Social media accounts promote skeletal images of women
Skeletal images of bodies featuring protruding bones and pencil-thin limbs are being shared and promoted on social media, new research shows.
Oct 16, 2017
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Endogenous infection marker guides antibiotic therapy
The endogenous infection marker procalcitonin can help to guide the use of antibiotics when treating infections. The course of antibiotic therapy is shortened, and its side effects and mortality rate also decrease, as researchers ...
Oct 16, 2017
Study reveals risk factors for substance use problems, as well as resilience
A new study finds that, despite a very high prevalence of numerous, serious risk factors and structural and environmental challenges, the rate of substance use problems is low—and comparable to the general U.S. population—for ...
Oct 16, 2017
Integration of smoking cessation within CT lung cancer screenings shows life-saving results
A study that integrated robust smoking cessation programs into an organized low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening program found that the inclusion of both interventions has the potential to decrease mortality rates while ...
Oct 16, 2017
Early palliative care provides no quality of life benefits for recently diagnosed MPM patients
Early specialist palliative care for patients that were recently diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) does not impact quality of life (QOL) measures, according to research presented by Prof. Fraser Brims of ...
Oct 16, 2017
Study cites race and socioeconomic factors as influential in NSCLC patient survival rates
New research found race and specific socioeconomic factors to have a significant influence on disparities in the survival rates of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. Dr. Yanyan Lou of the Mayo Clinic in the United ...
Oct 16, 2017
Men develop irregular heartbeat earlier than women; extra weight a factor
Men develop a type of irregular heartbeat, known as atrial fibrillation, about a decade earlier than women on average, and being overweight is a major risk factor, according to a large new study published in the American ...
Oct 16, 2017
