_ Health HeadlinesOn the Front Lines of Reproductive Research By Jane Farrell articleReproduction, a process that has from the beginning of time formed the very basis of life itself, is undergoing a … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesArtificial Intelligence Can Help with Diagnosis of Critical Eye Diseases By Jane Farrell articleResearchers have developed a new computational tool that will help artificial intelligence and machine learning techniques to screen patients with … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesCan Your Cardio Device Be Hacked? By Jane Farrell articleMedical devices, including cardiovascular implantable electronic devices, could be at risk for hacking. In a paper published in February 2018 … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesGenetic Ancestry Test Beats Self-Reports in Predicting Bleeding Stroke Risk By Jane Farrell articleA genetic ancestry test more accurately identified patients at risk for bleeding stroke than traditional self-reports of race, cultural identity … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesAsthma Attacks Declining Among U.S. Children By Jane Farrell articleChildren with asthma in the U.S. are having fewer asthma attacks, missed school days, and visits to the hospital, according … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesCellular "Powerhouses" May Explain Health Effects of Stress By Jane Farrell articleHow does psychological stress translate into physical health effects? A key piece of the puzzle may be found in specialized … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesBrain-Scan-Guided Emergency Stroke Treatment Can Save More Lives By Jane Farrell articleResearchers say that advances in brain imaging can now identify a greater number of stroke patients who can receive therapy … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesSalt and Impaired Cognition By Jane Farrell articleHere’s another reason to avoid salt besides its connection to hypertension. Scientists who conducted a mouse study have concluded that … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesIt's Not Too Late to Get Your Flu Shot By Jane Farrell articleEditor’s note: News about the current flu season isn’t encouraging: It’s common in every state except Hawaii. But even in … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesHair Loss and Uterine Fibroids By Jane Farrell articleAfrican-American women with a common pattern of hair loss have an increased chance of developing uterine fibroids, according to new … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesExperts Disagree on Value of A Genetic Test for Breast-Cancer Patients By Jane Farrell articleThe American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently updated its guideline on biomarkers with regard to the MammaPrint genetic test, … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesCoffee Can Help Your Health By Jane Farrell articleDrinking coffee is “more likely to benefit health than to harm it” for a range of health outcomes, say researchers. … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesInsurance Approval Lagging on Costly New Cholesterol Drug By Jane Farrell articleLess than half of patients received their insurer’s approval for prescriptions of the type of cholesterol-lowering drug known as PCSK9 … Read More→
_ Peripheral Artery DiseasePeripheral Artery Disease: What You Need to Know By Jane Farrell articleAs we age, it is common to be concerned about heart disease or high blood pressure. But many people don’t … Read More→
_ HIVOlder Adults with HIV: An Overlooked Population? By Jane Farrell articleThere is a myth that HIV is a disease of the young, but in fact, the HIV population among aging … Read More→
_ Health HeadlinesMaking Magic Happen: How Scientists are Editing DNA to Remove Potentially Fatal Genes By Jane Farrell articleScientists have achieved a landmark breakthrough by editing DNA in human embryos to rid them of a potentially fatal gene … Read More→
_ Peripheral Artery DiseaseBetter Treatment Needed for Peripheral Artery Disease By Jane Farrell articleLess than half of patients with peripheral artery disease are treated with appropriate medicine and lifestyle counseling, according to new … Read More→
_ HIVWhen Food is Medicine By Jane Farrell articleHIV-positive people who received healthy food were more likely to adhere to their medication regimens, and they, as well as … Read More→