific understanding increases, improved clinical management needed
Even as researchers gain new insights into the neurobiology of borderline personality disorder (BPD), there's a pressing need to improve diagnosis and management of this devastating psychiatric condition. A scientific and ...
Sep 8, 2016
After long-term follow-up, study looks at prognostic factors for breast cancer
A new study published online by JAMA Oncology is long-term analysis of prognostic factors among some patients with breast cancer who were treated with breast-conserving therapy in the EORTC "boost no boost" trial, which evaluated ...
Sep 8, 2016
Chronic sinusitis associated with certain rare head and neck cancers among elderly
In a study published online by JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Daniel C. Beachler, Ph.D., M.H.S., and Eric A. Engels, M.D., M.P.H., of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., evaluated the associations of chronic ...
Sep 8, 2016
Hip fractures: Most elderly unlikely to fully recover
One in every two older persons who have suffered a hip fracture will never be as physically active and independent as they were before. The odds are even lower for the very old and those with dementia or other ailments, says ...
Sep 8, 2016
'Deeply unsettling' weight discrimination in the workplace highlighted
Women face weight-based prejudice in the workplace - even when their body mass index (BMI) is within the healthy range, research led by a University of Strathclyde academic has found.
Sep 8, 2016