Forget the handshake: fist bumps are ‘more hygienic’
Knocking fists together – known as a fist bump or dap – has been used as a greeting or congratulatory gesture in the sports and rap worlds for many years. But now, researchers from Aberystwyth...
View ArticleResearchers receive grant to improve treatment for patients with COPD
Research into improving treatment for patients with one of the UK’s most common respiratory diseases has received a -810,000 funding boost. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the name for...
View ArticleNew wave of patients boosting hospital earnings
Earnings reports offered last week by two hospital operators offer evidence that the health law’s coverage expansion is leading more patients to seek treatment. The Wall Street Journal: Health-Law...
View ArticleSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital earns Secretary of Defense Employer...
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has been named one of 15 recipients of the Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) of the...
View ArticleChildhood obesity linked to early puberty
A new link has been identified between obesity in childhood and the lowering of the age of puberty. The research which discovered the link, carried out at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of...
View ArticleEndoscopic resection not always best for localized, early-stage esophageal...
A new study, published in the July, 2014, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by Northwestern Medicine- researchers, sheds new light on the risks associated with the growing...
View ArticleMedicare turns up heat on fraud investigations
One U.S. attorney in South Dakota says such cases will be one of the fastest-growing areas of criminal investigations, while some providers are crying foul. Philadelphia Inquirer: Costs Of Expanded...
View ArticleChildhood obesity linked to early puberty
A new link has been identified between obesity in childhood and the lowering of the age of puberty. The research which discovered the link, carried out at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of...
View ArticleGenetics involved with menarche may hold keys to preventing diabetes or...
A novel study shows that the age girls reach puberty is influenced by ‘imprinted genes’-a subset of genes whose activity differs depending on which parent contributes the gene. This is the first...
View ArticleResearchers demonstrate novel approach in cervical cancer prevention
A study published online in the International Journal of Cancer earlier this month describes a novel approach to preventing cervical cancer based on findings showing successful reduction in the risk of...
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