Surgery
Team investigates why candidates for cochlear implants rarely get them
Many hearing loss patients are cochlear implant candidates, but few use this technology that could improve their hearing and quality of life.
Dec 12, 2019
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Running research: Heel-toe or toe-heel?
New research from La Trobe University suggests there is no evidence that changing a runner's strike pattern will help prevent injuries or give them a speed boost.
Dec 12, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Three-day intensive crisis intervention is associated with reduced suicidality in adolescents
When an adolescent is acutely suicidal and cannot safely remain in the community, inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is the traditional intervention. But a lack of appropriate facilities across the United States, combined ...
Dec 09, 2019
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Medications
Chronic disease prevention could ease opioid crisis
Preventing chronic disease could help curb the opioid epidemic, according to research from the University of Georgia.
Dec 05, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Weight change between pregnancies is linked to having premature and large at birth babies
Research from the University of Southampton has identified that women who are not overweight and lose significant weight (more than 3 kg/m2) between their first and second pregnancies could have a greater risk of a premature ...
Dec 05, 2019
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Gerontology & Geriatrics
Bone and muscle health can 'make or break' care as we age
Experts at a prestigious medical conference hosted by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and funded by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) National Institute on Aging (NIA) hope their work—reported this week ...
Dec 04, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Are women getting adequate nutrition during preconception and pregnancy?
In a Maternal & Child Nutrition analysis of published studies on the dietary habits of women who were trying to conceive or were pregnant, most studies indicated that women do not meet nutritional recommendations for vegetable, ...
Dec 04, 2019
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Medications
Program to address opioid prescribing for lung, head and neck cancer patients
The University of Illinois at Chicago has received a grant from the Coleman Foundation to develop a screening process for prescribing opioids and managing opioid use disorders in cancer patients who receive care at UI Health, ...
Dec 02, 2019
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Health
Pharmacy service will save NHS £651 million
A research team from the Universities of Manchester, Nottingham, and UCL evaluating a service delivered by pharmacists since 2011 have calculated it will save the English NHS around £651 million.
Dec 02, 2019
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Genetics
Why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy: study
Researchers have shown why people with intellectual disability experience lower life expectancy and suggest better public health could improve outcomes.
Dec 02, 2019
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