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New research on myopia—how it develops, risk and protective factors, and potentially effective measures for prevention and treatment are reported across twenty articles in the November issue of Optometry and Vision Science, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

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Only half of the men who receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in North Carolina consult with more than one type of physician before deciding on a course of treatment, according to research presented by University of North Carolina researchers at the 2013 American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) annual meeting on Sept. 24.

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New barrier films, presented at the AVS Meeting in Long Beach, Calif., could better protect electronics in harsh environments.

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The report looks at media consumption by individuals in and out of the home, excluding the workplace, between 2008 and 2015, breaking “media” down into 30 categories of media type and delivery (e.g. television, social media, computer gaming

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Press conference Oct. 30 at UM Carey School of Law. EMBARGOED UNTIL 10:30AM, OCT. 30.

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A multidisciplinary team of experts in heart failure, cardiac arrhythmia, and neurosurgery at The Mount Sinai Hospital are now testing nerve stimulation in the neck as a novel therapy for heart failure patients to potentially help relieve their debilitating symptoms of fatigue, shortness of breath, and heart arrhythmias, while reducing their hospitalizations.

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New, regional concussion center will offer top, multidisciplinary concussion care--neurology, opthalmology, psychiatry, etc. through a collaboration of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Rothman Institute, and Wills Eye Hospital.

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October 30, 2013, Rockville, Maryland – A new kind of retail store has opened in Rockville. Savvy Rest Natural Bedroom specializes in nontoxic, natural and organic products for the bedroom. The store is one of four showrooms for Virginia organic mattress and bedding manufacturer, Savvy Rest.

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A unique partnership in Houston has brought together one manufacturer and one retailer with one large commitment in common. Central Virginia-based organic mattress and bedding manufacturer, Savvy Rest, has expanded its dealer network to Houston, and is offering its specialized products through New Living, Houston’s flagship green building and home store. What’s unusual about this vendor-retailer relationship is that both companies are certified B-Corporations (benefit corporations). B-Corp companies pledge and are audited annually for their proven commitments to value benefits to community, employees, and the environment as much as profits.

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Fall allergies and rapidly changing temperatures send many people reaching for pain relievers or other remedies to deal with runny noses and other symptoms associated with sinus and allergy problems. John Fahrenholz, M.D., assistant professor of Medicine who practices at the Vanderbilt Asthma, Sinus and Allergy Program, says that this time of year can be a real challenge for people with allergies—and for the rest of us, too.

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Shashank Dravid, Ph.D., received more than $400,000 from the NIH to study a protein believed to play a role in the development of autism spectrum disorders.

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Twins who smoke show more premature facial aging, compared to their nonsmoking identical twins, reports a study in the November issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

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Fifty years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the medical and scientific evidence may support the possibility of the "single shooter, three bullet theory" of the event. Yet new insights into the old medical data simultaneously suggest there may have been multiple shooters, according to a special article by Dr. Rod J. Rohrich, Editor-in-Chief of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

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The effects of gravity may explain the apparently paradoxical effects of testosterone in male pattern baldness, or androgenic alopecia (AGA), according to a special topic paper in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery—Global Open®, the official open-access medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

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Online communication between a company and its investors is the key to a healthy business. One leading light in the area of “push technology”—the ability of a business to publish its latest information in real time—is Equisolve, a Fort Lauderdale-based service and technology solutions company that offers public companies a state of the art online IR platform.

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"Wanted on Warrants" by Daniel J. Flannery from Case Western Reserve University provides a history of the Fugitive Safe Surrender program that gave people with outstanding warrants a chance to surrender and build a new life.

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Losing weight is beneficial for human health, but when one partner in a romantic relationship loses weight, it doesn’t always have a positive effect on the relationship. According to new research, there can be a “dark side” to weight loss if both partners are not on board with enacting healthy changes.

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Bobbie Berkowitz, PhD, RN, FAAN, dean of Columbia University School of Nursing and senior vice-president of the Columbia University Medical Center, has become the American Academy of Nursing’s president-elect, it was announced at the Academy’s annual policy conference in Washington, DC.