UC San Francisco researchers have shown that the earliest stages of the brain degeneration associated with Alzheimer's disease (AD) are linked to neuropsychiatric symptoms including anxiety, depression, loss of appetite, and sleep disturbances.
The influential Leapfrog Group, which grades nearly 2,000 U.S. hospitals, is launching a national survey to evaluate the safety and quality of up to 5,600 surgery centers that perform millions of outpatient procedures every year.
Crohn's disease (CD), a chronic inflammatory condition of the intestinal tract, has emerged as a global disease, with rates steadily increasing over the last 50 years.
According to a new report from Professor Mariana Mazzucato, Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP), in collaboration with STOPAIDS, Global Justice Now and Just Treatment, the NHS patients are not getting treatments at the affordable process and this is a failure on part of the global health innovation system.
By the time the average person reaches their 60s, they will lose 30% of their muscle mass. It is possible to stay strong and independent as you age, thanks to science, and it may even be possible to have in more muscle with the proper healthy lifestyle choices.
Proteins form muscles, bones, hair, skin, and the connective tissue that hold the body together. Proteins even make up the messengers within the body including hormones, the immune system, enzymes, and brain chemicals.
A research team from the University of Göttingen has commissioned a worldwide unique microscope combination at DESY's X-ray source PETRA III to gain novel insights into biological cells. The team describes the combined X-ray and optical fluorescence microscope.
The study was published in the journal Nature Communications. To test the performance of the device installed at DESY's measuring station P10, the scientists investigated heart muscle cells with their new method.
While obese adults often report more pain after surgery, the same does not appear to be true for obese children, according to the largest study of its kind, being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2018 annual meeting.
Patients with advanced heart failure enrolled in hospice have fewer emergency department visits, hospital days, and intensive care unit (ICU) stays. The study was published in the JACC: Heart Failure.
The Irish Association for Emergency Medicine (IAEM) has raised concerns about Ireland's first community air ambulance. The country's first charity air ambulance landed in Kerry on Friday and will officially enter full-time daylight hours next month.
The service will cost € 2m a year to run and is funded through community and donor contributions. It will have an advanced paramedic and an emergency medical technician (EMT) leading the medical care.
Astronauts live in a practically weightless environment, scientifically known as microgravity. The effects of microgravity on the human body are various and fascinating some of them damaging, some redeeming.
New research finds a therapeutic purpose for the impact of microgravity on human stem cells. The study was published in the journal Stem Cells and Development. From the brain shifting upward to muscles shrinking, veins swelling, and astronauts' faces getting puffy, the effects of microgravity on the human body are fascinating.
Psoriasis is associated with increased risk of cardiovascular disease, but its effect on the course of cardiovascular disease remains unknown. The study show patients with hypertension and psoriasis more often required cardiovascular procedures and surgeries than hypertensive patients without psoriasis. The study was published in the Journal of Dermatology.
A policy change to Massachusetts' shelter eligibility was tied to increased pediatric emergency department visits for homelessness and substantial health care costs. The study was published in Pediatrics.