Pucker up, baby! Lips take center stage in infants' brains, study says A typically developing 2-month-old baby can make cooing sounds, suck on her hand to calm down and smile at people. Jul 9, 2018 0 55
Synthetic surfactant could ease breathing for patients with lung disease and injury Human lungs are coated with a substance called surfactant which allows us to breathe easily. When lung surfactant is missing or depleted, which can happen with premature birth or lung injury, breathing becomes difficult. ... Jul 9, 2018 0 360
Depression screening rates among adults increased slightly in recent years, but remain low Rates of routine screening of U.S. adults for depression have increased slightly in recent years, but remain very low. Adults were screened in about 3 percent of office visits in 2015, up from a low of less than 1 percent ... Jul 9, 2018 0 5
Alarming trend shows first-time smoking among young adults Millennials living more dangerously and settling down later could be creating a new generation of addicted smokers and e-cigarette users, according to the surprising results of research by The University of Texas Health Science ... Jul 9, 2018 0 1
New treatment option available for men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia Physicians at UC San Diego Health are now offering prostate artery embolization (PAE) as a new treatment option for men with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), or an enlarged prostate. The minimally invasive procedure is ... Jul 9, 2018 0 21
Whooping cough vaccine: The power of first impressions The current whooping cough vaccine was universally adopted in the US in 1996 to replace the original vaccine based on killed Bordetella pertussis because of a stronger safety profile. The new formulation was found to be effective ... Jul 9, 2018 0 9
Altitude sickness drug appears to slow progression of glioblastoma A drug used to treat altitude sickness—as well as glaucoma, epilepsy, heart failure and seizures—may also offer significant gains for patients with a fast-growing brain tumor known as glioblastoma, according to a study ... Jul 9, 2018 0 413
Pay less, take more: Success in getting patients to take their medicine Taking a medicine every day in the hopes that it will prevent some long-range potential health catastrophe—like a heart attack or kidney failure—isn't easy. Jul 9, 2018 0 7
Hospital quality improves over time with EHRs, study finds An examination of how the adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) affected the quality of hospital care between 2008 and 2013 found that mortality rates were initially higher among hospitals with more digital capabilities, ... Jul 9, 2018 0 25
Insurance gaps linked to five-fold rise in hospital stays for adults with type 1 diabetes For a million American adults, living with type 1 diabetes means a constant need for insulin medication, blood sugar testing supplies and specialized care, to keep them healthy and prevent a crisis that could end up in an ... Jul 9, 2018 0 18
