A new article questions whether the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ use of financial…
Month: March 2014
Texting program good option for teen girls’ health, study shows
An emergency medicine physician recently led a study that found a text-message program may be…
Bighead Carp: From 5 to 150 centimeters in 37 million years
During excavations in the open lignite-mining pit Na Duong in Vietnam, scientists discovered the world’s…
Large waist linked to poor health, even among those in healthy body mass index ranges
Having a big belly has consequences beyond trouble squeezing into your pants. It’s detrimental to…
Pancreatic cancer growth slowed by blocking key enzyme
Blocking the function of an enzyme known as Hhat slows the growth and spread of…
Superior visual thinking may be key to independence for high schoolers with autism
Teaching independence to adolescents with autism can provide a crucial boost to their chances for…
Immune system’s redesigned role in fighting cancerous tumors
Solid tumors were eradicated in laboratory mice by researchers using a novel combination of two…
Chronic pain research delves into brain: New insight into how brain responds to pain
New insights into how the human brain responds to chronic pain could eventually lead to…
Back surgery offers long-term societal benefits, according to new study
A new study uncovered that the estimated average annual earnings of working patients who undergo…
First thin films of spin ice reveal cold secrets
Thin films of spin ice have been shown to demonstrate surprising properties which could help…