Children's packed lunches lack nutritional quality Fewer than two in every 100 packed lunches eaten by children in English primary schools meet nutritional standards, according to a major survey. Jan 13, 2020 0 7
Melatonin for jet lag shouldn't be available on NHS concludes expert review Patients shouldn't be prescribed melatonin for jet lag on the NHS, and its use for this indication should be added to the list of treatments that are not routinely funded by the health service, concludes an expert review ... Jan 13, 2020 1 22
Truvada should remain first choice for HIV prevention, experts say In October 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a second medication for use as HIV preexposure prophylaxis, also known as PrEP, sparking controversy about which drug should be prescribed. Gilead Sciences, ... Jan 13, 2020 0 12
Study finds potential new treatment for preventing PTSD Research led by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation points to a groundbreaking discovery about a new potential treatment and prevention for post-traumatic stress ... Jan 13, 2020 0 372
Long-term memory performance depends upon gating system, study finds Storing and retrieving memories is among the most important tasks our intricate brains must perform, yet how that happens at a molecular level remains incompletely understood. A new study from the lab of Neuroscience Professor ... Jan 13, 2020 1 376
Study suggests biological clock is key to reducing heart damage from radiation therapy Treatment for breast cancer commonly includes radiation therapy, which offers good chances of success but comes with a serious long-term side effect: toxicity due to radiation that reaches the heart, causing DNA damage in ... Jan 13, 2020 0 15
College students use more marijuana in states where it's legal, but they binge drink less Marijuana use among college students has been trending upward for years, but in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, use has jumped even higher. Jan 13, 2020 1 15
Study identifies genetic anomaly associated with poor response to common asthma treatment A new Cleveland Clinic study has uncovered a genetic anomaly associated with poor response to a common asthma treatment. The findings, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, showed that asthmatic patients ... Jan 13, 2020 0 55
Artificial muscle sheets transform stem cells into bone Specifically programmed materials can, under specific conditions, encourage stem cells to transform into bone cells—as revealed by a German research team under the leadership of the Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Centre ... Jan 13, 2020 0 91
Telemedicine visits comparable for glycemic control in T1DM (HealthDay)—Among patients with type 1 diabetes and suboptimal glycemic control, replacement of an intermediate face-to-face visit with a telemedicine session did not affect outcomes, according to a study published online ... Jan 13, 2020 0 4
