(University of Pittsburgh) A team of University of Pittsburgh mathematicians is using computational models to better understand how the structure of neural variability relates to such functions as short-term memory and decision making. In a paper published online April 2 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the Pitt ...

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) It is typical for telomeres to shorten as cells divide and chromosomes replicate over time. Now a new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) suggest a strong link between telomere shortening and poor cardiovascular outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome.

A study, in the March 12 issue of JAMA's Archives of Internal Medicine , reports that prescribing opioids for pain to older patients within seven days of short-stay surgery seems to be linked to the use of long-term analgesics, as compared with those who received no analgesic prescription after surgery. ...

WASHINGTON, DC, March 6, 2012 Married adults who undergo heart surgery are more than three times as likely as single people who have the same surgery to survive the next three months, a new study finds. "That's a dramatic difference in survival rates for single ...

(American Sociological Association) Married adults who undergo heart surgery are more than three times as likely as single people who have the same surgery to survive the next three months, a new study finds.

Our organizations, representing nearly 400,000 physicians and medical student members, are deeply disappointed by the agreement in Congress to enact another short-term "patch" that neither solves, nor moves us closer to solving, the Medicare physician payment crisis.

Our organizations, representing nearly 400,000 physicians and medical student members, are deeply disappointed by the agreement in Congress to enact another short-term "patch" that neither solves, nor moves us closer to solving, the Medicare physician payment crisis. We are especially frustrated because Congress has had a short-lived window of opportunity ...

(American College of Physicians) This is a joint Statement of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American College of Physicians, American College of Surgeons, and American Osteopathic Association. Our organizations, representing nearly 400,000 physicians and medical student members, are deeply disappointed by the agreement in Congress to enact another short-term ...

Short-term exposure (for up to 7 days) to all major air pollutants, with the exception of ozone, is significantly associated with an increased risk of heart attack, according to a review and meta-analysis of previous studies appearing in the February 15 issue of JAMA.

Methotrexate, a drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood leukemia, is now also in short supply in the USA, along with several other lifesaving drugs. According to the FDA, vital lifesaving hospital drugs have not been so scarce in ten years. Methotrexate works by slowing down ...

Methotrexate, a drug used to treat acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood leukemia, is now also in short supply in the USA, along with several other lifesaving drugs. According to the FDA, vital lifesaving hospital drugs have not been so scarce in ten years. Methotrexate works by slowing down ...

According to a study published in Science Translational Medicine, part of the Science family of journals, chemotherapy drugs are more effective when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting. Furthermore, fasting on its own was shown to be effective at treating most of the cancers tested in animals, including ...