Archive: 07/04/2016

Report suggests urgent need for policies to support family caregivers of aging and disabled Americans

Family members and friends provide the vast majority of care for aging Americans experiencing chronic conditions, trauma or illness. Yet, according to "Addressing the Needs of Caregivers at Risk: A New Policy Strategy," a ...

Apr 7, 2016

New platform optimizes drug doses to prevent organ rejection for transplant patients

For decades, doctors and scientists have predicted that personalized medicine—tailoring drug doses and combinations to people's specific diseases and body chemistry—would be the future of health care.

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Changes in human reproduction raise legal, ethical issues, expert says

What if prospective parents were given the opportunity to make decisions ahead of time about the combination of genetic traits their child would inherit?

Apr 7, 2016

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New research suggests early life factors could increase prostate cancer risk

Factors that influence when boys go through puberty could affect a man's future risk of developing prostate cancer, a large study funded by World Cancer Research Fund has found.

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Surgeons test technology with potential to expand lung transplant donor pool

Michele Coleman lay close to death last fall with end-stage lung disease when she got a second chance at life.

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Charity warns of chronic medical shortages in S.Sudan

Chronic shortages of essential medical supplies are worsening an already dire humanitarian situation in war-torn South Sudan, the charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned Thursday.

Apr 7, 2016

Speaking two languages for the price of one

In everyday conversation, bilingual speakers often switch between languages mid-sentence with apparent ease, despite the fact that many studies suggest that language-switching should slow them down. New research suggests ...

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