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Primary care decisions often made without the best evidence

June 22, 2017
As medicine continues to shift toward evidence-based practice, some primary care providers may have a difficult time finding quality evidence to support their clinical decisions, according to a new study from the University of Georgia.

Americans want to be fit. And expect magic to happen

June 21, 2017
Most Americans want to be in better shape, but few are putting in the work to get there, a new survey shows.

Researchers say they've unlocked key to cancer metastasis

June 21, 2017
Hasini Jayatilaka was a sophomore at the Johns Hopkins University working in a lab studying cancer cells when she noticed that when the cells become too densely packed, some would break off and start spreading.

Lifesaving drugs in short supply in U.S., says FDA

June 20, 2017
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it's working with the drug company Pfizer to remedy a shortage of important injectable medications, including emergency syringes of epinephrine.

Nearly 1 in 2 Canadians expected to get cancer

June 20, 2017
Nearly 1 in 2 Canadians is expected to be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime, according to Canadian Cancer Statistics 2017 by the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) in partnership with the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada.

NSAIDs improve survival for certain colorectal cancer patients

June 19, 2017
Among long-term colorectal cancer survivors, use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, is associated with about a 25 percent reduction in all-cause mortality.

Early stress confers lifelong vulnerability

June 19, 2017
Early life stress encodes lifelong susceptibility to stress through long-lasting transcriptional programming in a brain reward region implicated in mood and depression.

Centenarians often healthier than younger seniors

June 17, 2017
Americans who are 100 years or older have lower rates of chronic illness than younger seniors, a new study finds.

Fever during pregnancy tied to autism

June 16, 2017
Children whose moms have any type of fever during pregnancy may have slightly increased odds of developing an autism spectrum disorder, a new study suggests.

Each year at least 1.4 million Europeans die due to polluted environments

June 16, 2017
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe (WHO/Europe), the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) call on European leaders to scale up action to prevent environment-related deaths and diseases affecting their populations.

Why we get diarrhea and does it serve a purpose

June 15, 2017
Researchers want to know: does diarrhea serve a purpose? Does it actually help clear the bacteria causing a gastrointestinal infection, or is it merely a symptom of disease that should be prevented as much as possible?

New treatment reduces E. coli, may offer alternative to antibiotics

June 15, 2017
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infections, and they tend to come back again and again, even when treated. Most UTIs are caused by E. coli that live in the gut and spread to the urinary tract.