Archive: 12/10/2016
Latino teens who care for others reap academic benefits
According to the Pew Research Center, Latino teens remain at high risk for poor academic outcomes. They drop out of high school at higher rates of compared to blacks, whites and Asians and they lag other groups in obtaining ...
Oct 12, 2016
Hypothyroidism symptoms linger despite medication use, normal blood tests
About 15 percent of the 10-12 million people in the U.S. with hypothyroidism, or an underactive thyroid, continue to feel sick despite following the standard of care recommended by the American Thyroid Association. Physicians ...
Oct 12, 2016
High folate intake linked with nerve-damage risk in older adults with common gene variant
Consuming too much folate (vitamin B9) is associated with increased risk for a nerve-damage disorder in older adults who have a common genetic variant. Although variable by race or ethnic background, an estimated one in six ...
Oct 12, 2016
Fighting pain through knowledge about sensory organs in the fingertips
That a finger can distinguish the texture of satin from suede is an exquisite sensory discrimination largely relying on small sensory organs in the fingertips called Merkel discs. Jianguo Gu, Ph.D., of the University of Alabama ...
Oct 12, 2016
Clinical trial investigates new treatment for systolic heart failure patients
The academic partners in the VerICiguaT GlObal Study in Subjects with Heart Failure with Reduced EjectIon FrAction (VICTORIA) are pleased to announce that patient enrollment has begun. The study will explore a novel treatment ...
Oct 12, 2016
Smokeless tobacco product snus may increase risk of death among prostate cancer patients
The smokeless tobacco product snus, which is used mainly in Sweden but also is sold in the U.S., may increase the risk that men with prostate cancer will die from their disease, and the risk that they'll die prematurely from ...
Oct 12, 2016