Lack of toothbrushing for seniors in nursing homes is a serious health risk Elderly people in nursing homes often go without a good toothbrushing. Sep 18, 2019 0 151
Medical residents report widespread sexual harassment Sexual harassment in academic medicine is widespread and prevalent with female residents in surgery and internal medicine reporting the highest rates and those in pediatrics reporting the lowest, a new study finds. Sep 18, 2019 0 31
Study: People with autism show atypical brain activity when coordinating visual and motor information A new study in the Journal of Neurophysiology by researchers at the University of Kansas Life Span Institute is the first to look at functional brain activity in people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) while they performed ... Sep 18, 2019 0 83
Young drinkers more 'selfie-conscious,' research suggests Young Australians are less likely to over-indulge in booze and illicit drugs because they like to keep up appearances in their social media-sphere, according to a Flinders University expert on substance abuse and addiction. Sep 18, 2019 0 37
Surgery may benefit women with two types of urinary incontinence Surgery for stress urinary incontinence (leaking that occurs with a cough or sneeze) improves symptoms of another form of incontinence, called urgency urinary incontinence, in women who have both types, according to a study ... Sep 18, 2019 0 75
First survey of trans and gender diverse sexual health reveals major gaps in health system The Kirby Institute has released a new report that highlights a need for policy and practice in Australian sexual assault services to be more responsive to the needs of trans and gender diverse people. Sep 18, 2019 0 43
CBD may alleviate seizures, benefit behaviors in people with neurodevelopmental conditions A marijuana plant extract, also known as cannabidiol (CBD), is being commonly used to improve anxiety, sleep problems, pain, and many other neurological conditions. Now UNC School of Medicine researchers show it may alleviate ... Sep 18, 2019 0 634
A case for personalized medicine in the search for answers about cancer A new cancer is diagnosed every 30 seconds in the United States. Every three minutes, two people in the U.S. die from cancer. Some of the deaths related to the disease arise from the fact that the same drug that helps one ... Sep 18, 2019 0 43
The market in your head: How our brains determine appropriate prices When bidding in a competitive market, brains use a special type of heuristic to adjust the price depending on the success of previous attempts to buy goods. Moreover, this learning mechanism involves not only the cerebral ... Sep 18, 2019 0 82
New study shows long-term durability of early combination therapy in patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes A new study, VERIFY (Vildagliptin Efficacy in combination with metfoRmIn For earlY treatment of type 2 diabetes) presented at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Barcelona, ... Sep 18, 2019 0 60
