It looks like catching only a few hours of sleep contributes to weight gain because burning the midnight oil is often accompanied by snacking. The finding appears online today in Sleep, the journal published by the Associated Professional Sleep Societies…. Read More ›
New research offers stroke survivors with aphasia the hope that noninvasive brain stimulation could help them recover at least some speech and language functions. Aphasia affects more than one-third of all patients who have had a stroke, stripping away varying… Read More ›
It’s hard to find an article or op-ed about the implementation of Obamacare next year that doesn’t mention the looming “doctor shortage.” The reason is clear: there are too few physicians in the United States to care for today’s insured… Read More ›
Expensive, advanced treatments for prostate cancer are increasingly being used on men who are unlikely to die of the disease, despite growing recognition that these men are unlikely to benefit from such procedures and may suffer harm, according to a… Read More ›
All baby boomers , those born between 1945 and 1965, should be screened for hepatitis C virus (HCV), along with those at high risk for infection, the US Preventive Services Task Force recommended in a statement published today in the… Read More ›
As countries begin to roll out use of a new drug to treat multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB), authorities urge caution to prevent the emergence of resistance to this drug and to protect patients from potential adverse events. As many as half… Read More ›
Researchers have for the first time created a 3-dimensional (3-D) model of the human brain so precise that it could allow scientists to see microscopic details, such as single layers or sublayers of the cerebral cortex. Currently used magnetic resonance… Read More ›
