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Walking slower and pausing for rest may enable older adults to maintain outdoor mobility: When functional ability declines, changing the way of walking can facilitate older adults’ outdoor mobility

When functional ability declines, changing the way of walking by, for instance, walking slower, pausing for rest or using walking …

18/09/2019

Soldiers, athletes could improved outcomes from traumatic brain injuries

A traumatic brain injury is often easily suspected and can be confirmed and treated if necessary following an injury using …

05/09/2019

Excess body fat, particularly around the waist, is a major risk factor for premature death among Hispanics

Both general and abdominal obesity were strongly associated with mortality among Mexican adults. Each 5 kg/m2 increase in BMI above …

13/08/2019

Novel imaging approach has potential to identify patients with CAD: Non-invasive cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging can be done in short 15 minute exam

Coronary artery disease (CAD) — caused by plaque buildup in the artery walls that constricts the flow of blood to …

29/07/2019

Gut microbes may affect the course of ALS: Researchers isolated a molecule that may be under-produced in the guts of patients

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science have shown in mice that intestinal microbes, collectively termed the gut microbiome, may …

23/07/2019

Slower walking speed may predict future mobility problems

Being able to walk outside for several blocks at a leisurely pace plays an important role in living a vibrant, …

23/07/2019

Light touch to improve rheumatoid arthritis diagnosis

A new way of detecting rheumatoid arthritis using infrared light could offer an objective way of diagnosing the disease and …

10/07/2019

Computation and experimentation come closer together

A bioengineering group from the University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering is bringing the worlds of computational modeling and …

09/07/2019

New drug compound could tackle major life-limiting kidney disease

Scientists from the University of Sheffield are part of an international collaboration to develop a new class of drugs to …

18/06/2019

Drug delays type 1 diabetes in people at high risk: Immunotherapy slows progression to clinical disease by 2 years or more

A treatment affecting the immune system effectively slowed the progression to clinical type 1 diabetes in high risk individuals, according …

13/06/2019

Successful HIV effort prompts call for clinics to expand mental health services on site

Increasing access to mental health services improves HIV outcomes among vulnerable patients, a new study from the University of Virginia …

22/05/2019

Perseverance toward life goals can fend off depression, anxiety, panic disorders: Looking on the bright side also acts as a safeguard, according to 18-year study

People who don’t give up on their goals (or who get better over time at not giving up on their …

02/05/2019

Gestational diabetes in India and Sweden

Indian women are younger and leaner than Swedish women when they develop gestational diabetes, a new study from Lund University …

28/04/2019

Preschoolers with chronic constipation tend to be picky eaters

In the first study of its kind in the U.S., researchers found that normally developing preschool children with chronic constipation …

19/04/2019

A new molecule to fight type 2 diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: Diabetes: Research on active drugs orally administrated

A new molecule -EPB-53-, could help fight type 2 diabetes and the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to a new …

11/04/2019

Depression, obesity, chronic pain could be treated by targeting the same key protein

Major depression, obesity and chronic pain are all linked to the effects of one protein, called “FK506-binding protein 51,” or …

01/04/2019

Violence against long-term care staff ‘normalized’

Violence against staff working in long-term care facilities — including physical assault, verbal abuse and sexual harassment — has become …

27/03/2019

Having great-grandparents, cousins with Alzheimer’s linked to higher risk: Extended family history may tell bigger story about chances of developing the disease

Having a parent with Alzheimer’s disease has been known to raise a person’s risk of developing the disease, but new …

15/03/2019

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