Archive: 20/02/2018
Resolvin D-1 limits kidney damage after heart attacks
A heart attack triggers an acute inflammatory response at the damaged portion of the heart's left ventricle. If this acute inflammation lingers, it can lead to stretching of the ventricle and heart failure. The inflammation ...
Feb 20, 2018
Latest palliative care findings on caregiver depression, LGBT partners, moral distress
Caregivers of patients surviving a prolonged critical illness experience high and persistent rates of depression.
Feb 20, 2018
Safety-net hospital reports it achieved better esophagectomy outcomes than national cohort
Safety-net hospitals—often found in inner cities with a high share of uninsured and Medicaid patients—are often thought to be hospitals of last resort. However, a recent study at a safety net hospital in northeast Florida ...
Feb 20, 2018
Improving family-based communication key to enhancing sexual health outcomes of gay, bisexual, and queer adolescents
Studies have shown that talking with teens about sex-related topics is a positive parenting practice that facilitates important sexual health outcomes with heterosexual adolescents. But for LGBTQ youth, the topic of sexuality ...
Feb 20, 2018
Guidelines for fluoride intake—are they appropriate?
The appropriate use of fluoride has transformed oral health over the past 70 years, in part due to the guidelines created for fluoride intake. Recently, researchers are questioning these longstanding guidelines which served ...
Feb 20, 2018
Housing problems found to be common at safety-net community health centers
A new study finds that more than 40 percent of patients treated at U.S. community health centers have a history of housing problems. The report from investigators at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston Health Care ...
Feb 20, 2018
Medicine alone does not completely suppress testosterone levels among transgender women
The majority of transgender women who follow the usual approach prescribed in the United States are unable to reliably lower their testosterone levels into the typical female physiologic range with medicine alone.
Feb 20, 2018