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Medical Xpress / Preservative-free artificial tears aid eye symptoms in digital device users
Preservative-free artificial tears reduce subjective symptoms in people with digital eye strain (DES) and dryness symptoms, according to a study published in Scientific Reports.
Medical Xpress / 'Recognize and remove' is key to detecting, managing concussions among youth, according to new guidelines
Researchers around the world, including internationally known concussion expert John J. Leddy, MD, clinical professor of orthopedics and sports medicine in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University ...
Medical Xpress / Yoga accelerates opioid withdrawal recovery when combined with standard care, study finds
Opioid addiction, or opioid use disorder (OUD), is a major global health issue, and recovery from OUD is marked with high relapse rates. During withdrawal, patients experience severe symptoms, which are partly due to dysregulation ...
Phys.org / Eye for trouble: Automated counting for chromosome issues under the microscope
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a suite of algorithms to automate the counting of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in chromosomes under the microscope. Conventional analysis requires trained ...
Dialog / Scientists report new immune insights and targets into LRRK2 mutations in Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a debilitating and progressive neurodegenerative disorder caused by the loss of dopamine-producing neurons in the substantia nigra, a brain region essential for motor control. Clinically, it is ...
Phys.org / Global 60-year study sheds light on staple crops' nutrient use inefficiency
A 60-year study covering 205 countries and regions worldwide has systematically uncovered the evolutionary patterns of nitrogen and phosphorus use efficiency (NUE and PUE) in the four major staple crops—rice, wheat, maize, ...
Medical Xpress / Q&A: AI is speeding into health care—who should regulate it?
AI is moving quickly into health care, bringing potential benefits but also possible pitfalls such as bias that drives unequal care and burnout of physicians and other health care workers. It remains undecided how it should ...
Medical Xpress / New insight into the immune signals driving inflammation in multiple sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease characterized by nerve damage and consequent impairments in vision, movement, balance and mental function. In MS, the immune system mistakenly starts attacking myelin, ...
Medical Xpress / Analysis confirms benefit of nivolumab combo in teens with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma
Teens with advanced-stage Hodgkin lymphoma survive longer without their disease getting worse when they receive the immunotherapy nivolumab (Opdivo) instead of the immunotherapy brentuximab vedotin (brand name Adcetris) along ...
Medical Xpress / How weight loss benefits the health of your fat tissue
It is well known that obesity typically leads to inflammation and dysfunction of fat tissue that increases the risk of developing metabolic diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
Medical Xpress / Unexpected finding could offer new treatment targets for meth addiction
University of Florida neuroscientists have made a mechanistic discovery that paves the way to test immune-modulating medicines as a potential tool to break the cycle of methamphetamine addiction.
Phys.org / Enhancing customer satisfaction through personal profiles of social media customer service agents
A professor in Montana State University's Jake Jabs College of Business and Entrepreneurship recently published a paper in a highly regarded academic journal, Production and Operations Management, that explores the influence ...
