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Released: 9-Dec-2019 7:00 AM EST
You create your own false information, study finds
Ohio State University

Along with partisan news outlets and political blogs, there’s another surprising source of misinformation on controversial topics – it’s you. A new study found that people given accurate statistics on a controversial issue tended to misremember those numbers to fit commonly held beliefs.

Released: 9-Dec-2019 3:05 AM EST
How saving the ozone layer in 1987 slowed global warming
University of New South Wales

The Montreal Protocol, an international agreement signed in 1987 to stop chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) destroying the ozone layer

Released: 9-Dec-2019 3:05 AM EST
Pioneering research gives fresh insight into 1 of the pivotal building blocks of life
University of Exeter

Pioneering research gives fresh insight into one of the pivotal building blocks of life

Released: 9-Dec-2019 2:05 AM EST
Holiday Tips for Caregivers of Loved Ones with Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

An expert at Rutgers’ Care2Caregivers helpline shares tips on how families can celebrate the holidays with loved ones suffering from an illness that affects memory

Released: 9-Dec-2019 2:05 AM EST
Dendrites filtering neuron's excitement
Kyoto University

In mere milliseconds trillions of chemical reactions ignite signals that travel across the billions of neurons in our brain. As we go through our daily lives and absorb new knowledge these neurons begin to modify themselves and change their signaling properties.

6-Dec-2019 3:00 AM EST
Have Your Health and Eat Meat Too: Making a Mediterranean Diet Work Down Under
University of South Australia

Barbecued, stir-fried or roasted, there’s no doubt that Aussies love their meat. Consuming on average nearly 100 kilograms of meat per person per year, Australians are among the top meat consumers worldwide. But with statistics showing that most Australians suffer from a poor diet, and red meat production adding to greenhouse-gas emissions, finding a balance between taste preferences, environmental protection, and health benefits is becoming critical.

6-Dec-2019 6:00 AM EST
Parents stand strong as ‘pester-power’ loses its punch this Christmas
University of South Australia

Heading into Christmas, every parent is acutely aware of the ‘power of pester’: the constant asking, niggling and whining that kids typically turn on at the most inconvenient times. But, how often does pestering really occur and how are parents handling it?

5-Dec-2019 9:00 AM EST
Machine Learning Can Help Us Understand Conversations About Death
University of Vermont

Researchers at the University of Vermont have used machine learning and natural language processing to better understand end-of-life conversations. Borrowing techniques used to study fiction, where algorithms analyze manuscripts to identify story types, the researchers identified several common elements in these conversations. That knowledge could eventually help healthcare practitioners understand what makes a “good” conversation about palliative care.

   
Released: 9-Dec-2019 12:00 AM EST
Three-Day Intensive Crisis Intervention is Associated with Reduced Suicidality in Adolescents
Nationwide Children's Hospital

In what appears to be the first study of its kind and recently published in the journal Child and Adolescent Mental Health, clinicians and researchers at Nationwide Children’s have shown that ICI is a promising alternative to lengthy hospitalization. Findings also revealed significant reductions in suicidal ideation at the three-month follow-up.

6-Dec-2019 9:30 AM EST
Study Finds Decrease in Eye Exposures Associated with Household Cleaning Products, Experts Still Urge Proper Storage
Nationwide Children's Hospital

A new study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital analyzed data regarding eye exposures associated with household cleaning products from 2000 through 2016 and found a decrease in the number of exposures during this period. However, the number of these exposures among young children remains high.

5-Dec-2019 10:35 AM EST
Too Few Hospitals Have Clinical Decision Support Tools to Calculate Nutrition for Critically Ill Infants
Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Most neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) participating in the Children’s Hospitals Neonatal Consortium are unable to reliably and consistently monitor caloric intake delivered to critically ill infants at risk for growth failure, according to a study published in the Journal of Perinatology. Managing optimal nutrition for preemies is a complex process, especially when the baby is transitioned from receiving nutrition intravenously to enteral (or through the gut) feeds. The study found low prevalence of fully automated clinical decision support systems used to calculate and adjust nutritional intake for premature infants.

5-Dec-2019 12:00 PM EST
A Person’s Perception of Risk Can Tell Us About Their Chances of Opioid Relapse
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

People in treatment for opioid addiction are more likely to relapse when they become more tolerant of risks, according to a study by Rutgers and other institutions. The findings can help clinicians better predict which patients are most vulnerable.

3-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Computer Game May Help to Predict Reuse of Opioids
NYU Langone Health

A computer betting game can help predict the likelihood that someone recovering from opioid addiction will reuse the pain-relieving drugs, a new study shows.

5-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Use of venetoclax in reduced-intensity transplant conditioning regimen in patients with high-risk myeloid cancers shows promise in early trial
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

For patients with high-risk myeloid cancers undergoing a donor stem cell transplant, adding the targeted drug venetoclax to a reduced-intensity drug regimen prior to transplant is safe and does not impair the ability of the donor cells to take root in recipients’ bodies, a study led by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers suggests.

2-Dec-2019 12:00 PM EST
Lymphoma Patients May Have New Path to Remission, Even When CAR T Therapy Fails
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

A new, experimental immunotherapy can put patients with B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) that is resistant to or has come back after multiple other therapies, including CAR T therapy, into remission.

Released: 6-Dec-2019 7:05 PM EST
Bing Crosby’s Legacy Alive and Well Here
Gonzaga University

Thousands of fans from 20 countries flock to Crosby House museum in busloads each year.

Released: 6-Dec-2019 7:00 PM EST
Co-addiction of meth and opioids hinders treatment
University of Washington School of Medicine

A study published in the Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment of 799 patients in three locations found that methamphetamine use was associated with more than twice the risk for dropping out of treatment for opioid-use disorder.

Released: 6-Dec-2019 3:05 PM EST
Current treatment for fungal meningitis is fueling drug resistance
University of Liverpool

A common first-line treatment approach for cryptococcal meningitis in low-income countries is being compromised by the emergence of drug resistance, new University of Liverpool research warns.

Released: 6-Dec-2019 3:05 PM EST
Gulf Coast corals face catastrophe
Rice University

If coral reefs are the canary to the ocean's coal mine, it's getting awfully bleak in the Gulf of Mexico.



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